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Silk

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Seeing how there has been much discussion involving Hong Kong tailors, I have decided to categorize everything. Hopefully, it would be of some help to me when I visit Hong Kong. And I hope it's useful to you too.

Tailors Touring the US
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=30244
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=32118
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=23091
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=7860

WW Chan Suits
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=30766
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=25814
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=28857
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=28092
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=15359
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=10452
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=13154

WW Chan Shirts
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=9355

Jantzen Shirts
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=15640
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=20117
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=18376
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=12389
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=12253
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=16950
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=16232
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=9260

Waiting for Jantzen Shirts
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=33389
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=5263
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=32620
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=30466
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=16958
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=16385
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=10847
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=14485

Jantzen Suits
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=15016
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=24204
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=17079

General Shopping & Tailoring in Hong Kong
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=31234
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=27285
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=26493
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=23924
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=19001
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=18573
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=12493
 

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Good idea. You might consider adding links for A-Man, Y William Yu, Gordon Yao, Ascot Chang, and Hemrajani as they are all from HK and have been discussed here, too.
 

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My first out of 2 fittings in a made to measure suit, a mid-grey colored Dormeil 130s worsted and cashmere suit. As you can see, it's half-canvassed, at a competitive price point HKD4,500 for 2 pc. I'll going to ask the tailor to do a fully canvassed if its possible.

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Also making some vicuna blend pants.. the tag the tailor pinned on the shirt is misleading.

More pictures on my second fitting next monday.
 

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Hello everyone,

Thanks for this forum and for the great advices. I've read many good reviews about HK tailors.
From what I understood, A-Man, Y William Yu, Gordon Yao seem the best places to hit for suits.
However, they are way out of my budget and I couldn't find any recommendation for a good and cheaper tailor
smile.gif


I'm looking for 500 USD / suit and if the tailor is good, I'll probably get two.

Any place to recommend for this budget ?

thanks lots
 

dbc

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Originally Posted by theAlex
Hello everyone,

Thanks for this forum and for the great advices. I've read many good reviews about HK tailors.
From what I understood, A-Man, Y William Yu, Gordon Yao seem the best places to hit for suits.
However, they are way out of my budget and I couldn't find any recommendation for a good and cheaper tailor
smile.gif


I'm looking for 500 USD / suit and if the tailor is good, I'll probably get two.

Any place to recommend for this budget ?

thanks lots


Prefer one good US$1000 suit to two average $500 ones.

Bespoke- check out Peter Lee of Lee Baron. Otherwise, the guys at The Armoury have a made-to-measure thing with Ring Jacket going on in April.
 

mrclam

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Originally Posted by dbc
Prefer one good US$1000 suit to two average $500 ones.

Bespoke- check out Peter Lee of Lee Baron. Otherwise, the guys at The Armoury have a made-to-measure thing with Ring Jacket going on in April.


Would ring jacket be within his budget? They seemed to be in the ~1000 range for RTW on the website. If you don't know exactly what you want, I suspect you really get what you pay for with the HK tailors.
 

dbc

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Originally Posted by mrclam
Would ring jacket be within his budget? They seemed to be in the ~1000 range for RTW on the website. If you don't know exactly what you want, I suspect you really get what you pay for with the HK tailors.

No, but the way I see it, he's willing to spend US$1000. He might as well buy a good one rather than two.

You can get a fully canvassed two-piece from Peter at US$700 onwards and the RJ stuff at about US$1000.

IMO, that's way better than picking something off some tout at Nathan Road.
 

dbc

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Originally Posted by JTA
I may be incorrect but you can also get under $1k at Gordon Yao (CMT).

Funny enough, I just emailed them asking for the starting price of their suits.

Will update when I get a reply.
 

mrclam

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Originally Posted by dbc
No, but the way I see it, he's willing to spend US$1000. He might as well buy a good one rather than two.

You can get a fully canvassed two-piece from Peter at US$700 onwards and the RJ stuff at about US$1000.

IMO, that's way better than picking something off some tout at Nathan Road.



I'm with you, do it right, do it once. I've made the mistake of not doing that too many times.

BTW, Gordon Yao was about 700 even for CMT before chinese new years, my understanding was that prices were going up another 10% or so after.
 

TheTukker

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ASW did a nice comparison on house styles of Yao, Chan and Baromon.
 

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That's a great idea you had there, you thought just like a genius. Now wew have all the Hong Kong tailor threads in a single place.

Thanks a lot.
 

JLibourel

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Originally Posted by theAlex
Hello everyone,

Thanks for this forum and for the great advices. I've read many good reviews about HK tailors.
From what I understood, A-Man, Y William Yu, Gordon Yao seem the best places to hit for suits.
However, they are way out of my budget and I couldn't find any recommendation for a good and cheaper tailor
smile.gif


I'm looking for 500 USD / suit and if the tailor is good, I'll probably get two.

Any place to recommend for this budget ?

thanks lots


Why not Chan? They certainly have a devoted following in this forum, including yours truly.
 

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