dhada
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- Joined
- Oct 29, 2021
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Sorry your experience was so poor. Just a couple things for those who might be considering the shop. Clearly your experience was so bad you won't return.
1) Regarding the tiny shop. You must have been gone for years and years. Richard moved from the tiny shop himself to a bigger space about 8 years ago then expanded that to the current space about 6 years ago. David (the son) hasn't made any space changes until this week when he moved the shop completely.
The table in the middle was Richard's table. The chairs are new.
The cloth cabinet is still there, maybe it was covered.
2) Re: Staff. David, is indeed, not that interested in tailoring in my opinion. Its my greatest complain. Eric, who only works on Saturdays, very much is, and I try to point new customers only to him.
3) Regarding your commission. That's bad - but it also sounds like you told Richard a decade ago. Did you not repeat these instructions when you commissioned the new suit?
4) Parking. Been a huge problem. The construction down the street has been illegally using their lot for 3 years now. Their landlord and PD won't do anything. Its one of the big reasons David is moving.
All in all, I think there is some good warning here. I think your complaints about the cutter are .... not correctly placed. He's the only one there who knows what he's doing.
I appreciate the fact-based response. Needless to add, my experience was perhaps exceptionally disappointing or I am reporting the events tipped to negative winds. Be that as it may, I will keep an eye on new developments at HST. I do want to end on a calibrated note. Nothing I crafted here should be viewed as an ad hominem text. Just that, I was not terribly happy with the outcome, on all fronts. I am though loathe to patronize overseas tailors. I would rather help sustain local talent and their struggles to make it in this pandemic-driven economy and in this way help create a "California" centric look in well made suits. It won't be SR or Italian made, but it will be what I want, perhaps a tad less stylish but made well enough. Perhaps I am utterly delusional. Besides, my style mirrors the 20s and 30s. They suit my workload use and make me presentable when lecturing to large audiences and engaging in digs et al. Be well.