Laura Nikkaido - custom shirts - official affiliate thread

I had the opportunity of meeting Laura Nikkaido, a custom shirtmaker who specializes in men's shirts, in September, and to see samples of her work. She offers a rare service - full custom shirts made completely by a single person. She does not outsource at all, and all work is cut and sewn by her. She will travel to your home to measure you and allows one fitting. Of course her shirts have lots of terrific details - hand made silk button holes, crows feet hand shanked buttons, collar interfacing attached by hand, etc... She does not have any minimums. Turnaround time is about 10 days. I would certainly recommend her services to our NYC members. Laura is from France and grew up in Paris and New York City. She is a trained designer with a degree in Accessories Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. Her work can be seen here: http://www.lauranikaidonyc.blogspot.com/

Not bad from what I see from her site. Is she japanese?

Originally Posted by oshinex

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Not bad from what I see from her site. Is she japanese?

She told me that she is Chinese, and specifically Shanghainese, iirc. Yeah, her name threw me as well.

Paging Vox.

Nice damn shirts!

The samples that I saw were very nice.

I think that a bespoke shirt is the perfect introduction to custom. There is just enough choice for a customer to get what he wants without severely botching the job by asking for something... stupid.

Originally Posted by Chips

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Paging Vox.

Nice damn shirts!

+1 Good call. Methinks Vox is so busy pissing his pants over in the Mr. Sam thread that he's forgotten all about his search for a bespoke shirtmaker.

Quite nice indeed.

Wow! Anyone here already a customer?

--Andre

A shirt fully top-stitched by hand starting at $345? That sounds pretty astounding.

I would suggest that anyone interest should call Laura to see examples of her work. She is really quite good.

Fok.

Is she a Koji Suzuki of shirts? I am tempted.

- M

I hope someone is brave enough to get a test shirt and review this lady's work.

I like the sweat guard feature. cool, but pricey for most. OneShirt?

Hmmmmm.....


- B

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

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Hmmmmm.....


- B

Will you be flying her in?