Hong Kong Tailor?
Oct 10, 2015, 4:08 pm
#421
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: YYZ / SFO
Programs: UA 3P, Marriott Gold
Posts: 16
Hi Guys
I'll be in Macau on business for 4 days.
(Arrive Mon night, Free all day on Tues, work on Wed and Thurs, free all day Fri)
I know that in HK there are tons of tailors who can make a decent suit in this time.
Does anyone know if this is also true in Macau?
Any recommendations?
Price range is around $500 USD.
Or am I better off going to HK on Tuesday, and finding a tailor to measure me in the morning, fitting at night, and then go back on Friday for final fitting in the morning, and then pick up at night?
Thanks!
I'll be in Macau on business for 4 days.
(Arrive Mon night, Free all day on Tues, work on Wed and Thurs, free all day Fri)
I know that in HK there are tons of tailors who can make a decent suit in this time.
Does anyone know if this is also true in Macau?
Any recommendations?
Price range is around $500 USD.
Or am I better off going to HK on Tuesday, and finding a tailor to measure me in the morning, fitting at night, and then go back on Friday for final fitting in the morning, and then pick up at night?
Thanks!
Jan 12, 2016, 11:52 am
#423
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: LAX, LGB, SNA
Programs: AA EXP OWE, DL DM ST+, AS MVPG, UA, BA, WN CP, Hyatt E, Ritz Plat, HH GM
Posts: 3,185
Where is a good place for a budget suit? Preferably including a shirt or two and maybe a tie. Around 500USD? I'm leaning towards WC & Son or Lee Gordon? Not looking for high quality fabrics, just a well tailored, well fitted suit.
Last edited by hiima; Jan 12, 2016 at 12:08 pm
Jan 12, 2016, 2:24 pm
#424
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: Portland OR Double Emerald (QF and AA), DL PM/MM, Starwood Plat
Posts: 19,589
I didn't find any good tailors in Macau and prices are definitely higher -- but I didn't look very hard.
Jul 26, 2016, 4:01 pm
#425
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 1
HK Tailor Experience
I go to a trade fair in Hong Kong every year and two friends from the States, who also attend, encouraged me to get a suit made there. For essentially the same price as an off-the-peg suit back home, you get a made-to-measure item. And furthermore, they convincingly argued, the clincher perhaps, it’s something every guy should try at least once in a lifetime. Having read quite a few of the comments in this thread, my experience would seem to be par for the course but some of the details might help others considering the same thing.
My friends took me to their tailor who they’d been going to for a couple of years. (Possibly their motivation was a kickback!) It’s one of many tiny tailor shops in TST and it’s called Modell Fashions (8, Humphreys Rd.). It’s run by the Aswani family, great friendly and attentive people who’ll keep you plied with a couple of beers while you get measured up and choose fabrics. The price was about HK$ 3,500 if I remember rightly – it was two years ago. No doubt there is higher quality around at a much higher price but at the end of the day I was pretty satisfied with the results.
The whole process took six days with three fittings. I’m not your usual suit guy. I rarely need one. However, I do like fashion and want to look sharp when I do wear a suit. So I was aiming for something trendy but all-purpose at the same time, suitable for weddings, christenings and funerals, and which wouldn’t necessarily make me look like a bank manager. As I don’t need it for work every day, durability wasn’t a huge concern. Therefore I planned what I wanted very precisely and in retrospect I believe that to be the most important element of the whole process. Lapel width, number and place of the vents, number of buttons, the cut (slim please), style of pockets and stitching etc – I had it all defined. The Aswanis were great. They will accommodate any reasonable wish and change anything you need changing, but – and it’s a big but - you do have to tell them precisely what you want. Otherwise you’ll get what everyone else gets or whatever is easier and cheaper to make. My friends were about to get given jackets without vents or a lapel button-hole (fewer work processes, no doubt) until I spotted it. They just hadn’t thought about it. They would have looked like they were wearing sacks.
My suit has a great fit and has quite a few nice little details that an off-the-peg suit at that price certainly wouldn’t. I also reckon, despite the modest price level, it will be more durable. The sleeves are a little too long. I didn’t spot that and I suspect they did but wanted to save themselves another alteration. I had a couple of shirts made as well. One had a problem with the collar but they fixed that for free when I returned a year later. One other shirt I bought shrunk in the wash. So it’s not all plain sailing. But if you know exactly what you want and aren’t shy about demanding it, getting a MTM suit in Hong Kong is a good bargain and certainly a fun experience. I’d go back to Modell Fashions but I’d also be willing to give another place a try, now that I know even more about what to watch out for. I just don’t need another suit right now.
