Personal Tailoring
With our Personal Tailoring service, we have taken our finest ready to wear procedures and combined them with the flexibility of creating a unique garment.
Gieves & Hawkes provide unparalleled skill in cutting and tailoring, which combined with the finest manufacturing enables our customers to personalise their garments with a choice of style, cloth, detail and lining colour.
Using traditional methods and a great deal of hand work, we can construct a one-off garment - be it a suit, jacket, blazer, trousers, waistcoat or dinner jacket - that fits perfectly, is cut in the preferred fabric, and features all those small details that define the individual.
All this, for very little more than a ready-made article, and perhaps a third of the cost if it were bespoke.
The Measure &
Cloth Selection
The process of a Personally Tailored suit begins with a consultation with the sales consultant who will then take the required measurements, with alteration knowledge and familiarity with the manufacturing processes.
In half an hour they will take a full set of measurements in relation to our standard blocks, allowing a high degree of flexibility from regular sizing.
When ordering a suit from our personal tailoring service a customer chooses from a huge selection of fabrics and linings to create something unique; we offer in the region of 2000.
Fabric makes a suit. The same cut in a formal black or grey can look completely different in a pattern or a pinstripe. From 8oz to 16ozs (250gm to 495gm) there is a fabric weight for every season and climate. Linings, too, can transform even the most sombre suit with a dash of colour and a luxurious feel.
Choosing Style and Details
The sales consultant will also take our customer through the various options available to determine the style of the suit and the details.
The jackets may be single breasted (1, 2, or 3 button) or double breasted (2 or 3 button), with notched or peak lapels.
When it comes to the details the choice is determined by use and personal preference.
Pockets may be horizontal or slanted, with or without a flap, you can have a straight or slanted ticket pocket, inside wallet and pen pockets, frog and hip pockets - it is the individual's choice.
Trousers can have forward pleats, reverse pleats, double pleats or be plain fronted - each has its benefits and our consultants are there to assist in making an informed decision. Trousers can also be fitted for braces or side adjusters as well as the standard belt loops.
The Manufacturing Process
The measurement details are then forwarded to our manufacturers and the pattern is adjusted on the computer. Plain and striped cloths are cut by machine, with the more detailed checked cloths being cut by hand.
The components of the garment are passed through the production line, as our ready to wear suits are. We offer both a canvassed or semi-canvassed option - where the canvas is supported in some areas by lightly fused interlinings.
The garments are hand finished to ensure the highest quality before they pass through pressing and quality control sections before dispatch.
Presentation
In six weeks the finished garments will be ready to be delivered.
The result is a well fitting and highly individual garment - one of a kind - made to an individual's exact requirements so that it will fit like a glove.
The measurements and preferences are kept on file so that a new order may be placed at any time.
Once you've had a garment made for you we find it is often the start of a lifetime's passion for sartorial elegance, to be found only from No1 Savile Row.
If you have any further questions or would like to make an appointment for a consultation, please email pts@gievesandhawkes.com, phone +44 20 7432 6444 or contact your nearest store.
