Hong Kong Tailors. William Yu tailor and E-Italian

[Penfold]

HK storefronts offering Mainland "quality" construction - 7000 "bespoke" suits a year...

http://www.lhsbespoke.com/service.asp

Opposite Worldwide House in Central.

 

[chobochobo]

^ You've tried them?

 

[Penfold]

Hell no. My roving eye caught sight of something... that... might... just... be a tailors shop/fabric wholesaler one day when I was looking up across the street coming out of the MTR. I had to use a 400mm lens on my DSLR to read the web address.

I am interested in the economics and business model of most HK tailors. There are so many, after all, often with small but expensive storefronts in prime retail floorspace. Where do the clothes get made, by whom and how? They can't all have their own workshops and must sub-contract to bench tailors and outside workshops. Of course something similar happens on Savile Row with relationships between cutters and tailors, only I doubt most of the front of house guys in HK pick up a pair of shears from one year to the next. Chan, Yao, Ascot Chang - these guys at their price bracket must have a different and more expensive production process, and every time I've been in Chan there's been a thin, tall guy ostentatiously striking patterns on a small table by the window - but what about the next tier down? Charlie Chang in Admiralty, Dream Bespoke etc, Y William Yu?


PS - my need for liposuction isn't going away

 

[duzichong]



HK storefronts offering Mainland "quality" construction - 7000 "bespoke" suits a year...

http://www.lhsbespoke.com/service.asp

Opposite Worldwide House in Central.

 

[duzichong]



The info on that website is insufficient even any valid physical address of workshop is not available. It is said that the workshop located in Hangzhou, east of China, where is the birthland of famous Red Bang tailors.

HK storefronts offering Mainland "quality" construction - 7000 "bespoke" suits a year...

http://www.lhsbespoke.com/service.asp

Opposite Worldwide House in Central.

Thank you so much for your kind "recommendation", Penfold. You think that is funny?
Maybe there is another website to find another "similar" tailor shop, in Hong Kong, by clicking http://www.lhshk.com.hk/index.html
And somebody in this forum have tried that tailor but obviously the craftmanship and tailoring were not rated so high, in some guys' mind.
http://www.styleforum.net/t/187771/hong-kong-tailor-loa-hai-shing

 

[hippotamus]

Thank you so much for your kind "recommendation", Penfold. You think that is funny?
Maybe there is another website to find another "similar" tailor shop, in Hong Kong, by clicking http://www.lhshk.com.hk/index.html
And somebody in this forum have tried that tailor but obviously the craftmanship and tailoring were not rated so high, in some guys' mind.
http://www.lhshk.com.hk/index.html

Loa Hai Shing is a little old skool in my taste and dont think anyone will recommand going for their tailor....I think they are distributor of some fabric thought

@Penfold - Yes, Browns has their own factory in Mainland but I dont think that a disadvantage with their quality from what I see

 

[Penfold]

Thank you so much for your kind "recommendation", Penfold. You think that is funny?
Maybe there is another website to find another "similar" tailor shop, in Hong Kong, by clicking http://www.lhshk.com.hk/index.html
And somebody in this forum have tried that tailor but obviously the craftmanship and tailoring were not rated so high, in some guys' mind.
http://www.lhshk.com.hk/index.html

Funny? No, not really. Relevant to a discussion of tailoring in Shenzhen? Also not really. Just mentioning it in passing.

 

[mosivy]

Does anyone have the contact info for Edward Tam? I will be in Hong Kong for a few days and would love to getting something started.

 

[Chowkin]

Does anyone have the contact info for Edward Tam? I will be in Hong Kong for a few days and would love to getting something started.

E Italian at Kowloon Regal Hotel

 

[mosivy]

E Italian at Kowloon Regal Hotel

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Thanks!