How To Find A Tailor

[mensimageconsultant]

A much-maligned source has a useful new article called How to Find a Tailor.

Another website has an older, similar article called How to Find a Custom Tailor.

Between the two, almost everything is covered, although whether the tailor outsources any work would also be a good question to ask.

 

[gj555]

Originally Posted by mensimageconsultant

Between the two, almost everything is covered, although whether the tailor outsources any work would also be a good question to ask.

I would add the following: Purchase only one suit your first time using a tailor. This allows you to limit the damage if something goes horribly wrong. But more importantly, it allows you to see how the garment wears and fits over an extended period. That way, the next suit you get from that tailor can be fine tuned from the start.

Another important thing is to examine the tailor's work in progress. This is something that I like to do ever since one of my former tailors used some fusing and I was not aware it was part of his process. It allows the purchaser to roughly see the process that will be used to build his suit.

Some tailors may deny outsourcing their work even if they do. Outsourcing is not always a bad thing. A lot of tailors only make jackets. Outsourcing pants, for example, does not mean that the resulting suit will be inferior. One of my tailors outsources the hand sewn button holes and the pic-stitching to a lady because she can do fine sewing better than he can.

 

[Jared]

Originally Posted by gj555

Some tailors may deny outsourcing their work even if they do. Outsourcing is not always a bad thing. A lot of tailors only make jackets. Outsourcing pants, for example, does not mean that the resulting suit will be inferior. One of my tailors outsources the hand sewn button holes and the pic-stitching to a lady because she can do fine sewing better than he can.
Yeah, there's nothing wrong with outsourcing or even offshoring if the quality control is there. I'd want to know about my tailor's QA process rather than just how closely they're watching their employees.