How ManyBespoke/MTM suits & shirts do you own?

[James Douglas Collection]

Hello folks I am trying to gage how often some of you guys buy bespoke suits and shirts and how often is your turn over in these area. I probably own about 15-20 bespoke suits and probably 50 or more bespoke shirts partly because I choose not to wear anything from off the rack and just love everything custom made. I would like to know if you guys buys bespoke for each season or buy them for year around wear? What's your thought process when you're buying?

 

[Will]

I have ten active rotation suits for fall (12-16 oz), ten spring (9 oz tropical, 10 ounce fresco and 14 ounce linen) and seven or eight mid weights.

I don't wear clothing out very often. I buy to replace things that may need it (my cat destroyed a jacket last year) and to add interesting styles.

 

[SUPER K]

8-10 Suits, several for each season. 30-40 shirts for suits. Usually wear a suit 3-5 times a month. Since going bespoke, I try to add 1-2 suits per year, but it usually takes a year for delivery. With this useage, I can't see them wearing out.

 

[dirk diggler]

11 MTM suits + 9 off rack

50 MTM shirts

wear a suit / tie (or bowtie) 6x a week

 

[ghulkhan]

ZERO
i own five suits off the rack

 

[LARon]

I have about 23 MTM suits, 6 MTM sportcoats and 30 MTM shirts. I just had the second fitting on my first two bespoke suits (and await the March-April fitting on my first two pair of G and G bespoke shoes).

I tend to buy 2 to 4 suits a year, depending on whether something needs replacing or whether I see something unique I want. The past 18 months have been rather exceptional as I went big into Kiton and Oxxford, MTM.

I wear suits 4-5 days a week, and sportcoats about 2 days.

 

[Nantucket Red]

I have 6 MTM suits and one OTR, and 7 MTM shirts, though I now have 3 OTR shirts that fit better. I've established a relationship with a bespoke tailor and will be ordering my first bespoke suits and shirts this spring.

 

[skalogre]

Maybe half a dozen mtm Lqnd's End shirts. Serviceable.

 

[zjpj83]

With regard to your question about how often to buy, it really depends on what stage your wardrobe is in. Now that I have built a great base, I will try to limit myself to 2-3 bespoke suit orders a year, 3-4 bespoke shoe orders and enough shirts to keep 30 or 40 in mint condition in active rotation.

 

[Nantucket Red]

I started off with Land's End too and I think "serviceable" is a good description. For someone just starting to build a wardrobe and working with a limited budget, as I was when I bought mine, they're a very good option.

I then moved to BB MTM, which are made of better material more generously cut. The issues I have with them are that BB in Japan does not offer MOP buttons or slim fit. In the past week, I've acquired three Hilditch & Key shirts that fit me better OTR than any others I've worn. I've also discovered that Ginza Tailor can make me bespoke shirts with a far wider range of options at prices competitive with BB, so no contest there.

(Shameless pimping of my own thread here!)

 

[Connemara]

Only own one MTM shirt, and it's an Ascot Chang.

 

[Patrick Bateman]

Originally Posted by Nantucket Red

I started off with Land's End too and I think "serviceable" is a good description. For someone just starting to build a wardrobe and working with a limited budget, as I was when I bought mine, they're a very good option.

I then moved to BB MTM, which are made of better material more generously cut. The issues I have with them are that BB in Japan does not offer MOP buttons or slim fit. In the past week, I've acquired three Hilditch & Key shirts that fit me better OTR than any others I've worn. I've also discovered that Ginza Tailor can make me bespoke shirts with a far wider range of options at prices competitive with BB, so no contest there.

(Shameless pimping of my own thread here!)

If you're going to be a pimp you need a pair of bespoke alligator shoes from Suzuki-sensei.

 

[Nantucket Red]

Originally Posted by Patrick Bateman

If you're going to be a pimp you need a pair of bespoke alligator shoes from Suzuki-sensei.

I heard from Bic Pentameter when I met him here in Tokyo a little over a year ago that Koji Suzuki is no longer accepting customers. I plan to ask at GT for a recommendation of a bespoke shoe maker and hope that that might be sufficient to get my foot in the door.

I think the only way I could wear alligator shoes is perhaps a black pair with a midnight-blue velvet suit.

 

[Patrick Bateman]

Originally Posted by Nantucket Red

I heard from Bic Pentameter when I met him here in Tokyo a little over a year ago that Koji Suzuki is no longer accepting customers. I plan to ask at GT for a recommendation of a bespoke shoe maker and hope that that might be sufficient to get my foot in the door.

Could you pimp out *****cat or is that off the table?

Originally Posted by Nantucket Red

I think the only way I could wear alligator shoes is perhaps a black pair with a midnight-blue velvet suit.

Don't forget the perfect topcoat, to which you kindly directed our attention.

Ok, just so I can clear my conscience about derailing this thread: 4 MTM suits, 3 odd jackets, and at least a month's worth of shirts (I'm scared to count on that last one, so I will go

now).

PB

 

[Nantucket Red]

Originally Posted by Patrick Bateman

Could you pimp out *****cat or is that off the table?

Depends on how much clout it would gain me.

Originally Posted by Patrick Bateman

Don't forget the perfect topcoat, to which you kindly directed our attention.

$20k for a bespoke mink topcoat is a bargain at twice the price!