San Francisco/California Bespoke Interest

[yachtie]

Originally Posted by RJman

"This way to the Egress"?


Related, but I was thinking of the line about suckers.

 

[itsstillmatt]

Originally Posted by yachtie

Related, but I was thinking of the line about suckers.

 

[Eustace Tilley]

Originally Posted by yachtie

Related, but I was thinking of the line about suckers.

I certainly would not pay $6K for a suit, but from what I have seen MRs customers do get an outstanding product for the price. A much better deal than paying $4.5K for many of the Savile Row pieces I have seen.

 

[yachtie]

Originally Posted by Eustace Tilley

I certainly would not pay $6K for a suit, but from what I have seen MRs customers do get an outstanding product for the price. A much better deal than paying $4.5K for many of the Savile Row pieces I have seen.

Fair enough about SR, but let's premise it that they're all well made.


Aside from the fact that I really don't favor that house style, price/value fails for me at $6k for "A" cloths.

If someone's happy with what he got for the price he paid, more power to him.

 

[yachtie]

Originally Posted by iammatt

 

[Gus]

I'm interested. Count me in.

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by Eustace Tilley

I certainly would not pay $6K for a suit,
Isn't that before shipping and any potential duty?

A much better deal than paying $4.5K for many of the Savile Row pieces I have seen.

Not sure if deal is the right word. Rubinacci certainly makes a nice suit. It seems quite different from the styles used by most SR tailors.

 

[itsstillmatt]

Originally Posted by RJman

Isn't that before shipping and any potential duty?

no.

 

[TheFoo]

Originally Posted by RJman

Isn't that before shipping and any potential duty?

No, after. 4000 euros ($6000) is Rubinacci's VAT-inclusive price. So, if they ship it to the US, they cut out the VAT (~18%), but then you pay duty (~20% of the VAT-discounted price). So, at the end, you wind up paying $6000 out of pocket. I don't recall shipping ever being a significant cost.

Obviously, the best option is to pick up the suit in Europe and pay neither VAT nor US duty

.

 

[Eustace Tilley]

Originally Posted by RJman

Not sure if deal is the right word. Rubinacci certainly makes a nice suit. It seems quite different from the styles used by most SR tailors.

Perhaps value would be a better choice. While the style is undoubtedly different, evaluating fit across various makes is an easier proposition. I have seen a lot of badly fitting SR garments (not my own

).

 

[A Y]

There's really no other suit that looks like Rubinacci's, and I think you have to see one in real life to really appreciate how different they are. If that's what you want, there's only one place for it, and you have to pay the price.

--Andre

 

[dragon8]

I'm in.

 

[aportnoy]

If you have the money and like Rubinacci, buy it. Otherwise, this thread is heading down the usual SF bespoke blind alley.

 

[yachtie]

Originally Posted by aportnoy

If you have the money and like Rubinacci, buy it. Otherwise, this thread is heading down the usual SF bespoke blind alley.

+1. The point is to get what you like. Valuation in this is purely subjective.