Indochino- How did my garment turn out?

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

Indochino- first impressions

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

Indochino- a box came

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

Indochino, or, How to Sell Clothing to Generation Smartphone

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