What did you order on WW Chan's recent trip?

[ECM12]

RSS,

Do you think that Chan is worth it without any fittings?

 

[RSS]

Originally Posted by ECM12

RSS,

Do you think that Chan is worth it without any fittings?
I don't think any tailor is worth it without fittings ... especially the first time around.

 

[ECM12]

RSS,

Thanks for the response. Your input was greatly appreciated...

 

[emc894]

I got a suit with no fittings. Looks better than anything else I own. I will be getting another on his next trip.

 

[emptym]

Originally Posted by chasingred

Curious, is it worth getting a suit made off Chan's tours when you can only order one? I've read on a few threads that bespoke is really only worth it in the long term, and when you can get multiple fittings, so that the tailor can hone it down just exactly as you want it. I'm really impressed with yfyf's suits from Chan, but is that even achievable if you're really only able to afford one bespoke suit?
I think it's worth it. But as discussed above, it's much better if you can have fittings. If you can get fittings, the first one should be much better than rtw, and subsequent ones would mostly involve incremental improvements, at least imo.

Originally Posted by ECM12

If you purchase a suit from Chan without any fittings is there a difference in price? Chan only visits my city once a year, and without any fittings this would be considered a MTM garment. Customer who recieve multiple fittings will have a better fitting garment. How many fittings are required to achieve a perfect fit?
The price on the US tour is the same as in HK. The adv. of HK is that you get fittings. The adv. of the tour is that they come to you. You can get fittings on the tour, but you'll wait more (till they come back) and pay extra for the shipping both ways, I think. Someone has posted about this before.

 

[TheTukker]

Originally Posted by RSS

That's what avatars are all about, Lovey.

 

[Axelman 17]

Did not order anything, want to wait and see what the latest Chan trousers look like post Patrick's changes. I did see a few appealing options though:

- Breanish (was called Shetland 7) - was a great looking brown with green overcheck
- Blue nailhead in the grand cru book (not sure this is worth it though, was major $$$)
- Good looking blue nailhead in Harrisons Oyster book, had never heard of this book before, I think it was 13oz, looked to be very hard wearing

 

[chasingred]

Waiting a year for the next fitting?

That might be a bit much for me. I can't imagine waiting a few years for a suit to be made.

 

[gdl203]

Originally Posted by chasingred

Waiting a year for the next fitting?

That might be a bit much for me. I can't imagine waiting a few years for a suit to be made.

Who is waiting a year between fittings (except for Solito customers

) ? Chan visits every 4 months.

 

[RSS]

Originally Posted by gdl203

Who is waiting a year between fittings (except for Solito customers

) ? Chan visits every 4 months.
Anderson & Sheppard visits the West Coast only once a year. Well ... the last time I checked that was so.

 

[gdl203]

Originally Posted by RSS

Anderson & Sheppard visits the West Coast only once a year. Well ... the last time I checked that was so.

Interesting - they visit NYC more often (2 or 3 times / year)

 

[RSS]

Originally Posted by gdl203

Interesting - they visit NYC more often (2 or 3 times / year)
Yes, they do visit NY more often ... take a look at your next A&S mailer. That fact that they visit the West Coast less often ... can ... of course ... be seen as incentive to fly to London. After all ... Paris is only a short hop away.

 

[chasingred]

Originally Posted by gdl203

Who is waiting a year between fittings (except for Solito customers

) ? Chan visits every 4 months.

Huh. That's better.

So then, with three fittings, would this still basically be a year process to get a Chan suit?

 

[gdl203]

Originally Posted by chasingred

Huh. That's better.

So then, with three fittings, would this still basically be a year process to get a Chan suit?

I can't think of any reason to do three fittings unless your body is very difficult to fit. First meeting for measurements and order, second meeting 4 months later for basted fitting, after that you can elect to get the finished suit in the mail (usually about 2 months later) or get another final fitting (8 months after order), then get your finished suit in the mail.

So, I'd say either 6 months or 10 months to get your first suit. You wouldn't do a basted fitting for following orders unless there's significant changes to make (e.g. db vs sb, lost/gained a lot of weight, etc...)

 

[Will]

Originally Posted by chasingred

Huh. That's better.

So then, with three fittings, would this still basically be a year process to get a Chan suit?

You'll have a suit two months after the first fitting. Only in the less than 50-50 event that it requires another trip back to HK for adjustment will it be a year.