The best suit maker?

[SirGrotius]

I'm definitely not quite as suit sophisticated as some of the rest of you, but my gut feeling would be Tom Ford for suits, Hermes leather goods, and PP for my watch (with moonphase).

 

[Klobber]

Originally Posted by intent

Then you won't be a billionaire for long. I'd imagine most western billionaires can't touch a woman without some sort of legal team standing by.

Indeed that is true, but I was only kidding in the first place. I could think of better ways of generating and preserving wealth that does not include debauchery with various employees.

 

[dragon8]

Originally Posted by in stitches

scott hill bespoke of course

Its actually made to measure

Let us know when you receive it

 

[Geezer]

A different take.

With vast means, I would first select one cloth, and have it made up in the same style by whatever I decided were the dozen or so top tailors (eg: Rubinacci, Solito, A and S, Huntsman, R Anderson, Poole, Dege, Kilgour, Steed, Hitchcock Jr, etc).

Then and only then would I feel able to pick one as "the best" for me (and even then with reservations: I can imagine the fantasy me picking different tailors for different types of garment - A and S or expatriates for DB, Huntsman or Richard A for SB, Italians for summer odd jackets, Nortons for shooting suit...).

I would of course write this up in detail on SF, and allow other members to cut the suits up to assess their construction.

 

[laxexquis]

So I guess it isn't easy to establish the 'best' suitmaker?

I think it is fair to say Lobb makes the best shoes and Turnball and Asser makes the best shirts,

Maybe a vote on who makes the best suits?

what about ties?

 

[RSS]

Originally Posted by Last Year's Man

Huntsman
I beg to differ. Richard Anderson is more Huntsman than Huntsman. Of course, he was a former head cutter there.

 

[add911_11]

If I can afford anything, I would just buy Sciamat garments, I had been a really big fan of their style

In fact, I might be able to afford it now if they have operation in Hong Kong

 

[ebw1]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned K-50's!

 

[Millerp]

Nino Corvato or Raphael in NYC for bespoke suits.
Kabbaz or Geneva in NYC for shirts.

 

[GBR]

Maurice Sedwell on Saville Row but there are other equally as good tailors.

 

[add911_11]



I'm surprised no one has mentioned K-50's!

It seems too many man in my circle wears kitons....

 

[Fueco]

Money no object?

If I was a billionaire, I'd start my own fashion trends... Forget what the rest of the country/world is wearing.

I'd start with Hector Russell in Edinburgh.

 

[TriTTran]

I dont know if it is too late to reply to this Thread.
If I am a billionaire:
For Savile Row, I'll try Chittleborough & Morgan. I love their style: British roped shoulder, ultra structured suit (which enables them to build beautiful shape) and superb fit at the back (reference: Threat an adventure of bespoke: C&M). Next I will spend on ULTIMATE BESPOKE suit from Maurice Sedwell, simply because he's one of the most experienced and most talent tailors on the row. Moreover, he can produce more conservative suit than C&M's extreme style.

For French tailor, Cifonelli, Camps de Luca or Smalto. I choose Cifonelli instead since it seems like the produce more artistic suits and blazers than the other 2. However, for business suit i'll recommend Camps or Smalto as they produce cleaner rope shoulder. Moreover, Camps specialises in lightweight cloths.

For Italy I'll go for Neapolitan suit rather than Roman or Milanese one since the latter 2 have structured style which quite similiar to British style (although they have some minor different from UK lads but not much). In Napoli I may avoid large houses like Attolini or Rubinacci. Why? Firstly, Rubinacci is well known for Mario Rubinacci, the grandfather of the young Rubinacci u guys see regularly at Pitti, and that old gentlemen now hardly invoives in any bespoke work. For Attolini, they're best known for Vincenzo Attolini (the one who created the Neapolitan deconstructed style) and Claudio Attolini (Vicenzo's son). However, the Ceasar Attolini hardly ever refer to those two great gentlemen, which makes me doubt whether the present Attolini's bespoke suit approaches the same class of their ancestors. Therefore, I'll go for Sartoria Peluso / Panico / Iciardi family / Zizolfi / Formosa / Saboni. These tailors are referred as Mastor tailors in the film O'Mast and are recommended by our well-respected SF member SartodiNapoli.

For shoes: I will choose Corthay for their creativity in work, but also use Dimitri Gomez for conservative business shoes.

 

[TriTTran]

Sorry for my grammar and spelling mistakes, it's very late at night so mistakes are unavoidable

 

[TriTTran]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned K-50's!

Firstly because those can afford K-50 hardly have any time to spend on a forum to discuss about it. Secondly, although the price is up to something 50 000$, the suit, the number of hours spent on K-50 suit is only 50 hours, which is the entry level of a tailor who wants to be in Savile Row association: Welsh & Jefferies spends 50 hours at least, Dege & Skinner is 60 something, 80 for Huntsman and 95 for Maurice Sedwell. However, the price of a SR suit is nearly tenfold cheaper than that of K-50 (the most expensive tailors are Sedwell and Huntsman with starting price of 5500GBP (incl. VAT) and nearly 6000GBP respectively). Not mentioning that Desmon Merrion and Westmancott both provide ultimate bespoke with around hundred hours of tailoring, 100% hand-made by them, with the price of 30 000GBP (I'm not sure about their quality, but it seems like with similiar price those two provide more exceptional service than Kiton with their K-50). I do not really mean that hours spending on a suit correlated with the quality, and I have full respect for those who produce K-50 as best tailors in the world, but it does not seem that those Kiton's gentlemen can make a suit worth tenfold SR's prices, given that they spend least amount of hours compared with SR tailors. However, if 50 000$ do not mean anything to you, then you should try.