Comments on: Consider made to measure for good fitting, long lasting clothes http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/01/consider_made_to_measure_for_g/ tips and downloads to help you at work and play Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:45:10 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Michael http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/01/consider_made_to_measure_for_g/comment-page-1/#comment-5160 Michael Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:38:50 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/01/04/consider_made_to_measure_for_g.html#comment-5160 <p>I had some suits and shirts made recently on a trip to Phuket in Thailand. Paid around $900 for three suits (2 trousers per suit) and 4 shirts. We asked our hotel for a recommendation (there are millions of tailors in Phuket). They recommended a mob out near Phuket Town (we were in Patong). They called them and they came and picked us up - around a 20 minute drive. After selecting the fabrics, they measured me up. I had a suit that I wanted copied - which they were happy to do - but they also recommended some minor changes. The next day they came to our hotel and did a fitting with the skeleton of one suit and one shirt (this is a necessity - the initial measurement is simply not enough). We picked up the suits a week later, on our way to the airport.</p> <p>It's been around 6 months and so far so good. The suits will probably last me 2 years or so. The shirts aren't too bad either (came to around A$25 each, which is a bargain), but I've actually bought nicer off-the-rack shirts (for more money).</p> <p>There are lots of '24 hour' places in Asia - you definitely need more than 24 hours. After the initial measurement, a second fitting is essential - even if you are bringing a suit to be copied.</p> <p>The tailor's name: GS Collections. Hotel was Holiday Inn Resort Phuket (fantastic - excellent value, great location - it's the top Phuket hotel on Tripadvisor).</p> <p>I might get this done again next time - certainly excellent value, and Thailand is a brilliant destination.</p> I had some suits and shirts made recently on a trip to Phuket in Thailand. Paid around $900 for three suits (2 trousers per suit) and 4 shirts. We asked our hotel for a recommendation (there are millions of tailors in Phuket). They recommended a mob out near Phuket Town (we were in Patong). They called them and they came and picked us up – around a 20 minute drive. After selecting the fabrics, they measured me up. I had a suit that I wanted copied – which they were happy to do – but they also recommended some minor changes. The next day they came to our hotel and did a fitting with the skeleton of one suit and one shirt (this is a necessity – the initial measurement is simply not enough). We picked up the suits a week later, on our way to the airport.

It’s been around 6 months and so far so good. The suits will probably last me 2 years or so. The shirts aren’t too bad either (came to around A$25 each, which is a bargain), but I’ve actually bought nicer off-the-rack shirts (for more money).

There are lots of ‘24 hour’ places in Asia – you definitely need more than 24 hours. After the initial measurement, a second fitting is essential – even if you are bringing a suit to be copied.

The tailor’s name: GS Collections. Hotel was Holiday Inn Resort Phuket (fantastic – excellent value, great location – it’s the top Phuket hotel on Tripadvisor).

I might get this done again next time – certainly excellent value, and Thailand is a brilliant destination.

]]> By: Jamie http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/01/consider_made_to_measure_for_g/comment-page-1/#comment-5159 Jamie Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:02:29 +0000 http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/01/04/consider_made_to_measure_for_g.html#comment-5159 <p>I have gotten one piece of clothing tailored, a halter top with corset lacing on the back. It cost me $200 and was worth every last penny. I have a very non-standard frame (I'm fat, with small breasts, while most fat girls have corrospondingly large breasts), so finding clothing that can flatter both my too-large tum and too-small chest is very hard. The halter top fits like a dream and looks amazing.</p> <p>I got it from Gallery Serpentine in Sydney, and if you like gothy/corsetty/fetishy things, I highly recommend them. I could wear what I got out anywhere and it would be considered fashionable. :)</p> I have gotten one piece of clothing tailored, a halter top with corset lacing on the back. It cost me $200 and was worth every last penny. I have a very non-standard frame (I’m fat, with small breasts, while most fat girls have corrospondingly large breasts), so finding clothing that can flatter both my too-large tum and too-small chest is very hard. The halter top fits like a dream and looks amazing.

I got it from Gallery Serpentine in Sydney, and if you like gothy/corsetty/fetishy things, I highly recommend them. I could wear what I got out anywhere and it would be considered fashionable. :)

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