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Whatever you do, don't let them rush you. That's what happened to me in India and the delivery was the day I was leaving and I had no time to try it out..
Hi Stylers,
As I am traveling to Bangkok and in the market for some clothing, I thought I might resurrect this thread. I have read of several stores along Sampeng lane who sell quality shirting material which can be taken for tailoring but not so much on suiting fabric. There is little to no mention of places where decent suiting fabric can be purchased. Is there a reason for this?
The best suiting fabric comes from Europe. There are often very high import duties / tariffs on European made goods so good suiting fabrics are often obnoxiously expensive in Thailand.
I live and work in Bangkok and I've been using Milan Suit for a while. Kiet can come off a bit surly but he's an alright guy. You do indeed need to request removable stays. If you have any tweaks in mind that he finds to be non-standard he may be a bit stubborn at first but he'll do it your way. He only uses plastic buttons, he doesn't have real mother of pearl. they're decent though. I'm pretty happy with his pants when I choose the right fabric, but the metal slider fasteners irritate me. I don't think this is unique to his pants but rather to the style of fastener. I'm having him put buttons on the next batch. He also by default puts the inside button at the belt line on a flap that covers the fly may make it awkward to get your block and tackle out when you need to take a leak. I'm having him change that. Pants start at around 3,000 baht.
I just started using Narin, my first shirt should be done today. I tend to do one shirt at a time when I start with a new tailor, but be advised that the minimum first order with Narin is 3 shirts. Cotton shirts start at around 2,000 baht. Narin ONLY uses real mother of pearl buttons.
Narin, Tanika and Milan are within a few blocks of each other. Tanika's supposed to be good too.
I'm sure it's been said before but AVOID ANY TAILOR WITH A TOUT IN FRONT. There are countless shops of this sort in areas tourists frequent. They are invariably crap. In fact, I wouldn't venture into any tailor shop that hasn't been recommended here by multiple sources, or gotten a shout-out from that Kevin fella on Lonely Planet.
One other thing about Bangkok: if you don't live here, don't come in August or September unless you really, really like rain.
Hi SKM,
What was the turn around for one of Narin's shirts? I sent him an email and he quoted me what I feel is a ludicrous amount of time; I feel he was just brushing me off. Also, have you used any other tailors apart from Narin and Kiet?
Well, Narin's turn around time is long