Interminable measurements, multiple fittings, long wait times and big bucks were all part of the pattern for a bespoke suit. But these days, cutting-edge clothiers are taking the whole experience online and in the process are slashing prices and reducing the hassle...
The custom suit has gone mass. Once the exclusive province of tycoons, aristocrats and pedigreed tailors, made-to-measure suits now are being offered by a growing number of retailers and vendors at moderate prices and fast-fashion speeds...
One of our favorite suit makers Indochino will begin releasing a new custom-made collection each month...
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Thanks to the internet and a globalized economy, tailoring has a few new opportunities for start-up Indochino. http://derstandard.at/1266278894790/Online-Modelabel-Start-up-macht-einst-teure-Massanzuege-erschwinglich
Kyle Vucko, CEO of Indochino, on the panel for the future of fashion at the Digital, Life, Design Conference in Munich alongside Alexis Maybank of Gilt Groupe. Click here to view the video.
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My Indochino suit arrived today . . .
Well gents now you can have the best of both worlds: bespoke couture at mainstream price. There is an online men's custom suit designer called Indochino that will custom-make a suit to your liking according to your measurements, all at a very reasonable price.
Vucko pitches Indochino as the Zara of men's tailored clothing, comparing the fast-fashion behemoth with his own business model of merchandise that turns regularly. The site launched a range of evening suits and tuxedos timed . . .
Does Saville Row needs disrupting? The guys behind Indochina think so, devising an web-based tailoring service that will deliver a bespoke suit to you in two weeks . . .
. . . An even cheaper option is to order one online from the Vancouver-based company Indochino(indochino,com). They give you instruction on how to measure yourself . . . and the basic dinner jacket, which is 100% wool, is $325
I've upped Indochino as a "great suit for under $500" in the past, and I figured, hey, I should put my money where my mouth is. . .
For cash-strapped, socially conscious consumers, it sounds like a dream come true: a designer knock-off suit, crafted in sweatshop-free conditions by indie tailors in China, costing $200 to $450, including shipping and alterations . . .
Couture isn't just for fabulously rich women, you know. Gents, admit it, you've daydreamed about strutting into the office in that perfectly tailored Hugo Boss suit, but you never really delved into the possibility for financial reasons . . .
Canadian online retailer offers a traditionally offline product, tailor-made suits . . .
The days of tailors crossing the ocean to the New World to practice their age-old craft are not far from over, but globalization is helping bring Western dollars and customers to the hands of Asian tailors.
Where can I get an affordable custom-made suit? I get this question often and although I can recommend tailors in my own city, it's hard to answer in a way that will be of interest across the country.
Whether you ear five or six figures, the thought of purchasing a custom tailored suit seems a bit daunting. We empathize. They're expensive, require multiple visits to the tailor, and take a month to produce. Frankly, more commitment than you, or we, have time for. . .
We have all had buddies come back from trips to the Far East with a fresh wardobe of perfectly cut custom suits and shirts and a story about how outrageously inexpensive it all was. And many of us reacted with jealousy to such stories . . .