My friends took me to their tailor who they’d been going to for a couple of years. (Possibly their motivation was a kickback!) It’s one of many tiny tailor shops in TST and it’s called Modell Fashions (8, Humphreys Rd.). It’s run by the Aswani family, great friendly and attentive people who’ll keep you plied with a couple of beers while you get measured up and choose fabrics. The price was about HK$ 3,500 if I remember rightly – it was two years ago. No doubt there is higher quality around at a much higher price but at the end of the day I was pretty satisfied with the results.
The whole process took six days with three fittings. I’m not your usual suit guy. I rarely need one. However, I do like fashion and want to look sharp when I do wear a suit. So I was aiming for something trendy but all-purpose at the same time, suitable for weddings, christenings and funerals, and which wouldn’t necessarily make me look like a bank manager. As I don’t need it for work every day, durability wasn’t a huge concern. Therefore I planned what I wanted very precisely and in retrospect I believe that to be the most important element of the whole process. Lapel width, number and place of the vents, number of buttons, the cut (slim please), style of pockets and stitching etc – I had it all defined. The Aswanis were great. They will accommodate any reasonable wish and change anything you need changing, but – and it’s a big but - you do have to tell them precisely what you want. Otherwise you’ll get what everyone else gets or whatever is easier and cheaper to make. My friends were about to get given jackets without vents or a lapel button-hole (fewer work processes, no doubt) until I spotted it. They just hadn’t thought about it. They would have looked like they were wearing sacks.
My suit has a great fit and has quite a few nice little details that an off-the-peg suit at that price certainly wouldn’t. I also reckon, despite the modest price level, it will be more durable. The sleeves are a little too long. I didn’t spot that and I suspect they did but wanted to save themselves another alteration. I had a couple of shirts made as well. One had a problem with the collar but they fixed that for free when I returned a year later. One other shirt I bought shrunk in the wash. So it’s not all plain sailing. But if you know exactly what you want and aren’t shy about demanding it, getting a MTM suit in Hong Kong is a good bargain and certainly a fun experience. I’d go back to Modell Fashions but I’d also be willing to give another place a try, now that I know even more about what to watch out for. I just don’t need another suit right now.
Jul 26, 2016, 6:14 pm
#426
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: LAX, LGB, SNA
Programs: AA EXP OWE, DL DM ST+, AS MVPG, UA, BA, WN CP, Hyatt E, Ritz Plat, HH GM
Posts: 3,185
I go to a trade fair in Hong Kong every year and two friends from the States, who also attend, encouraged me to get a suit made there. For essentially the same price as an off-the-peg suit back home, you get a made-to-measure item. And furthermore, they convincingly argued, the clincher perhaps, it’s something every guy should try at least once in a lifetime. Having read quite a few of the comments in this thread, my experience would seem to be par for the course but some of the details might help others considering the same thing.
My friends took me to their tailor who they’d been going to for a couple of years. (Possibly their motivation was a kickback!) It’s one of many tiny tailor shops in TST and it’s called Modell Fashions (8, Humphreys Rd.). It’s run by the Aswani family, great friendly and attentive people who’ll keep you plied with a couple of beers while you get measured up and choose fabrics. The price was about HK$ 3,500 if I remember rightly – it was two years ago. No doubt there is higher quality around at a much higher price but at the end of the day I was pretty satisfied with the results.
The whole process took six days with three fittings. I’m not your usual suit guy. I rarely need one. However, I do like fashion and want to look sharp when I do wear a suit. So I was aiming for something trendy but all-purpose at the same time, suitable for weddings, christenings and funerals, and which wouldn’t necessarily make me look like a bank manager. As I don’t need it for work every day, durability wasn’t a huge concern. Therefore I planned what I wanted very precisely and in retrospect I believe that to be the most important element of the whole process. Lapel width, number and place of the vents, number of buttons, the cut (slim please), style of pockets and stitching etc – I had it all defined. The Aswanis were great. They will accommodate any reasonable wish and change anything you need changing, but – and it’s a big but - you do have to tell them precisely what you want. Otherwise you’ll get what everyone else gets or whatever is easier and cheaper to make. My friends were about to get given jackets without vents or a lapel button-hole (fewer work processes, no doubt) until I spotted it. They just hadn’t thought about it. They would have looked like they were wearing sacks.
