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How to Choose a Bespoke Tailor in Los Angeles: Nine Questions Worth Asking

The words in this trade are not protected, so a man commissioning his first suit has little to judge by. Here are the nine questions we would ask if we...

How to Choose a Bespoke Tailor in Los Angeles: Nine Questions Worth Asking

The words in this trade are not protected, so a man commissioning his first suit has little to judge by. Here are the nine questions we would ask if we...

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A full canvas bespoke suit by Mr James, cut from a single-client pattern and made by hand in the house atelier in Brittany, France

Tailored, Made-to-Measure or Bespoke: What the Words Actually Mean

Three words get used as though they were the same word. They are not, and the difference between them is several thousand dollars and a garment that either lasts fifteen...

Tailored, Made-to-Measure or Bespoke: What the Words Actually Mean

Three words get used as though they were the same word. They are not, and the difference between them is several thousand dollars and a garment that either lasts fifteen...

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Styling a custom suit for the Los Angeles seasons

The Best Suit Fabric for Hot Weather: A Los Angeles Tailor's Guide

A suit is cool or warm because of how its cloth is woven, not only what it weighs. Here is how we choose cloth for the Los Angeles heat: weight,...

The Best Suit Fabric for Hot Weather: A Los Angeles Tailor's Guide

A suit is cool or warm because of how its cloth is woven, not only what it weighs. Here is how we choose cloth for the Los Angeles heat: weight,...

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Suiting and trouser cloth from the Mr James fabric library

Odd Trousers: What They Are, and When They Beat a Second Suit

A pair of trousers made on its own, from $450. What "odd" means, why casual cloth is the greater part of it, what the detailing costs, and why a spare...

Odd Trousers: What They Are, and When They Beat a Second Suit

A pair of trousers made on its own, from $450. What "odd" means, why casual cloth is the greater part of it, what the detailing costs, and why a spare...

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Tailored wool suits hanging on display

How to Care for a Bespoke Suit: Resting, Brushing, Pressing and Dry Cleaning

A fully canvassed suit, looked after, is worn for ten years. The same suit on a wire hanger and dry cleaned every month is tired in three. A tailor's guide...

How to Care for a Bespoke Suit: Resting, Brushing, Pressing and Dry Cleaning

A fully canvassed suit, looked after, is worn for ten years. The same suit on a wire hanger and dry cleaned every month is tired in three. A tailor's guide...

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Custom tailored suit

Groomsmen Suits: How to Dress a Wedding Party Well

Five or six men, five or six different builds, one photograph that will be looked at for forty years. Here is how we dress a wedding party: matching or coordinating,...

Groomsmen Suits: How to Dress a Wedding Party Well

Five or six men, five or six different builds, one photograph that will be looked at for forty years. Here is how we dress a wedding party: matching or coordinating,...

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