How To Find The Best Tailors Near You

To achieve true sartorial nirvana, you need a great tailor. If we're being honest, it can be tricky to find the best tailors near you (and know if they're any good). That's why I've put together this video sharing some expert advice on how to find a good tailor.
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0:00 - Introduction
0:31 - Ask Around
1:00 - Search Online
1:35 - Find the Right Personality
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3:06 - Turnaround Times
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[@forceshockblastcapture6563]

I moved to a smaller community and couldn't find a tailor through Google. I ended up reaching out to a specifically bridal fitting service and they referred me to the local tailor . . . who had closed their brick and mortar shop a year ago and now operated out of a small space one day a week. Many of these people know each other and more and more skilled artisans are taking their trade private, off the books. Leasing a storefront for 1800 a month doesn't make sense, it's a different world now.

[@anthonyzagelow143]

Short, helpful, and right to the point. Great video, more like this one, please.

[@joederosa5918]

I got a Bespoke suit from Michael Andrews in the city because I watched one of your videos and I can fully recommend the experience. Michael was such a great guy. He offered his recommendations to me without being pushy. It is pretty pricey as my suit was $2,700 but I understand in the city the prices will be a little inflated.

[@clintony3000]

Thanks for another quality video. I'm not sure if you have done this yet, but finding a quality dry cleaner would be a nice one. I remember taking a canvas suit with a nice lapel roll to the dry cleaner to have them press the lapels flat 😭

[@hespokestyle]

Yeah, that is definitely a word of mouth thing. That's how I found my dry cleaner.

[@Eoghankerry10]

Was online searching for a tailor in my new town just yesterday. Thanks for the video, definitely helped!

[@hespokestyle]

Great to hear!

[@mlbg10158]

Great video, Brian. Since moving to Atlanta, I've been looking and I found Guffey's in Tower Place, Buckhead. It's an old school, full service store offering a wide variety of suits, formalwear and casual clothing. The in house tailors are awesome. Definitely worth a look if you ever travel down here. All best, Bill

[@Tailyn222]

Looking for a good tailor is like looking for a barber. It takes time. Great video

[@EAB3Productions]

Great video! Its almsot Derby season. Was wondering if you would make an updated video for derby fashion from Preakness to European derby's?

[@Alex-kv1kd]

Hello Brian, thank you very much for this helpful tips! This is my first time purchasing my leather shoes after few years and I would love to hear your opinion on which cap toe oxford shoe color should I opt for between Black or Dark brown? I am on a budget therefore I seek the ones with the most versatility. Thank you in advance Brian. Love ya

[@Javi_C]

Much appreciated 😀

[@hespokestyle]

No problem 👍 Early comment squad!

[@ronm6585]

Thank you sir.

[@gordonmiller1]

Thanks! Great video. I recently took a suit to a tailor I found online. I get it back Thursday, we'll see how everything fits! 🤞

[@hespokestyle]

Good luck!!

[@stgrady1]

Really appreciate the content! As I recall you’re in the DC,MD,VA area so taking your first tip do you have any recommendations? Thanks!

[@leonardcroft1467]

Hey Brian Great Video Fit is King

[@hespokestyle]

Hey, thanks! And sure is!

[@brentinjapan]

Love your videos. Thanks!! I have a video idea for you that it seems nobody has done: stretchy suit material. I’m getting my first bespoke suit. I’m a musician so it occurred to me that a stretchy material may be good not only for stage but for general comfort. I looked on KZbin for advice on the topic and I can barely find anything. There are ads and seemingly fake reviews plus one explanation of various fabrics but no pros and cons flex material used for bespoke suits. Seems like a video opportunity for you. If possible can you give general quick advice here? Thanks!!

[@CokeWithIceAndLemon]

Looking sharp B, love from Saudi!

[@hespokestyle]

Appreciate it!!

[@simongaywanjala598]

Where I live (Indonesia), you can’t trust online reviews bc most people aren’t that knowledgeable enough to really tell whether something is qood or bad quality. I’ve seen so many terrible & overpriced Tailors who got 5 stars reviews. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Red-wh3ok]

You take one for the team and share your experience with fellow gentlemen.

[@hespokestyle]

Get the perfect fit with custom menswear from the HSS Shop: hespokestyle.com/shop/

[@anthonym484]

Who do you recommend Brian?

[@md.maidulalam9186]

What is the name of your hairstyle? I like it. Is there is any haircut tutorial you can reccomend me?

[@Aaronheirofisildur]

As always, great video. Hey Brian, I do have more of a personal question, I am in the look for a bold suit (it’ll be bespoke) that is still Classic and Elegant. Any recomendations? -I already have my basics covered, thats why Im making the jump-

[@hespokestyle]

For a classic "bold" suit, I'd go with a grey glen plaid double-breasted flannel suit.

[@Aaronheirofisildur]

@@hespokestyle I really dont have anything like that in my wardrobe, it actually sounds very nice. Will definately ask for the Flannels book at my tailor’s. Thank you very much Brian, you are the best.

[@charlescouncil2174]

You make the BEST quality videos about fashion. However, you need to be more consistent with the great content 👍🏾

[@planetdee3587]

What do you think of a department store tailor assuming you stay with a brand that fits you well? Will that or should that be considered a decent standard? Or is it a case of you do not know what you are missing till you had it so spend more money?

