https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bespoke-suit Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 09 May 2026 02:35:54 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bespoke-suit#post-102095 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:59:32 +0000 cciele 102095@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My deepest sympathies, shiny. Such a hard thing to hit you once you've returned.</p> <p>Thanks for writing about your bespoke experience! I've always wondered what it would be like to get a custom suit in HK. Looking forward to seeing your pics! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bespoke-suit#post-102092 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:25:08 +0000 shiny 102092@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for all your kind wishes. I took pics of the suit tonight - I am going to start a new thread to get your opinion. Indulge me with the new thread instead- distraction is good right now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bespoke-suit#post-102073 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:25:09 +0000 Angie 102073@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m so, so sorry to hear about your friends sudden death, Jennifer. How tragic. How surreal. You’ll need to process the information and try to make sense of it somehow. Our thoughts are with you. </p> <p>As you might remember from my posts on having items custom made in HK last year, my feelings were mixed too. I had an excellent jacket experience, and a wretched button down shirt experience. Still I’m glad I did it – nothing ventured, nothing gained! </p> <p>Can’t wait to see the suit :0) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bespoke-suit#post-102033 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:09:36 +0000 Vani 102033@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So sorry about your friend Shiny. Such sad news to come home to, I hope you are holding up okay.</p> <p>And welcome back! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bespoke-suit#post-101973 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:49:15 +0000 susand 101973@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>sorry you had to come home to sad news...thoughts are with you.</p> <p>Susan D </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bespoke-suit#post-101958 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:55:21 +0000 Tanya 101958@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am so sorry to hear about your friend Shiny.</p> <p>The suit experience definitely sounds interesting. Hopefully you will be able to fix it here. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bespoke-suit#post-101952 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:40:07 +0000 Debbie 101952@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm so sorry about your friend. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bespoke-suit#post-101858 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:04:11 +0000 Kari 101858@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh Shiny, I am so sorry about the loss of your friend. What a sad thing to come home to.</p> <p>That definitely sounds like a novel experience to have an entire suit custom-made for you. I hope that the pants become salvageable. Do you have a good tailor here already who can help make them perfect? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bespoke-suit#post-101850 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:44:58 +0000 Debora 101850@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shiny, I'm so sorry to hear of the loss of your friend. It must have been so difficult to come home to such sad news. My thoughts are with you.</p> <p>Your post is fascinating! I'm a little embarrassed to say I've never heard the term "bespoke" before and had to google it. It makes sense to me now. I think, in the long run, the novelty of the experience will more than make up for the difficulties you encountered. You'll have a wonderful story to tell every time you wear your suit. I'm looking forward to seeing the pictures when you are ready to post. In the meantime, take care. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bespoke-suit#post-101790 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:40:05 +0000 Maya 101790@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow what a shock shiny. I'm so sorry to hear about your friend.</p> <p>In the end I think it's much less hassle to get something off the rack and do a simple alteration than try and get an outfit made from scratch. I know the benefit is that you'll get exactly what you want. But on the flip side, sometimes you don't know what you want until you see it in a shop window! </p> <p>I am personally traumatized by tailors. I have never had a good tailor in my life. I have had tailors that can't even manage a simple hemming job. Then there are tailors who tell me certain alterations are "impossible" just because they don't know how to do them. I give up. I'll still get hems done since I have no choice, but I refuse to get anything else done. Therefore it is absolutely MANDATORY that things fit me off the rack. I can't even imagine getting a whole suit made. I would be a nervous wreck. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bespoke-suit#post-101784 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:32:13 +0000 RoseandJoan 101784@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm so sorry for your loss Shiny. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bespoke-suit#post-101782 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:29:56 +0000 carissa 101782@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good for you to have taken the risk Shiny, especially in the midst of a tough situation.</p> <p>And you are right, may we all complain less. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bespoke-suit#post-101773 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:29:00 +0000 Louise 101773@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So sorry about your friend glad you got back for the funeral<br /> Can't wait to see the pictures of your suit i hope you are able to get it altered x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bespoke-suit#post-101771 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:22:32 +0000 shiny 101771@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry, but I do not yet have pictures. Yesterday morning we got a call that a dear friend of ours had died while we were out of the country. We made it just in time to attend the funeral yesterday. I am still in shock so it will probably be awhile before I get around to taking those photos. But I owe you a post about the suit, and writing it out will help take my mind of things, so here goes. </p> <p>I did not make an appointment in advance, because I got the impression my DH wasn't all that in to my plan to get a suit made while we were there. So it wasn't until late on the second day that we decided we'd give it a whirl. In Tsim Sha Tsui, you cannot go two feet without a person trying to sell you either a 1) Rolex or 2) Bespoke suit. It gets annoying!</p> <p>The process requires the first appointment where you choose the fabric and the style, and they take all your measurements. Then you have to come back for a fitting the next day, and it's a few days before you can pick up your suit. We had just enough time. I ordered a 3 piece suit (jacket, slacks, skirt) - picking out navy pinstripe 3-season fabric - and DH ordered a shirt. He did not want a suit because he has no need for them and has several already. But he agreed to the shirt because I have been pestering him to try wearing a shirt that actually fits him and isn't too big. :-)</p> <p>The first challenge was that my tummy was doing that TTOM thing again, where it swells up and I look 5 months pregnant. So I feared that the measurements would be all off, and ultimately, I was right. </p> <p>When we arrived the second day for the fitting, DH's shirt was ready. It fit him perfectly. He is very pleased and so am I! We ended up ordering two more. My suit was not anywhere near complete: they had cut it out and done the initial seams but no finishing. This is standard - and it answered my question about how they could sew up a complete suit in 24 hours. They don't. The tailor spent 30 minutes fitting it all over. It was hard to say what the final product was going to look like at that point. My tummy was still bloated.</p> <p>We came back again on Thursday, our final day, and the suit was now finished but it needed even more fitting. My tummy was back to its normal size. It was kind of comical, and the tailors were surprised. They had a lot of re-fitting to do, which they did, and had the suit delivered to our hotel that night, before we flew out in the morning. </p> <p>I don't have pics yet but my take is that if we had time for just one more fitting, it would be perfect. The jacket and skirt are *nearly* perfect, but I fear it still needs to be taken in some more, yes, around the tummy, now that the bloating is all gone! The pants, meanwhile, fit oddly all over. Not very flattering. They need a lot more work, but I do think they are ultimately salvageable too, since it's a matter of removing fabric to make it trimmer, not bigger. </p> <p>So once I post pics and get everyone's input, I am planning to take it to a tailor here and get more work done to get it absolutely perfect. Lesson learned: if you do this, leave PLENTY of time for multiple fittings. </p> <p>Overall, the experience was mixed. I don't know if I'd do it again. It might be inexpensive, but it is time-consuming. However, I am very glad I did it just this one time and had the experience. </p> <p>The surprising part for me is that I walked away realizing that, as much as I complain about off-the-rack clothing and my fit woes, I have more luck than I realize finding clothes off the rack that fit well - and don't require such a huge investment of time to get fitted! </p> <p>I think Angie is right that taking in a garment that already fits you well and having it duplicated is a good strategy. For example, had I brought along my newest pair of AT dress slacks, or favorite pair of BR Martins to copy, then the suit slacks would have turned out far better. </p> <p>All in all: you will hear me complain a lot less about off-the-rack clothing. </p>