Originally Posted by
AA25
Good decision. The worst thing that happens to tailored shirst in India is the shape of collar and cuffs. It depends on the quality of material used for cuffs and collars. They can cut well, get good quality cloth but the quality materail for cuffs and collars is just not available to these guys. And I am saying this with personal experience. You will be much better going and buying yourself a Zodiac, Luise Phillip or a Van Heusen shirt. Costs anywhere between 1000-1500INR but they are worth it.
When it comes to trousers that is a different matter all together. Taillored trousers and much better than any readymades tha money can buy. I paid about $140 ($35each) for 4 trousers made out of best quality fabric (Raymond Terewools) availble in India and one of the most popular and expensive tailors in Pune. Trousers of that quality are not avaiaolble in any stores in India. And in US It will cost upwards of $100 and may still not fit your shape.
A reputable tailor would have access to the material that goes into cuff or coolars of shirts. If it weren't available, cufs and collars of branded shirts would lose their shape too. A successful tailor also called "master" as in "master tailor" does the cutting and workers do the sewing. But a really sucessful (financially) tailor just uses his name and someone else vuts the material. That's when the quality starts to go down.
Many years ago I took my own interfacing and material for suit and used a tailor in a Raymond's shop. I know for sure, he did not sue the interfacing, instead he used some local material called bookrum which is bulky and does not have a sharp look. As a saying goes in India, never rely on tailor's ETD and on a goldsmith to not mix baser metals with your gold.
That siad, I have used two tailors in Connaught Place, Delhi in the last few years, who have done a decent job and always deliver on time. Both the tailors are on the left of Regal Bldg.