My suit has a great fit and has quite a few nice little details that an off-the-peg suit at that price certainly wouldn’t. I also reckon, despite the modest price level, it will be more durable. The sleeves are a little too long. I didn’t spot that and I suspect they did but wanted to save themselves another alteration. I had a couple of shirts made as well. One had a problem with the collar but they fixed that for free when I returned a year later. One other shirt I bought shrunk in the wash. So it’s not all plain sailing. But if you know exactly what you want and aren’t shy about demanding it, getting a MTM suit in Hong Kong is a good bargain and certainly a fun experience. I’d go back to Modell Fashions but I’d also be willing to give another place a try, now that I know even more about what to watch out for. I just don’t need another suit right now.
My friends took me to their tailor who they’d been going to for a couple of years. (Possibly their motivation was a kickback!) It’s one of many tiny tailor shops in TST and it’s called Modell Fashions (8, Humphreys Rd.). It’s run by the Aswani family, great friendly and attentive people who’ll keep you plied with a couple of beers while you get measured up and choose fabrics. The price was about HK$ 3,500 if I remember rightly – it was two years ago. No doubt there is higher quality around at a much higher price but at the end of the day I was pretty satisfied with the results.
The whole process took six days with three fittings. I’m not your usual suit guy. I rarely need one. However, I do like fashion and want to look sharp when I do wear a suit. So I was aiming for something trendy but all-purpose at the same time, suitable for weddings, christenings and funerals, and which wouldn’t necessarily make me look like a bank manager. As I don’t need it for work every day, durability wasn’t a huge concern. Therefore I planned what I wanted very precisely and in retrospect I believe that to be the most important element of the whole process. Lapel width, number and place of the vents, number of buttons, the cut (slim please), style of pockets and stitching etc – I had it all defined. The Aswanis were great. They will accommodate any reasonable wish and change anything you need changing, but – and it’s a big but - you do have to tell them precisely what you want. Otherwise you’ll get what everyone else gets or whatever is easier and cheaper to make. My friends were about to get given jackets without vents or a lapel button-hole (fewer work processes, no doubt) until I spotted it. They just hadn’t thought about it. They would have looked like they were wearing sacks.
My suit has a great fit and has quite a few nice little details that an off-the-peg suit at that price certainly wouldn’t. I also reckon, despite the modest price level, it will be more durable. The sleeves are a little too long. I didn’t spot that and I suspect they did but wanted to save themselves another alteration. I had a couple of shirts made as well. One had a problem with the collar but they fixed that for free when I returned a year later. One other shirt I bought shrunk in the wash. So it’s not all plain sailing. But if you know exactly what you want and aren’t shy about demanding it, getting a MTM suit in Hong Kong is a good bargain and certainly a fun experience. I’d go back to Modell Fashions but I’d also be willing to give another place a try, now that I know even more about what to watch out for. I just don’t need another suit right now.
Jul 28, 2016, 1:12 am
#427
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: SYD, Australia
Programs: VA Silver, QF FF, Priority Club
Posts: 923
I go to a trade fair in Hong Kong every year and two friends from the States, who also attend, encouraged me to get a suit made there. For essentially the same price as an off-the-peg suit back home, you get a made-to-measure item. And furthermore, they convincingly argued, the clincher perhaps, it’s something every guy should try at least once in a lifetime. Having read quite a few of the comments in this thread, my experience would seem to be par for the course but some of the details might help others considering the same thing.
My friends took me to their tailor who they’d been going to for a couple of years. (Possibly their motivation was a kickback!) It’s one of many tiny tailor shops in TST and it’s called Modell Fashions (8, Humphreys Rd.). It’s run by the Aswani family, great friendly and attentive people who’ll keep you plied with a couple of beers while you get measured up and choose fabrics. The price was about HK$ 3,500 if I remember rightly – it was two years ago. No doubt there is higher quality around at a much higher price but at the end of the day I was pretty satisfied with the results.
