Bespoke Suits

When you consider that the average bespoke suit involves at least three fittings, around 30 individual measurements, and the chance to choose the exact cloth and cut you want, a few thousand bucks suddenly seems a small price to pay. Not convinced? While the best designer suits might draw on the rudiments of classic tailoring, they won't have the comfort or the durability that comes from a handmade suit. Buy off the rack and you could also end up the unproud owner of a suit with fused front panels (which means the look, and the lifespan, of your suit doesn't so much hang by a hand-sewn thread as from the industrial-strength glue used to hold the panels together). The four young bloods featured here do not believe in glue or any other cut-price tricks of the trade when it comes to making a suit. They are true suitmakers, but more cutting-edge craftsmen than tailors. All of them are steeped in the traditions of bespoke—canvasing, basting, the art of the hand-sewn buttonhole—but the thing they most share in common is the optimism that comes with high standards and work that's sure to last.