Hong Kong Tailor for 6'6" Male
TuneMan
>
>I will be traveling to Hong Kong for a couple of days and was wondering
>if anyone can recommend a good tailor for suits, jackets and shirts. I
>was wondering since I am 6'6" if this will make any difference in price,
>quality of tailoring or anything else for that matter.
>
>Thanks for you input in advance!!
>
>
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>Before you buy.
The several times I've visited Hong Kong, I've fouund that there a lots of
tailors, of varying quality. Your best bet would be to ask at the hotel where
you are staying. Make sure that you specify that you want good quality. The
good stuff is very good, the bad stuff is very bad. Generally
the tailors have prices posted, but they also expected haggling. I have no
idea if that has changed since the handover to mainland China.
TuneMan aka Bob
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>I will be traveling to Hong Kong for a couple of days and was wondering
>if anyone can recommend a good tailor for suits, jackets and shirts. I
>was wondering since I am 6'6" if this will make any difference in price,
>quality of tailoring or anything else for that matter.
>
>Thanks for you input in advance!!
A 6'6" friend of mine lived in Japan for a while (I know it's not Hong Kong)
but he said that he could find clothes in his size there. The clothes were
in size "O". Maybe you could look for something like this in Hong Kong.
T
Alex W.
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wondering
> >if anyone can recommend a good tailor for suits, jackets and
shirts. I
> >was wondering since I am 6'6" if this will make any difference in
price,
> >quality of tailoring or anything else for that matter.
> >
> >Thanks for you input in advance!!
> >
> >
lots of
> tailors, of varying quality. Your best bet would be to ask at the
hotel where
> you are staying. Make sure that you specify that you want good
quality. The
> good stuff is very good, the bad stuff is very bad. Generally
> the tailors have prices posted, but they also expected haggling. I
have no
> idea if that has changed since the handover to mainland China.
>
> TuneMan aka Bob
>
Good advice. The hotel concierge is bound to know a cousin three
times removed who just happens to be a tailor. ;-)
Having had several suits made myself (in the UK), some gratuitous
advice:
feel as many fabrics as you can -- you will find out quickly what's
good and what isn't. Super 100 or 120 and Worsted are good business
suit fabrics.
Ask to see suits the tailor has made for other clients; this will give
you an idea of the style the tailor uses. Every tailor has his own
style, and they may not be to your taste.
Insist on fittings -- two or three at the very minimum. Tailors work
a lot with eyeball measurements, and tall people like us fall outside
their normal range of experience, so even when measurements are taken,
chances are the first attempt (aka "the carcass") won't fit at all.
The proportions will be all wrong, particularly if you have long arms.
And also look at shirts; Egyptian or Sea Island cotton,
double-stitched.
HTH
Alex
Andrew P Smith
>I will be traveling to Hong Kong for a couple of days and was wondering
>if anyone can recommend a good tailor for suits, jackets and shirts. I
>was wondering since I am 6'6" if this will make any difference in price,
>quality of tailoring or anything else for that matter.
>
>Thanks for you input in advance!!
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.
HK is a dream for custom made. There are hundreds of tailors. I got some
shirts made at the HK Custom Tailor in Kowloon in 1990. Still going
strong 10 years on.
Ask a tour guide or talk to the hotel staff to recommend where >they<
would go. Often the best value places are off the main tourist areas.
They will appreciate your custom more, probably haggle and do a better
job than one on the main tourist streets.
Pay in cash and don't ask for a receipt for the best deal.
--
Andrew
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