Quote: (06-04-2015 05:57 PM)Carlos100 Wrote:
Quote: (06-04-2015 03:03 PM)Designate Wrote:
Quote: (06-01-2015 02:53 PM)storm Wrote:
If you plan on spending more than $1000 on clothes and have a week to go on a trip:
Fly to Vietnam (700 or so)
Go to Hoi An
Get measured up for clothes. Order custom outfits you've never seen before. ( 15/shirt 100/suit ymmv)
Fly back.
Regret not buying 10x as much.
You should drop a datasheet on this. I'm very interested.
I've heard that Asian fabrics aren't as good as the European fabrics used to make bespoke clothing, but I'm willing to be convinced otherwise.
The problem isn't low quality fabric but low quality workmanship. Most of the tailors in Thailand and Vietnam have good fabrics available but the quality of the clothes you get is pretty poor. Even the higher end tailors like Narin Couture or Tailor on Ten in Bangkok (as well as most Vietnamese tailors) produce work that isn't much better than what you could get for the same price in a department store.
This is true for pretty much anything bespoke in SE Asia, whether it's clothes or shoes or furniture. At $15 a shirt and $100 a suit you will get absolute shit that will fall apart in a few months, at best. For $300 a suit or $200ish for a jacket you can get something decent.
The biggest benefit of getting MTM clothes in Asia is the fit. If you do enough fittings and really make it clear to them what you want, you can get clothes that look great on you. Just don't expect them to last more than 2-3 years, which isn't so bad if you get a suit that's really fashion forward since it will eventually go out of style anyway.
If you want something to last a while or look professional, get it made in Hong Kong instead of SE Asia. Prices are about 2x as much but the quality is leaps and bounds ahead of what you can get in Thailand or Vietnam. The styling is more conservative than SE Asia, which is a good thing since Thai and Vietnamese tailors seem to love 1980s style shoulder padding and huge lapels.
