Bespoke Quality Suit at Marks and Spencer ?!

[FlyingMonkey]

Of course, full canvass and hand-sewn buttonholes are all fine and and very good value if the suit actually fits you. However, I thought one of the main points of full canvass and handsewing was that the chest could be made to fit to the individual's body more perfectly, so with bespoke tailoring or the better forms of MTM (the ones that actually do the measurements properly and make an indvidual pattern), this makes a big difference. But with RTW, this makes less of a difference, surely? Or at least, it will be hit and miss whether the jacket is going to fit your proportions anyway. Frankly, I'd rather pay for a good MTM service for only a little more than this than buy RTW, which almost never fit me (and this has been my past experience with M&S).

 

[jefferyd]



Handsewn...

does not necessarily mean WELL sewn

 

[FlyingMonkey]

does not necessarily mean WELL sewn

A very good point. Perhaps you could do one of your patented deconstruction jobs on one of these M&S suits...

 

[add911_11]



A very good point. Perhaps you could do one of your patented deconstruction jobs on one of these M&S suits...

I will be interested in that review.

 

[jefferyd]



A very good point. Perhaps you could do one of your patented deconstruction jobs on one of these M&S suits...

Cross-posted from another thread

While the nuance may be lost on most people not in the industry, my dissections have never been about commercial reviews of product, but rather about studying what other guys are doing and learning from it. Everyone in the industry does this,I just chose to put it out there for other people to see.
For those who don't know, I work in the RTW and MTM tailored clothing industry, for a company that is probably familiar to most people on this forum. For that reason I have carefully selected garments for dissection which would not fall into the same market segment as those that we sell, to avoid any appearance of conflict of interest. I have also refused several requests to do product reviews from people who were offering product, for the sole reason that a proper "review" should be completely unbiased and impartial in fact and in appearance. A fair and impartial commercial review should include the opinions of several reviewers, not just one, and they should be seen to be at arm's length from the product being reviewed; I think we can all agree that review of a Brioni garment done by an employee of Kiton would be somewhat suspect.

 

[Tippo]

I know you're an expert on handmade buttonholes and I saw your video. These are M&S

 

[FlyingMonkey]

Cross-posted from another thread

Ok, point taken.

 

[GBR]

These suits do actually look and feel quite good although the detail specification is not perfect - only one back pocket - fine for some but not all and certainly an omission at this price point

 

[Tippo]

- only one back pocket -

I'm glad someone else had seen them! But do most suits have two back pockets ?

 

[GBR]



I'm glad someone else had seen them! But do most suits have two back pockets ?

Not at M and S - a serial failing across most of their trousers - this change/improvement seems to have passed them by completely which is surprising that their quality and specifications generally are reasonably good.