Hong Kong Tailors - worth it with no fittings?

[AmExPat]

Having lurked on this site a long time I've been impressed by some of the suits that I have seen posted that people have commissioned in Hong Kong (though alot of unimpressive examples too). So anyways, I am finding myself being in Hong Kong soon & thought I would try things out (with the hopes of placing many future orders) and I made an appointment with WW Chan.

Now I have just found out that my trip will be cut and rather then the 2 weeks I was originally supposed to be there it will only be 4 days (& the 4th a Sunday to boot).

Question then is, would it even be worth my time (& money ) to see them for what would really just be getting measured & then having the finished suit mailed to me in the US with no fittings to speak of?

If someone knows of an alternative tailor that is high quality that could turn around a suit in that time frame I'm open to it, but I do not believe that is a possibility.

Thanks in advance for any input.

 

[jasonsmith]

hi amexpat,

it seems delivery of a suit in hong kong in four days would be unlikely for most tailors. if a tailor does offer such service, i'd be very wary of the quality being offered since this would require tailors to rush through the process and therefore not pay much attention to detail. from past experience, it would be better to have the tailors mail you a suit once you've had a chance for a fitting. 4 days for an initial fitting should work fine.

hope this helps.

j.

 

[add911_11]

Better wait for next time, you don't want to waste your money.

 

[GBR]

It can be done by the better tailors, Chan and Yao if not particularly recommended. You would get measured whilst there and then they would post the finished product to you. It has risks and you should discuss that with them before commissioning.

 

[AlexE]

If you want bespoke only for the sake of saying "I own a bespoke suit" then of course you can do it and if you go to a reputable tailor like W.W. Chan you might even get a decent fit and a suit which is very well crafted. However, I have the feeling you really want to go this road to get the perfect fitting suit (the way it should be IMHO), in which case I recommend against commissioning a suit if you effectively have only 3 business days to make this happen.

When I had my first suit made at Chan, he made it clear that there need to be several days between selecting options / getting measured and the basted fitting. After the basted fitting another two days were be needed before I could have the first fitting with the completed suit and then another day was needed for a few additional adjustments. So a week is probably the minimum.