Custom Tailored Suits

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Hello,

So I've started working for a year now, and I have been getting most my dress shirts from BR/CMonaco/Mexx/Zara/etc. I have some off the rack suits and i am starting to try to expand my wardrobe with custom shirts/suits.

I just have some questions regarding maxwells and tailored man.

-Has anyone had experience with both and would like to share pros/cons?
-Are there any other custom vendors that travel to toronto area and are relatively cheap?
-How is the fabrics for those $500.00 suits people are mentioning here? What I mean is, do they look or feel cheap?

Any help will be appreciated.

[Neovingian]

no indochino?

[iamaaronlol]

no indochino?

http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=52943

More Indochino information than one can handle. I suggest searching up threads on SF for reviews of various places.

Anyways, the general consensus from the two or three pages I skimmed is that their products are generally slim, and lacking in quality.

[Odd I/O]

Mytailor will be here on March 23 - 24 at Sheraton City Centre (123 Queens St West Toronto). I have shirts from them and they do good work. They have cheap fabric to really expensive fabric.

LeeBaron is a Hong Kong tailor with a satellite office across from the Eaton Centre is another good option from what I hear.

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thanks, i will check out styleforum.

but if anyone else has any input on the quality of the vendors above , feel free to comment. thanks.

[yamahar6]

thanks, i will check out styleforum.

but if anyone else has any input on the quality of the vendors above , feel free to comment. thanks.

http://im-label.com/

http://blog.im-label.com/ - Blog

They have 2 locations, one in Markham and one Downtown Toronto. Great guys to deal with, excellent customer service and reasonable prices. I've bought 3 shirts from them and have to pick up another 3. ( Haven't been in because of the snow). He's also a member on here, SN is "pennyarcade"

I highly recommend them.

[DarkMasterMX]

http://im-label.com/

http://blog.im-label.com/ - Blog

They have 2 locations, one in Markham and one Downtown Toronto. Great guys to deal with, excellent customer service and reasonable prices. I've bought 3 shirts from them and have to pick up another 3. ( Haven't been in because of the snow). He's also a member on here, SN is "pennyarcade"

I highly recommend them.

I was gona recommend this as well.

I recently had a suit, coat and shirts made there and I have been quite happy with the service, quality and price for it all. I got mine from the Richmond Hill/Markham location.

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I was gona recommend this as well.

I recently had a suit, coat and shirts made there and I have been quite happy with the service, quality and price for it all. I got mine from the Richmond Hill/Markham location.

the pricing seems fair.

if you add in the shipping for the HK tailors it seems to roughly same price.

[sharpstyle]

Check out Toronto Custom Suits... www.torontocustomsuits.com. I have had a couple of suits and shirts made by them with success. Their price points are much more reasonable compared to some of the other bespoke tailors out there. But, they're also a hybrid tailor - do measurements and alterations here but outsource the actual work to Asia (not sure where exactly). Best part is they took care of my picky adjustments (need my sleeves to be perfect)!

I have also tried Maxwell and Mohan before... both have good prices and quality is generally reliable. My only issue is having to wait 3-4 months for the traveling salesman to make his next trip. Also, don't really like the hotel room experience. And receiving the wrinkled suit 6-8 weeks later in paper packaging is not the best.

[PennyArcade]

For custom suits, you need to understand that it is an iterative process and things get better the more and more you order from them. Yamahara6 and DarkmasterMX (thanks for the recommendation!) both had minor alterations done to their suits and/or shirts to get them fitting the way that they want. Next time they order, the alterations will factor into the next suit or shirt to make it to their preferences. That's the problem with traveling tailors: there's really no feedback loop. Sure, they may send you to a local alterator to do the alterations, but the changes aren't recorded to your permanent record. You're back at square one the next time the tailor comes in.