Made to measure
A suit cut from your own pattern.
Drafted by hand, cut and sewn upstairs, and fitted on you three times. About ten weeks from the first measure to the last press.
Book a consultation
Two-piece suits from £1,150
The process
Six stages, three fittings, about ten weeks.
Need it for a date? Tell us at the consultation. We can usually work to eight weeks for a wedding if the cloth is in stock.
Consultation and measuring
45 minutes
About 45 minutes in the fitting room. We talk about what the suit is for and how you like to wear it, take over 25 measurements and note how you stand.
Choosing the cloth
Same visit
Go through the cloth books with us and take swatches home if you like. We’ll suggest a weight for when and where you’ll wear it.
Cutting your pattern
In the workroom
Nell drafts your pattern by hand on brown paper and cuts the cloth. The pattern stays on file for the next suit.
Baste fitting
30 minutes
The first try-on, in canvas and white tacking thread. This is where the shoulders, chest and balance are set.
Forward fitting
30 minutes
Nearly finished, with the sleeves and trouser hems left open so the lengths can be pinned on you.
Finishing and collection
Collect
Buttonholes, pressing and a final try-on. If anything needs a touch more, we do it before you take it home.
The cloth
Over 600 cloths from British and Italian mills.
Weight matters more than most people think. Here’s where we usually start, and the books are on the table at every consultation.
All year, office and weddings
Autumn and winter, soft and warm
Jackets, coats and the country
Summer weddings, creases happily
Evening wear, keeps a sharp line
Bring your own cloth? We’re happy to make it up, from £950 for a suit.
Prices
What a made-to-measure suit costs.
Prices include all fittings and alterations in the first year. Half is paid when we order the cloth, and half when you collect.
Two-piece suit
from £1,150
Jacket and trousers in a worsted from our standard books.
+ Three fittings
+ Pattern kept on file
+ Horn or corozo buttons
Jacket or blazer
from £820
A single jacket in any cloth, half or fully lined.
+ Three fittings
+ Working cuff buttons
+ Choice of lining
Trousers
from £320
Flat front or pleated, with side adjusters or belt loops.
+ Two fittings
+ Turn-ups if you like
+ Extended waistband
Three-piece suits from £1,390, waistcoats from £260 and overcoats from £1,250. Wedding parties of four or more get the groom’s fittings free.
Fittings Tuesday to Saturday
Start with a 45-minute consultation.
Free, with no obligation to order. Bring a suit you like and one you don’t, and we’ll talk about why.