CUSTOM GUIDANCE FROM YOUR CUSTOM CLOTHIER

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Custom Designed just for you!
Each gentleman has his own circumstances, goals, and individual style. Our aim, as a custom clothier, is to enable each of our clients to create a wardrobe that will work hard to help him meet his goals and express his unique taste. To accomplish that, we work hard during your consultations to ensure you consider several important factors.
Throughout our conversations we will help you to discover whether you prefer Italian, English, or American style sensibilities, as that will usually inform your tailoring choices. We’ll also discuss which custom items are your current priority. For some gentlemen, it could be suits, while others need to focus on trousers, coats, shirts, or a focal point item, such as an “odd vest.”
When you set your budget, we can help you consider how long each type of custom clothing tends to last, as well as how many of that item category you’ll need.
We are careful to schedule enough time for consultations so that we can understand your exact requirements. We know that, much like at the barber, your satisfaction with the results depends on the clear communication of expectations between parties. We also take the time necessary for excellent fittings. This part of the process is essential in crafting a garment that fits you perfectly.
We customize our guidance during each stage of our work process, because it’s our mission to clothe you with excellence.

Essentially Spring

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Essentially Spring

This spring, you can create a fresh, breezy look without losing your individual style. Here are a few quick seasonal changes that will breathe fresh air into your wardrobe for the spring.
  • Try loafers instead of lace-ups for casual flair.
  • Wear a woven canvas or light brown leather belt instead of the dark leather belts you’ve depended on all winter.
  • Bring out your b¬righter fabrics, whether in ties, shirts, or socks.
  • Supplement your oxford shirts with¬ equally well-tailored custom shirts made from any of our beautiful, open-weave fabrics for the comfort of breathability-without looking sloppy.
  • Indulge in shirts built of lightweight cotton, linen, or blends of the two.
  • Enjoy a pair of custom-tailored tan trousers, whether as part of a spring/summer suit or as a stand-alone item.
  • Consider a custom unlined or partially lined suit coat or sport coat, for occasions when you need the sense of presence a coat offers but not the heat of winter wear.
We have just received our new spring/summer shirting fabrics! In this collection are lighter weight solid oxfords and some linen/cotton blends.
Our spring/summer suiting fabrics are here as well! Nice bright blues, tans, and very sexy pattern.
Make your appointment today at 954-768-8601.

In Black and White (and Grey)

Creating outfits from black and white pieces leads to striking ensembles. When you add shades of gray into the mix, you’ll have an ensemble that is at once visually arresting and monochromatic.
 
Combine several gray tones for a lighter look that’s perfect for sunny days and social occasions. Pair your custom gray suit with pastel shirts, like pink or light blue. Or wear it with your all-purpose white and blue shirts. Bring in black and your darker grays for more formal occasions. Crisp whites or subtle off-whites like cream or ivory look fantastic with black.
 
By combining your favorite black, white, and gray pieces, you have a myriad of wardrobe options that always coordinate-helping you look great without spending time searching for just the right shades that will work well together.

Three Keys To Designing The Oxford Shirt

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THREE KEYS TO DESIGNING THE WHITE OXFORD BUTTON-DOWN SHIRT

The reliable white oxford button-down is a workhorse of a shirt. You can confidently wear it during graduation ceremonies, weddings, funerals, some interviews, and at just about any day at work. Your custom oxford looks deliciously crisp when ironed, yet warm and casual when un-tucked. As a custom clothier, here are three key steps we take to ensure each custom button-down oxford we build is truly outstanding.
First, we select a fabric with a firm, tight weave. This density of thread makes your shirt last longer and feel smoother than clothing constructed from a lesser fabric.
Second, we insist on using only high-quality buttons. For most gentlemen, the ideal buttons are forgettable-without looking cheap. We have an excellent selection for you to choose from, including traditional mother-of-pearl.
Our third step is to customize your collar roll, which ensures your collar arches gracefully from your neck to the buttons instead of clinging tightly to your neck or wilting sadly.
Insisting on these seemingly tiny details gives your shirts a luxurious infusion of panache that simply cannot be matched by the off-the-rack clothing. If your preferences include button-down oxfords, we can ensure yours are the best of the breed.

