OK let’s get to it. This is going to be a long one. And while most of this is specific to my experience with Indochino, a lot of the pointers could apply to any kind of MTM experience so may be worth a read to anybody who is thinking about getting a suit made. I’ll address some of the construction details in another post. There have been a number of questions and comments here andRead More
Category: Indochino
The suit and shirt came earlier than promised but I was busy so I let it hang for a few days. Since I know how to press a suit, it was conceivable that I might have improved it a bit by giving it a good press so I shot it as it came out of the box. If I have time, I’ll give it a press and reshoot, to see if that makes much ofRead More
They promised delivery for September the 8th- it actually arrived September the 4th. Anyone who has had items shipped from abroad knows about nasty surprise brokerage fees and duties and stuff. There’s none of that- they deliver the box and that’s it. So far, so good. I’m going out of town for the weekend so I don’t know if I’ll be able to shoot anything useful before then, but I will try. Meanwhile, if BradRead More
This blog has been, first and foremost, about studying tailored clothing, often analyzing other people’s methods so that readers and I can learn something. Up until now the focus has been solely on the construction of tailored garments; for the first time, I wanted to study somebody else’s method of selling tailored garments. The ready-made tailored clothing industry is almost 150 years old; many of the companies still producing in the United States themselves areRead More