What does a suit cost in Inglewood?

A two-piece starts at $1,795, a three-piece at $2,045, a tuxedo at $1,795, an overcoat at $1,200, odd trousers $450 and a custom shirt $295. Alterations are $80 an hour. Cloth from the better mills costs more: Drago from $2,995, Zegna and Holland & Sherry from $3,495, Loro Piana from $3,995. The making is identical at every price, full canvas throughout, so what you are choosing is cloth, not quality.

Custom Suits for Inglewood

Q: How long does a commission take?

Four to six weeks in domestic cloth, six to eight if the cloth comes from Italy or England. Shirts are two to four weeks and alterations about a week. A rush at twenty-five per cent more will bring a suit forward, though we would rather not hurry it.

Q: Can you come to a house or office in Inglewood?

Yes. A visit to a home or office anywhere in Los Angeles is $300, including travel and the full cloth selection, with finished garments brought to you for the fittings.

Q: Do you cut for women?

Yes, by the same method, on the same patterns and at the same prices. Every garment is fully bespoke and full canvas, whoever it is for.

Mr James is fifteen minutes west of Inglewood at 221 Culver Blvd in Playa del Rey. Two-piece suits from $1,795, every one full canvas, cut to a pattern drafted for one person and made by hand at our atelier in Southern Brittany.

Inglewood is a city in its own right rather than a Los Angeles neighbourhood, and it keeps its own centre of gravity because of it. Westchester sits on its western edge, Hawthorne and Lennox below, Ladera Heights above, South Los Angeles to the east. The five zip codes, 90301 through 90305, lie directly inland of the storefront.

If you are still deciding which trade the errand actually wants, what a custom tailor Los Angeles does, and the four quite different services sold under that one word, is set out on its own page.

Getting here from Inglewood

West along Manchester, through Westchester, down the hill to Culver Blvd. From the southern zip codes, Imperial and then north on Pershing is the quieter run. Either way a quarter of an hour, running against the morning flow rather than with it.

Number 221 is a storefront, not a suite in a tower, with free parking in front and behind. No garage to find and no lobby to sign into, which is why a consultation in a lunch hour is realistic rather than theoretical.

A city with a full diary

SoFi Stadium, the Kia Forum and the Intuit Dome all sit within a mile or so of one another, and a city holding three venues of that size has a social calendar to match. People living in 90301 to 90305 get invited to a great deal, and a good part of it has a dress code.

Three sorts of commission come from Inglewood. The wedding, the most common reason anyone walks into a tailor for the first time. The black tie evening, printed on a card that says black tie and means it. And the working wardrobe, for someone who would rather own two good suits than six indifferent ones.

We dress women as well as men, by the same method, on the same patterns, at the same prices. One house, one standard.

Neighbours on either side

custom suits Westchester covers the neighbourhood immediately west, across the airport. custom suits El Segundo covers the aerospace corridor south of the runways. custom suits Playa Vista covers the offices north of Jefferson. Cloth, canvas and prices are identical in all four. Only the drive changes.

What it costs

A two-piece starts at $1,795, a three-piece at $2,045 and a tuxedo at $1,795. An overcoat is from $1,200, odd trousers $450, a custom shirt $295 and alterations $80 an hour.

Cloth from the better mills costs more, and the price follows the cloth rather than the making: Drago from $2,995, Zegna and Holland & Sherry from $3,495, Loro Piana from $3,995. Every one of those is full canvas and fully bespoke, so what you choose at the cloth table is weight, hand and mill, not quality of construction. Unlimited fittings and one year of complimentary alterations are included. Half is paid when the cloth is chosen, the balance on delivery.

Every figure is laid out on the bespoke suit cost Los Angeles page, and custom overcoats Los Angeles covers the winter end of the wardrobe.

What bespoke means here

A pattern drafted for you from around thirty measurements and three photographs, a canvas built into the chest by hand, and a garment sewn by Max, the house's French atelier, who has made every Mr James garment since Robb Pollard founded the house in 2010. We do not offer made to measure. There is one service here and it is the whole thing. Why we leave the alternative alone is on made to measure Los Angeles, and the bespoke suits Los Angeles page walks through the stages in order.

Turnaround is four to six weeks in domestic cloth, six to eight if it travels from Italy or England. Shirts are two to four weeks, alterations about a week. A rush at twenty-five per cent more will compress that. How long it takes to make a bespoke suit accounts for each of those weeks in turn.

Weddings and black tie

Six months before the date is perfect, three is comfortable and six weeks is a rush we will take. A year out we would rather you waited, because bodies and minds both move in twelve months. Wedding parties are twenty per cent off, groomsmen, fathers and brothers included. The detail is on wedding suits Los Angeles.

For an evening that is genuinely black tie, a custom tuxedo Los Angeles starts at the same $1,795 as a two-piece. If you are weighing a hire shop against a commission, renting a tuxedo or having one made sets the two costs side by side.

We can come to you

A visit to a home or office anywhere in Los Angeles is $300, including travel and the full cloth selection brought with us. For a group in Inglewood commissioning together, it is often the sensible way to begin.

Questions we are often asked

Is there a bespoke tailor in Inglewood?

Mr James is fifteen minutes west at 221 Culver Blvd in Playa del Rey, the nearest bespoke house to 90301 through 90305. Full canvas suits start at $1,795.

How far is the shop from Inglewood?

About fifteen minutes. West along Manchester through Westchester, or Imperial and then north on Pershing. Free parking in front and behind.

What does a suit cost?

Two-piece from $1,795, three-piece $2,045, tuxedo $1,795, overcoat $1,200, odd trousers $450, shirt $295. Better mills cost more, from $2,995 to $3,995. The making is identical at every price, full canvas throughout.

How long does a commission take?

Four to six weeks in domestic cloth, six to eight if it comes from Italy or England. Shirts two to four weeks, alterations about a week.

I have a wedding. When should I start?

Six months is perfect, three comfortable, six weeks a rush we will take. A year out we would ask you to wait. Wedding parties are twenty per cent off.

Can you come to a house or office in Inglewood?

Yes. A home or office visit is $300, including travel and the full cloth selection, with garments brought to you for fitting.

Do you cut for women?

Yes, by the same method and at the same prices. Every garment is fully bespoke and full canvas, whoever it is for.

Is the first appointment free, and who will I meet?

The first hour is free: around thirty measurements, three photographs and a long look at cloth, with no obligation. You will meet Robb or Ben, and whichever of us you see sees the garment through to delivery.

Come and see us

Fifteen minutes from Inglewood at 221 Culver Blvd, Playa del Rey, CA 90293. Appointment only, roughly nine to six, with forty-eight hours' notice. Reserve a time, use the book a fitting page, or telephone 310-503-3592.

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