Tailoring Services in Los Angeles
Mr James is a European tailoring house at 221 Culver Blvd, Playa del Rey. Robb founded it in 2010 with Max, the house's atelier in Southern Brittany, France, who has cut and made every garment since. Everything below is full canvas and fully bespoke — drawn from a pattern made for one man. We do not offer made to measure.
This page lists everything we make, what it costs, and how long it takes. Nothing is hidden until you are in the room.
What we make, and what it costs
| Two-piece suit | from $1,795 |
| Three-piece suit | from $2,045 |
| Tuxedo and black tie | from $1,795 |
| Overcoat | from $1,200 |
| Odd trousers | $450 |
| Custom shirt | $295 |
| Alterations | $80 per hour |
| Visit to your home or office | $300 |
Those are entry prices in our house cloths. Finer mills run from Drago at $2,995, Zegna and Holland & Sherry at $3,495, to Loro Piana at $3,995. Unlimited fittings and one year of complimentary alterations are included in every price, at every level. A fuller account is on the cost page.
Fifty per cent on commission, the balance on delivery. A rush is possible at twenty-five per cent. Wedding parties are twenty per cent less.
Bespoke suits
The house's principal work. A pattern is drawn for you from around thirty measurements and three photographs that record how you actually stand, then cut and made in Brittany. Four to six weeks in domestic cloth, six to eight in imported Italian or English.
Business suits, odd jackets, separate trousers, and the soft-shouldered navy that most men in Los Angeles need more than they need a formal one. More on bespoke suits.
Wedding suits
For grooms, and for whole parties. Six months is comfortable; three months is perfectly workable; six weeks is possible as a rush. A year out is too early — men change shape, and so do their intentions about the day.
Parties of several commissioned together are twenty per cent less. More on wedding suits.
Tuxedos and black tie
From $1,795, which is roughly what four or five evenings of hire cost. Grosgrain or satin facings, one button or a shawl, trousers with a braid and no belt loops. More on tuxedos.
Custom shirts
$295, made to your own pattern, two to four weeks. Collar shape is the part most men have never been asked about and the part that shows above a jacket all day. More on custom shirts.
Overcoats and odd trousers
An overcoat from $1,200 — the garment everyone sees first and almost nobody has made properly. Odd trousers at $450, which are frequently the honest answer when a man asks for a second suit he will not wear.
Alterations
$80 per hour, usually a week. We will alter garments we did not make. If something cannot be improved enough to be worth the money, we will say so rather than take it.
Visits to your home or office
$300 anywhere in Los Angeles, with cloth and finished garments brought to you. It works particularly well for a group commissioning together, and for men who genuinely cannot get to Playa del Rey inside business hours.
Full canvas, in every garment
A full canvas jacket has a layer of horsehair and wool stitched between the cloth and the lining. A fused jacket — which is most of what is sold, including a great deal of expensive made-to-measure — is bonded with adhesive. It looks correct in the shop and bubbles after a few years of heat and dry cleaning.
We make full canvas at $1,795 and we make it at $3,995. It is not an upgrade here. The comparison is set out honestly on our made to measure page, including the cases where made to measure is the sensible choice — we simply do not make it.
How a commission runs
An hour, free, with Robb or Ben. One of them is at every appointment; you will not be handed to a salesman. Cloth chosen with the prices in front of you, then measurements and photographs. The pattern is drawn and kept, so a second commission is much easier than the first.
Fittings are unlimited and included. So are alterations for the first year.
Where we are
221 Culver Blvd, Playa del Rey, CA 90293. Monday to Sunday by appointment, roughly nine until six, with forty-eight hours' notice. Free parking front and back.
Book a private consultation — or, if nothing on the calendar suits, telephone 310-503-3592 and we will find a time. You can also write to mrjames@bespokemrjames.com.
Nearby: Santa Monica · Manhattan Beach · Marina del Rey · Culver City · El Segundo · Beverly Hills · Brentwood.