Custom Suits for Pacific Palisades
Mr James is a bespoke tailoring house at 221 Culver Blvd in Playa del Rey, about half an hour down Pacific Coast Highway from Pacific Palisades. Since 2010 we have made fully canvassed, fully bespoke suits priced at consultation, cut from a pattern drawn for one person and made by hand in our atelier in Southern Brittany, France.
The Palisades is quiet money on a hillside above the ocean, and it dresses accordingly: well, without wanting to be noticed for it. The suits we make for it are soft, unshowy and very well cut.
Quiet tailoring
A natural shoulder, a jacket with a little drape, cloth in muted shades, no visible branding of any kind. The quality is in the making, which is full canvas throughout, and in the fit, which is cut to you alone. Full canvas, half canvas and fused explains why that matters, and how to choose a bespoke tailor is the set of questions we would ask any house, ourselves included. We do not offer made to measure, and the comparison is set out on made to measure Los Angeles.
Summer weddings at home
Many Palisades weddings happen in a garden or on a terrace with the ocean behind. That asks for a lighter weight cloth, a softer colour and a jacket that is comfortable unbuttoned in the afternoon sun. The best suit fabric for hot weather covers the cloth, and colour in a wedding suit covers the rest. For a wedding party we come to the house and fit everyone in one evening; parties are 20 per cent less. Hiring the party's clothes is the obvious alternative, and the two routes are set side by side in renting a tuxedo or having one made.
Six months ahead is ideal, three is comfortable, six weeks is a rush. The page for wedding suits Los Angeles and the timeline have the detail.
An overcoat for travel
Palisades clients travel more than most, and an overcoat made for the wearer, priced at consultation, is a commission we are asked for every autumn. The overcoat page sets out the cloths and the cuts.
Getting here from Pacific Palisades
Down Pacific Coast Highway to Santa Monica, then Lincoln south through Venice and Marina del Rey to Playa del Rey. About half an hour. We are as happy to come up the coast to you.
Who comes to us from Pacific Palisades
Families, often: a father ordering a suit and then a son's first one; grooms marrying at home; and men who have reached the point where they would rather own three good suits than ten ordinary ones.
Prices
A two-piece and a dinner suit are both priced at consultation; a three-piece is priced at consultation, an overcoat priced at consultation, a shirt priced at consultation. Drago cloth is priced at consultation and is the least expensive of the four mills, with Zegna, Holland & Sherry and Loro Piana priced at consultation. Full canvas throughout, whichever you choose. Everything is listed on bespoke suit cost Los Angeles.
If you would rather we came to you
A home or office visit anywhere in Los Angeles is available, with cloth, linings and finished garments brought to you. $300 visit within 20 miles of our Playa Del Rey studio. Farther away? Ask us when you book. More on home and office visits.
Questions we are often asked
Is there a bespoke tailor near Pacific Palisades?
Mr James is in Playa del Rey, about half an hour down the coast, and comes to Palisades homes. $300 visit within 20 miles of our Playa Del Rey studio. Farther away? Ask us when you book. Full canvas bespoke suits are priced at consultation.
What should a groom wear to a garden wedding in the Palisades?
A lighter weight wool or a wool and linen blend in a soft blue, stone or mid-grey, unlined or half-lined, comfortable unbuttoned in the afternoon. Wedding parties are 20 per cent less.
Will you fit a wedding party at the house?
Yes. One visit covers the whole party, with the cloth books brought to you.
Pacific Palisades is one of the neighbourhoods we look after from Playa del Rey, and the bespoke tailor Playa del Rey page covers the shop itself. For the whole picture, what every garment includes, the cloth houses, the full price list and how the making is done, our guide to custom suits Los Angeles has it in one place.
How long does a suit take?
4 to 12 weeks, depending on the cloth, Italian or English. Fittings are unlimited and included. Where those weeks go is set out in how long it takes to make a bespoke suit.
What does a bespoke overcoat cost?
Priced at consultation, cut from your own pattern and made in France like everything else we make.
Who makes the suits?
Max, the house's French atelier, in Southern Brittany. Robb takes the measurements and the fittings in Los Angeles.
Come and see us
221 Culver Blvd, Playa del Rey, with free parking front and back. Appointments seven days a week with 48 hours' notice; book here, call 310-503-3592, or write to mrjames@bespokemrjames.com.
Booking a fitting describes what the first hour involves.
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