The Premiere Bespoke Tailor in Raleigh, NC

What we do at Glenwood South Bespoke Tailors. We cut/make bespoke (highend custom suits) suiting, perform third party garment (suits, sport coats, business casual) tailoring for men and women, offer bridal attire tailoring, and provide bespoke wardrobe design for physicians, engineers, tech leaders, construction industry leaders, entrepreneurs, corporate professionals, etc up to high profile C-suite executives that require discretion

                                       What is the bespoke suit process?

After almost a decade our process has evolved a bit. Our UK teams have had to understand that our US clientele desires a swifter process, so trust this is a part of the internal bespoke suiting and custom clothing conversation. Once your fabric arrives from the mill in Italy, London or other origin, the suit arrives at our cutters in either Naples, Portugal, or the UK for striking. This depends on your cloth selection and how well you have planned. The decadence of your cloth also dictates the timeline. If your cloth contains gold or platinum (i,e.Dormeuil) this will require more scrutiny at customs etc.  Our cutters (trouser, waistcoat, or coat strikers ) will create a unique bespoke suit, trouser, shirt, topcoat etc with basting for you that is hand cut via paper or a basted. Then this team dispatches it to our cutting room via international courier to Raleigh for Brian perform a free-hand fitting. Since he’s fit over 8,000 men and women since his Nordstrom days he doesn’t rely on third party measurements. This second fitting is a way for Brian and the team to double check measurement dimensions against how the cloth shall lay on your body and your body changes since the initial commissioning meeting. This is why we record your weight at your initial commissioning in addition to your measurements.

Now, the primary difference is that Brian will either design this for you to completely or request the client provide direct guidance and opinion. Brian takes this process very seriously so he has designed over 30 models for the sole purpose of providing a tangible example of pockets, lapels, pick-stitching handwork characteristics etc. There are over 700 coat variations so this can be daunting. Once a model is recorded, several weeks later the garment arrives basted, or loosely sewn, together we assess to see if any adjustments need to be made. If so, Brian records client desires and we apply said desires to the garment(s) Certain body types may require more fittings than others, the creator made us all unique.

Interested in speeding up the process, a bit?  Often our seasoned suit connoisseurs bring in their current high-end suits/garments such as Brioni, Kiton, Brunello Cucinelli , Loro Piana, Zegna, Tom Ford, Canali, The Rowe, Veronica Beard, Frankie Shop etc that fit “well”. This provides us with an example of what your version of a good fit is. We also typically end up performing an update or a slimming recut.

With over 10,000 hours of fitting and wardrobe design Brian oversees the higher end garments while our pattern maker Mara gains a version of his eye for silhouette.  At garment release you will try on each garment, acknowledge your satisfaction or otherwise-then be advised on care instructions and placed on our adjustment calendar.  If your family house/estate manager/personal assistant coordinates your wardrobe activities, Brian can make certain a la carte accommodations for needed discretion. 

If we need to make any adjustment to enhance the fit of the garment over time; our Master Tailors or Brian will apply the fitting adjustments -at no cost for the life of the garment as appreciation.