The Hong Kong BaoTou Tailors and Fabric Shops for CMT Thread

[Petey]

Same here. If well executed, it will have a nice slightly enhanced shoulder outline compared to the waist. More of a European flavour like the french and italian

Well I'd very much love to see his take on con rollino if you have photos of it

 

[Petey]

Happy Easter everyone! Anyone has any WIP tailoring for the S/S2022 season? I'm still looking a simple and light jacket for the freezing a/c. Any suggestions? I already have a light linen safari jacket.

Anyone interested in going to the fabric shops for some recon?

 

[PekingRoadHK]

Where to find Fintex, apart from the limited stock in Kwong Hing?

Perhaps they got a new wholesaler in HKSAR?

They got a new dealer in 2021, the same HK dealer also sells a few more British brands. My blog tells already. What interests me most is their British vintage fabrics.

 

[Petey]

They got a new dealer in 2021, the same HK dealer also sells a few more British brands. My blog tells already. What interests me most is their British vintage fabrics.

May I ask which vintage british fabric are you most interested in?

 

[PekingRoadHK]

May I ask which vintage british fabric are you most interested in?

They got many vintage fabrics from different British brands, some brands are long gone. Others are best well-known British brands in the market.

I am not sure how fabric traders call this kind of vintage. I sometime buy tubes for my Hi-Fi system, I call this NOS (New Old Stock), old stocks (new/never been used).

e.g. I have seen "Yates" in the 1970's, and haven't seen this brand since 1980's. I got these last year:

 

[Stanacle]

Just saw Ng sifu's Facebook update. This is the first time I see him doing a 3-roll-2 jacket. I am not sure if it's a structural thing or just he pressed too hard when ironing the lapel.

I think Wong SY sifu has a better execution on 3-roll-2.

 

[Warrant_Buffet]

Called Ng the other day. He said that since he can't ship things to China these days, he's doing everything by himself (which I assume includes tailoring), and that means it'll take more time before clients get their fittings.

 

[Lamach22288]

I was at Wong SY yesterday and he said couriers are finally taking shipments back to the Shenzhen factory but there’s even a quarantine period for overseas parcels! He said to expect a lead time for 2 months for a suit rather than the usual 1 month assuming no more shutdowns.

 

[Warrant_Buffet]

Has anyone here purchased shirting fabrics from taobao stores / Chknese agents? Am lookkng for some seersucker for the summer at affordable prices

 

[PekingRoadHK]

I talked to Ng sifu and Wong SY sifu. Both are shipping their works to Shenzhen workshops. We should expect to receive the products within 3 months. We should not expect 2 months as the logistics time is no guarantee.

Ng sifu said he is doing a few suit works in HK. This is special case because a few customers are leaving HK very soon.

I am also expecting to receive end products from both Ng sifu and Wong SY sifu in early August. British cut by Ng sifu, Italian by Wong SY sifu.

 

[Warrant_Buffet]

Anyone knows of any local custom made knitwear business?

 

[xizenta]

Are any of these baotou able to make a CMT suit without going in for a fitting? Someone I can just send my favorite jacket to replicate the pattern in new materials?

 

[PekingRoadHK]

Are any of these baotou able to make a CMT suit without going in for a fitting? Someone I can just send my favorite jacket to replicate the pattern in new materials?

All BaoTou can do that, however, it won't be 100% exactly the same.
All sifu have different cutting.

 

[PekingRoadHK]

Has anyone here purchased shirting fabrics from taobao stores / Chknese agents? Am lookkng for some seersucker for the summer at affordable prices

picked a few pcs shirt fabrics lately:
1) Regent Silk: China cotton, around HK$80/yard
2) Nita Fashions (Mody Rd): Egyptian cotton, around HK$80/yard

 

[xizenta]

All BaoTou can do that, however, it won't be 100% exactly the same.
All sifu have different cutting.

But I understand most BaoTou will not handle shipping suits to customers and don't speak english? Any of them as a matter of practice allow customer to send fabric and jacket to copy?