Practical Advantages Of Custom Made Suits verses off the rack
By now, you know that details separate a decent, off-the-rack look from a detailed, impeccable look. Before we quickly delve into the advantages of the custom suit, let’s briefly re-visit the difference between the two in detail.
Custom vs. Off-the-Rack
It’s pretty simple really. To start, don’t just keep your mind on price. You just might be surprised by what you find if you took a moment and looked around. Anyway, off-the-rack suits mean just that. You go into the retailer, pull off a suit from the rack and hope to find a size that … fits the closest possible. But …
The jacket shoulders could be too wide / too narrow
Jacket length could hang too low / not low enough for proper fit
Sleeves could not be at proper length
Improper pant length
Too much fabric on either piece (jacket or pants) and gives you a bulky look, (not defining proper shape and silhouette) - definitely not in style today!
With Custom made suits you get something extremely different.
You get fitted and end up with your exact measurements
You’re provided a vast array of personal options that make all the difference (remember? Details!)
Your choice of collars, cuffs, lapels, pleated or flat-front pants, colors, etc.
Your choice of fabrics
You get the idea of the two worlds now.
Practical Considerations
When you go for off-the-rack, you might think you’re saving money, (or time). But taking the following considerations, or realities into account, you’ll definitely see things in a much different light.
You’ll invariably need to give it right back for alterations. – Another week(s) + more money = double inconvenience!
Not all retailers will have in-house people to do alterations
Not all people doing the alterations at the retailers will be highly skilled. – More time waiting for corrections
Not everything will be able to be changed — Example: Jacket needs to be raised, but can’t due to bottom alignment of pockets. (And that’s just one example)
Now for some of the many practical adv
antages of Custom suits.
As noted above, exact measurements for proper fit
The fit is specifically tailored to you. This provides for that definitive element of shape & silhouette.
You get to have an array of choices in specifics with fabrics, colors, linings, cuffs, collars, pockets, etc.
Once all the specs and numbers are recorded, it will take some weeks to get the finished product; however, the sum total of it all is a perfectly fitting suit by highly skilled craftsmen and getting it all correct the first time.
Expense - when you look around you’ll find custom suit shops that start at or lower than what you’ll buy at retailers. Hard to believe, but I’ve looked around and have done the comparison.
Quality - You get not only quality fabrics, but quality workmanship and a much higher quality suit over-all.
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