Custom Suits for Westwood
Mr James is a bespoke tailoring house at 221 Culver Blvd in Playa del Rey, about twenty-five minutes from Westwood down Sepulveda or the 405. We have made fully canvassed, fully bespoke suits since 2010, priced at consultation, each cut from a pattern drawn for one person and made by hand in Southern Brittany, France.
Westwood is a university town with a hospital and a row of law and finance offices along Wilshire. It gives us a good many first suits, and a good many men who have reached the point where the first suit is no longer enough.
The first proper suit
A graduate heading into interviews, a resident who has started presenting, a junior associate who has noticed what the partners wear. The first bespoke suit should be the one that works for everything: navy, mid-weight, single-breasted, notch lapel, two buttons. It will still be in use in ten years. What happens at a consultation explains the hour, and there is no charge for it.
If you have been weighing off-the-rack against something made, off the peg, made to measure or bespoke sets the three out honestly. We make only the third. Our own comparison is on made to measure Los Angeles.
For the hospital and the faculty
Doctors and academics wear a jacket more often than a full suit, and an odd jacket with trousers is a better first commission for some. Odd trousers covers that wardrobe. A navy blazer in a hopsack, two pairs of trousers, and three shirts will carry a man through a term.
Along Wilshire
The law and finance offices on the Westwood stretch of Wilshire ask for the same thing as Century City next door: dark, exact, long-lasting. Dressing for a Los Angeles courtroom and how a suit should fit are the two pieces we would read first.
Getting here from Westwood
Sepulveda south through Culver City to Lincoln, then into Playa del Rey; or the 405 to Howard Hughes Parkway. About twenty-five minutes, with free parking front and back when you arrive.
Who comes to us from Westwood
Graduates and junior professionals ordering a first suit, physicians from the medical centre, faculty, and lawyers from the Wilshire offices. Interview suits in the spring, dinner suits before the galas in the autumn.
What it costs
Two-piece suits priced at consultation, three-piece priced at consultation, dinner suits priced at consultation, odd trousers priced at consultation, shirts priced at consultation. The making is full canvas at every price; what moves the figure is the cloth. Bespoke suit cost Los Angeles sets the whole card out, mill by mill.
We can come to you
We bring the cloth books, the linings and, later, the finished garments to your home or office. $300 visit within 20 miles of our Playa Del Rey studio. Farther away? Ask us when you book. It is how most of our Westwood clients choose to be measured. Details on the home and office visits page.
Questions we are often asked
Is there a bespoke tailor near Westwood?
Mr James is in Playa del Rey, about twenty-five minutes down Sepulveda, and comes to Westwood homes and offices. $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 is the best first suit?
Navy, mid-weight worsted, single-breasted with a notch lapel and two buttons. It works for interviews, weddings, presentations and dinners, and will still be in use in ten years.
How long does a bespoke 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.
Westwood 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.
What does it cost?
A two-piece and a dinner suit are both priced at consultation. A three-piece is priced at consultation and a shirt priced at consultation. Full canvas at every price.
Is the consultation free?
Yes. It is about an hour, with Robb, and there is no charge and no obligation.
What should I bring to a fitting?
The shoes you intend to wear with the suit and a shirt whose collar you like. Which pair belongs with which suit colour is set out in what shoes to wear with a suit.
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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