Comments on: The Differences Between Bespoke and Made To Measure Dress Shirts http://www.tailorinstyle.com/52/the-differences-between-bespoke-and-made-to-measure-dress-shirts/ The Guide To Men's Clothing Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:58:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jeff Collins, Professional Haberdasher http://www.tailorinstyle.com/52/the-differences-between-bespoke-and-made-to-measure-dress-shirts/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Jeff Collins, Professional Haberdasher Thu, 01 May 2008 16:37:36 +0000 http://www.tailorinstyle.com/?p=52#comment-64 Here is a similar definition "Bespoke is usually a British English term for tailored clothing made at a customer's behest (request), and exactly to the customer's specification. Bespoke clothing is created without use of a pre-existing pattern, differentiating it from made to measure, which alters a standard-sized pattern to fit the customer. In American English, it is a synonym for 'custom made.'" My expertise is in measuring, style, design, fabric, function and fit . For the last ten years I have been designing clothing which is then made to measure with adjustments that I have the factory make based on customer preference and my own personal design techniques. The issues most men today have with bespoke is that it takes to 3 or 6 fittings to get the garments perfect. It becomes too time consuming and in turn, very expensive. Expect to pay $2000 to $4000 for an entry level bespoke suit and a $200 to $600 for a bespoke shirt. On the other hand, I put 24 measurements into the creation of a made to measure suit and 16 into a custom shirt. When I give the factory this kind of detail it more often than not comes out perfect. Any adjustments or changing preferences can be noted for future garment orders. The best part about it is the savings over bespoke. Custom suits start at $895 and custom shirts at $100, with most of my selection between $100 & $200. Jeff Collins, Professional Haberdasher http://www.myhaberdasher.com Here is a similar definition “Bespoke is usually a British English term for tailored clothing made at a customer’s behest (request), and exactly to the customer’s specification. Bespoke clothing is created without use of a pre-existing pattern, differentiating it from made to measure, which alters a standard-sized pattern to fit the customer. In American English, it is a synonym for ‘custom made.’”

My expertise is in measuring, style, design, fabric, function and fit . For the last ten years I have been designing clothing which is then made to measure with adjustments that I have the factory make based on customer preference and my own personal design techniques. The issues most men today have with bespoke is that it takes to 3 or 6 fittings to get the garments perfect. It becomes too time consuming and in turn, very expensive. Expect to pay $2000 to $4000 for an entry level bespoke suit and a $200 to $600 for a bespoke shirt.

On the other hand, I put 24 measurements into the creation of a made to measure suit and 16 into a custom shirt. When I give the factory this kind of detail it more often than not comes out perfect. Any adjustments or changing preferences can be noted for future garment orders. The best part about it is the savings over bespoke. Custom suits start at $895 and custom shirts at $100, with most of my selection between $100 & $200.

Jeff Collins, Professional Haberdasher
http://www.myhaberdasher.com

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