Custom Suit from Custom Suit Shop

Custom Suit Review:
Needing a new suit, I visited Custom Suit Shop on Bells Ferry Road in the Atlanta suburb of Canton. The shop is better looking than most men's clothing stores with wood paneling, rich-looking custom fabric suits hanging on racks built into the walls and a relaxed sort of ambiance.

The shop specializes in custom suits for men. The custom suit process takes the true shape and dimensions of your body into account, to make a suit that fits you much better than any ready to wear suit. The measurements go beyond collar, chest, waist, inseam and sleeve. They measure the angle of each shoulder, separate measures are taken for each elbow, wrist, hips, rise and other dimensions. The result is a suit that fits so comfortably it's almost like a second skin. The shape of the suit matches your body more closely than any ready to wear suit built to fit the "average" 40 Regular man.

It's good to be able to take your time to pick your favorite shirt and suit fabrics out of the cloth swatch books. This was my first time to have a custom suit made, and I was amazed at the variety of wool suit fabrics and patterns they offered. The woolen suitings range from 100 weight wools to Super 180's. The suits start at under $800, but if you select cashmeres or the finer Super wools, the cost can go into the thousands. I finally selected a charcoal gray wool worsted for the suit and sports coats in navy blue and hounds tooth.

Next, they gave me a choice of construction. I went for the more English look with two side vents instead of the typical single vent jacket. They walked me through all the details of the pants, pleats, and jacket lapels. I chose pick stitching on the notch lapels. Being my first custom suit I made all my other choices for pockets and other details to be rather standard.

Then there were more than 20 measurements with the tailor's tape measure so that the suit actually fits correctly. The entire process was quick and painless.

Next the measurements and fabric selections were sent to the maker, and two months later, I came back for the fitting. This time, there were some minor adjustments in the sleeves to show some more shirt cuff, and taking in the waist a tiny amount. After the final adjustments, a week later I was truly impressed with the suit's fit and appearance. This suit is easily the most comfortable, and best looking suit I've ever owned. Despite the increased cost over ready to wear suits, I just can't bring myself to spend money on a ready made suit again. I would rather spend a little more to have a custom suit that fits correctly. See the detailed photos of the made to measure suit jacket in part two.