[@florianhess]

Wish you’d be a little less generic when it comes to ‘is the tailor any good’. Would be great to see examples of seams or other finishes, for example. Is the trouser hem seam done nicely or all over the place? How invisible is the stitching on a plain hem? Or does the tailor take measurements and incl the numbers on the receipt so you know if it’s done as agreed on at collection? Things I had to learn the hard way by nearly ruining good pieces of clothing with poor tailors.

[@Agonize3]

Where is the link to the list?

[@LB-kr5ku]

Did I miss the part about how to tell if they’re any good? If not, can you please answer this question?

[@glendavis1266]

One other thing…..lots of tailors out in Midwest are Asian so any thoughts on competency and language barriers?

[@rahultambe4362]

I am unable to find the article about price range for the tailoring , can someone help??

[@zacharyhbwells]

Great video, I've been looking for a custom suit maker in the DC area. I know you have Baltimore roots (saw your custom suiting mistakes video which mentions a shop there for example). Following tips 1 and 3, do you have any shop recommendations for the DC area these days? I've googled, but some of the "style" just feels a bit too stuffy/traditional or lacking in personality. Any ideas?

[@hespokestyle]

Hey, Zachary. Thanks for the comment. As far as custom suits in DC, I don't have any experience other than when Michael Andrews had a showroom there years ago. Mike still sends someone down once a month though and as I'm sure you know, our custom clothing in the HSS Shop is in partnership with MAB. You can certainly order online for a non-bespoke price point and get together with Frasier when he comes to DC. Let me know either way and please feel free to book a free virtual consultation with no strings attached: www.michaelandrews.com/booking?location=HSS

[@zacharyhbwells]

@@hespokestyle Thanks for the quick reply. I checked into a virtual appt but the confirm stylist box isn't working on any of my browsers. From what I can tell, I can just go ahead and do an order with my own measurements. I'll proceed. Thanks again!

[@hespokestyle]

Which browsers have you tried? Desktop or mobile?

[@zacharyhbwells]

@@hespokestyle both: mobile IOS and desktop: chrome and Edge. The box comes up but there aren't any names.

[@hespokestyle]

Thank you. I have sent your feedback on.

[@vladfifty-two8530]

Where's the pricing list?

[@ardentdfender4116]

I find the video generically helpful because tailoring is very important and finding a good quality tailor, yet it’s also limiting. People live in all kind of areas, some big cities and small cities and in between and the amount of tailors or quality ones vary. That said, finding a good tailor is almost harder than finding a good suit. Because good tailors are damn hard to find and it all takes time assess a tailors work going back and forth with the clothing being tailored. Sometimes I’ve used an alteration business for different reasons as well. For me I personally use two different business being in the West Pittsburgh area for my tailoring needs with one actually being a tailor, the other an alteration business. In the beginning it took a long time tracking down the stores and looking at reviews on Google maps. Then taking a few items there doing fitting and doing the turnaround time. The one tailor I had to go back for Trouser alteration about 4 times. He initially just did not measure trousers correctly for hemming and cuffing the pants. I almost felt bad having to take the pants back every time and so much so I lost my enthusiasm having to go there. The alteration business was less menswear specific and focus, good location to deliver the cloth for alteration needs and one the last there was very attentive to how I wanted the trousers to fit. So I explained from everything I knew and did the alterations. Very few times I’ve had to take anything back a second time to fix with a week turnaround but only few times. Thus I’ve learned so far at this point what piece of clothing I take to either business for tailoring or alteration needs. Quality tailors and tailoring are not everywhere. It’s time consuming to find good ones via trial and error and we all hope to avoid those that cause errors. Getting good recommendations from others who has impeccable tailoring as you have pointed out helps immensely and does much to narrow down where to look. But it’s not easy to find a good tailor.

[@UmairActorModel]

Are you in LA? Any tailor recommendations here? Anyone else in this comment section who can recommend a tailor who can make a slim and trendy suit? (Or at least alter one)

[@mythical.Cels143]

how high can you usually raise your arm if you have nice custom made suit?.

[@yanfeiliu3316]

As a traveling tailor, mostly the degree is 45 degree. Means ‘suit’ allow you to shake hands with other during business meeting.

[@carterasics]

Great video. For anyone looking in the South Jersey & Philadelphia area I'd recommend looking into "AngelDTailor" Always had great results, he really takes the time to get to know the customer & what they want, kinda like you said. I've been to other tailors who won't taper pants and do more modern fits. Angel is a younger guy so I feel like he knows what's on trend.

[@sandzmd]

Yay

[@sandzmd]

1st again!😊

[@hespokestyle]

Thanks!!

[@joanne26]

Any well made suit that a guy wears he should be able to take it, roll it into a ball, crush it, stamp on it and then sleep in it overnight and it should look as fresh as the previous day. It’s the experience of the cutter that allows this. A well dressed guy would be so confident and sexy at the same time and would be noticed in a crowd. The suit is always part of the whole package for me. Example I give is: The shirts from Turnball and Asser and the shoes from John Lobb And to finish off a great hair cut and just well groomed 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@lucazazzarini3376]

I think I have never seen a man so stylish as him, no joke.

[@anthonygarcia49]

Here's another tip. Buy a sewing machine and learn how to do your own alterations. Sewing a hem is not that difficult and you can head to the thrift store and buy some cheap items to practice on.