The whole process took six days with three fittings. I’m not your usual suit guy. I rarely need one. However, I do like fashion and want to look sharp when I do wear a suit. So I was aiming for something trendy but all-purpose at the same time, suitable for weddings, christenings and funerals, and which wouldn’t necessarily make me look like a bank manager. As I don’t need it for work every day, durability wasn’t a huge concern. Therefore I planned what I wanted very precisely and in retrospect I believe that to be the most important element of the whole process. Lapel width, number and place of the vents, number of buttons, the cut (slim please), style of pockets and stitching etc – I had it all defined. The Aswanis were great. They will accommodate any reasonable wish and change anything you need changing, but – and it’s a big but - you do have to tell them precisely what you want. Otherwise you’ll get what everyone else gets or whatever is easier and cheaper to make. My friends were about to get given jackets without vents or a lapel button-hole (fewer work processes, no doubt) until I spotted it. They just hadn’t thought about it. They would have looked like they were wearing sacks.
My suit has a great fit and has quite a few nice little details that an off-the-peg suit at that price certainly wouldn’t. I also reckon, despite the modest price level, it will be more durable. The sleeves are a little too long. I didn’t spot that and I suspect they did but wanted to save themselves another alteration. I had a couple of shirts made as well. One had a problem with the collar but they fixed that for free when I returned a year later. One other shirt I bought shrunk in the wash. So it’s not all plain sailing. But if you know exactly what you want and aren’t shy about demanding it, getting a MTM suit in Hong Kong is a good bargain and certainly a fun experience. I’d go back to Modell Fashions but I’d also be willing to give another place a try, now that I know even more about what to watch out for. I just don’t need another suit right now.
My friends took me to their tailor who they’d been going to for a couple of years. (Possibly their motivation was a kickback!) It’s one of many tiny tailor shops in TST and it’s called Modell Fashions (8, Humphreys Rd.). It’s run by the Aswani family, great friendly and attentive people who’ll keep you plied with a couple of beers while you get measured up and choose fabrics. The price was about HK$ 3,500 if I remember rightly – it was two years ago. No doubt there is higher quality around at a much higher price but at the end of the day I was pretty satisfied with the results.
The whole process took six days with three fittings. I’m not your usual suit guy. I rarely need one. However, I do like fashion and want to look sharp when I do wear a suit. So I was aiming for something trendy but all-purpose at the same time, suitable for weddings, christenings and funerals, and which wouldn’t necessarily make me look like a bank manager. As I don’t need it for work every day, durability wasn’t a huge concern. Therefore I planned what I wanted very precisely and in retrospect I believe that to be the most important element of the whole process. Lapel width, number and place of the vents, number of buttons, the cut (slim please), style of pockets and stitching etc – I had it all defined. The Aswanis were great. They will accommodate any reasonable wish and change anything you need changing, but – and it’s a big but - you do have to tell them precisely what you want. Otherwise you’ll get what everyone else gets or whatever is easier and cheaper to make. My friends were about to get given jackets without vents or a lapel button-hole (fewer work processes, no doubt) until I spotted it. They just hadn’t thought about it. They would have looked like they were wearing sacks.
My suit has a great fit and has quite a few nice little details that an off-the-peg suit at that price certainly wouldn’t. I also reckon, despite the modest price level, it will be more durable. The sleeves are a little too long. I didn’t spot that and I suspect they did but wanted to save themselves another alteration. I had a couple of shirts made as well. One had a problem with the collar but they fixed that for free when I returned a year later. One other shirt I bought shrunk in the wash. So it’s not all plain sailing. But if you know exactly what you want and aren’t shy about demanding it, getting a MTM suit in Hong Kong is a good bargain and certainly a fun experience. I’d go back to Modell Fashions but I’d also be willing to give another place a try, now that I know even more about what to watch out for. I just don’t need another suit right now.
Jul 11, 2019, 10:40 pm
#428
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 1,028
Anyone have any experience with Charms Tailor?
All of the high end hotel concierges recommend them.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attracti...g.html?m=19905
All of the high end hotel concierges recommend them.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attracti...g.html?m=19905
Jul 15, 2019, 4:24 am
#429
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: OSL
Posts: 2,646
Anyone have any experience with Charms Tailor?
All of the high end hotel concierges recommend them.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attracti...g.html?m=19905
All of the high end hotel concierges recommend them.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attracti...g.html?m=19905