No Need to Compromise on Custom Suits
When I was in school, the costume design instructor in the theater department had a sign on her office in response to many directors who waited until the last minute for costume requests. It read:
Fast Cheap Or Good.
Pick Two.
When considering the idea of Made to measure suits, choosing two can be a conundrum. Of course you want it to be good, but its the fast or cheap element that is a toss up in tolerance.
I have been singing the praises of ordering a custom suit for quite some time, but I neglected to think about one important detail. I always assumed that if you found someone to make a quality product, and the price was reasonable, that you would have to wait months for it to be completed. The exception was the mens’ suits that were coming out of Hong Kong in the 60s and early 70s. Plane fares came down and it was more likely that the average person could take a trip. They were good, fast, and cheap, but you had to go halfway around the world at great personal expense to sit in the tailor’s shop!
Rather than buying a ticket to walk through a time machine, the modern answer is MySuit New York. They offer a two week turn around time (!) on their quality custom duds. The prices are very reasonable compared to off the rack suits.
So, what are you waiting for?
Something for the Ladies: Denim Sale!
If you are have a teenage girl or trendy petite gal in your life, Heavenly Couture is having a denim sale. They specialize in teen clothes and seem to really know what is trendy at the moment. There are some Cheap Jeans prices of only $13.80 site wide. It is hard to find discount clothes that are not made in China, and they only offer items from North America.
Buying jeans for a gal is a sensitive topic. It is a difficult thing to do unless someone directs you to the cut and color they want. There are so many magazine articles that discuss what cut is right for a figure shape, but even that makes it a guessing game. As far as the cuts that are in style, everything from flared to straight leg are available. Stove pipe, boot cut, slit front, and more. Luckily, Get Heavenly has a return policy so if it isn’t right, you can exchange it if it has not been worn (aside from a quick try on) and has the original tags attached.
It seems that the denim finish with the streaks and the brown undertones has now fallen by the wayside but it is still available. Some called this the “fallen off a horse and dragged in the mud look.” The official term is “dirty wash.” There are still lots of other shaded finishes, and different washes, but there are more solid colors like “dark denim” (dark indigo), white, and turquiose.
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