Q & A – ASK ANDREA

Question: Most of my outfits are based on blues and blacks. How do I wear earth tones?  
 
Answer: Earth tones are fantastic color options, and we’re glad you’re considering them. Here are a few points to consider as you incorporate these hues into your existing wardrobe.
Each outfit should generally focus on either warm or cool tones. Cool earth tones include taupe, olive, sky blue, avocado, gray, and plum. Warm earth tones include beige, camel, yellow, ivory, chocolate, and pumpkin.
Vary the intensity of colors by building ensembles that include both dark and light shades, along with a splash of a brighter accent color.
While navy or black trousers will work with earth tones, wearing tan or taupe trousers are a better complement to colors from nature’s palette.
If you’re still unsure, don’t worry-we can help you put earth tones together to create a natural look you’ll absolutely love. Call today to schedule a private consultation.

Types of Shirt Plackets

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Designing your personal style means paying attention to details. Have you considered the style potential of choosing between the various options for shirt placket design? (That’s the strip of fabric that holds the buttons.)
  • Front placket-found in the vast majority of dress shirts. Always a good option for business attire, but its ubiquity means it lacks individuality.
  • No front placket-also called a French front, this placket has no visual stitching alongside the row of buttons, so it creates clean lines but can be trickier to iron.
  • Covered placket-commonly called a fly front, the covered placket has an additional layer of fabric covering the buttons. It’s sometimes found in tuxedo shirts and other very dressy clothing.
  • Tuxedo front-looks similar to the French front but differs in that the top four buttons are removable, allowing you to replace the buttons with tuxedo studs. This placket is best used only with tuxedo shirts.
The next time you’re creating dress shirts that will showcase your style, consider switching it up with a different placket for a fresh option in your signature style.
 
Feeling creative? Call us now to schedule your private consultation about designing shirts that perfectly express your style and fitting requirements.

 

Q & A – ASK ANDREA

Question: How do I tie different length ties right the first time? 

 

Answer: We’ve got a simple way

to help you know exactly where to start your knot, with any length of necktie.
  1. Tie your regular knot.
  2. Carefully untie and measure the length of fabric used in knot.
  3. Slide the thick (wide) end of your necktie down so that length of fabric used in the knot sits just below your belt buckle.
  4. Hold the necktie in position carefully and tie the knot again.
QUICK TIP: Find an easy approximation of the knot fabric length (such as fingertip to fingertip of your outstretched hand, or two hand widths, etc.) and use that as your measurement each time instead of using a ruler.

DRESSING THE GENTLEMAN WITH A SMALLER FRAME

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DRESSING THE GENTLEMAN WITH A SMALLER FRAME 

We may not all have been destined to great height, but we can all certainly be blessed with great confidence. A significant part of that confidence comes from choosing custom-tailored clothing. Nothing else fits as well or makes the wearer look better.
We never try to make our clients look tall-instead, we design clothing that makes them look fantastic. The key strategy we follow is designing your clothing to be proportional. For the shorter gentleman, we cut the sleeves narrower to combat the billowing effect that can happen with ill-fitting ready-to-wear clothing. We also cut the sleeves to exactly the correct length to avoid the “puddle” of fabric often seen at the shorter gentleman’s wrist. In addition, we suggest you select ties that are slimmer, so that they work with the proportions of your suit.
When you’re choosing fabrics, we suggest you consider monochromatic color schemes. These create a unified look, while wearing strongly contrasting colors in your shirt and trousers can visually cut you in half. Thin stripes, set close together, often look better on shorter gentlemen than do large, blocky stripes.
Overall, a clean, crisp look is generally more flattering on shorter gentlemen than vivid, busy patterns. Remember that confidence in your appearance says more about you than your height, whatever it may be.