FirstFormula
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Good evening fellow members… I’m a very long time lurker, but first time poster, as the cliche goes…
I’ve been interested in finer menswear for many, many year and express it primarily through what I wear for work.
I particularly enjoy a nice suit and all the paraphernalia that goes with it, however, I’ve never found off the rack to be a particularly good fit and so for the last ten years or so I’ve bought either bespoke or made to measure.
I started with a local tailor up north - Rodney Cundle, who made a couple for me. I moved on to Norton and Townsend, who made one for me. I’ve had a Gieves and Hawkes MTM but felt I’d hit the sweet spot with Mason & Sons, who have made my last three and with whom I was about to make a fourth.
Long story short, on the verge of ordering my next suit, Mason& Sons appear to have gone dark, no response to messages, no social media posts, no answer to calls and no response to messages.
This has been a month or so.
For me, this is a huge shame. I love the end product and until now the service was superb.
Clearly waiting and seeing is an option, but while I work out how long to do that for, I want to consider where else I could find something comparable.
I’m looking for either MTM or bespoke, when I order I usually take a three piece suit with a spare pair of trousers in white conservative worsted cloths.
My budget is between £1500-2000, no more. I’m based in the midlands but travel to London regularly.
Naturally I’ve scoured the Internet myself and have a few ideas, not all of these sorts of services publish their prices, which is rather unhelpful. I’m also conscious that the ‘scene’ changes regularly and so who may have been recommended in a post twelve months ago, may well not be the choice today.
I appreciate that this is almost a ‘how long is a piece of string’ type question, so I would value the views of the membership. Are you aware of anything off the beaten track, is there someone mainstream you can recommend… all views and opinions would be appreciated, though I must stress that my budget is fixed, I’m not up for exceeding it.
In advance - thank you.
I’ve been interested in finer menswear for many, many year and express it primarily through what I wear for work.
I particularly enjoy a nice suit and all the paraphernalia that goes with it, however, I’ve never found off the rack to be a particularly good fit and so for the last ten years or so I’ve bought either bespoke or made to measure.
I started with a local tailor up north - Rodney Cundle, who made a couple for me. I moved on to Norton and Townsend, who made one for me. I’ve had a Gieves and Hawkes MTM but felt I’d hit the sweet spot with Mason & Sons, who have made my last three and with whom I was about to make a fourth.
Long story short, on the verge of ordering my next suit, Mason& Sons appear to have gone dark, no response to messages, no social media posts, no answer to calls and no response to messages.
This has been a month or so.
For me, this is a huge shame. I love the end product and until now the service was superb.
Clearly waiting and seeing is an option, but while I work out how long to do that for, I want to consider where else I could find something comparable.
I’m looking for either MTM or bespoke, when I order I usually take a three piece suit with a spare pair of trousers in white conservative worsted cloths.
My budget is between £1500-2000, no more. I’m based in the midlands but travel to London regularly.
Naturally I’ve scoured the Internet myself and have a few ideas, not all of these sorts of services publish their prices, which is rather unhelpful. I’m also conscious that the ‘scene’ changes regularly and so who may have been recommended in a post twelve months ago, may well not be the choice today.
I appreciate that this is almost a ‘how long is a piece of string’ type question, so I would value the views of the membership. Are you aware of anything off the beaten track, is there someone mainstream you can recommend… all views and opinions would be appreciated, though I must stress that my budget is fixed, I’m not up for exceeding it.
In advance - thank you.
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