What is bespoke tailoring?

Bespoke tailoring is a manner of clothing production whereby the design, the fit, the fabric and the details are entirely tailored to the wishes of the client.

Contrary to made-to-measure garments, which are based on existing patterns and sizes and have few and limited options for alterations, bespoke tailoring begins with a blanco sheet and every detail of the garment will be designed and altered to meet the client’s specific requirements.

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Altering and adjusting Made-to-Measure suits

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Fit of MTM Suits vs Bespoke Suits


Naturally, a bespoke tailored suit represents the pinnacle of fit for the serious sartorial enthusiast and suit wearer. This is because all factors influencing the garment are perfectly tailored to your wishes and are in balance with each other. Between off-the-rack suits and bespoke suits lies the made-to-measure suit, which in the Netherlands is often sold as 'real tailor-made'. The moment you start critically examining it with an expert eye, you quickly see through this and find quite a few points for improvement in the fit.

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Bespoke Tailoring vs Made to Measure (MTM) vs Ready to wear suits (RTW)

There are 3 methods when you need to buy a new suit

1. RTW = Brands from the peg.
2. MTM = Made to Measure, often promoted and misused as genuine tailored suits. Nowadays the standard for a 'tailored suit'???? Or are you fooling yourself here?
3. Bespoke Tailoring = a suit made by a tailor by hand. All features are purely made for you with your purpose in mind.

Let's call this performance engineering for people who see their appearance as personal branding and don't settle for less.

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