Bespoke Clothing Quotes

There's something very old-fashioned and luxurious to have a pair of pants and jacket made to your needs and measurements.

The first suit I enjoyed was a Dior suit that I got given. I've never worn anything that fitted that closely - it was akin to 'Oh my God, I had no idea that a suit didn't have to be this wide.' But I do intend to get one made some day.

Yeah, that's what I'm working for. The couture house of the future.

I think Hong Kong has always had this tradition of custom-made suits, which I've never done but love the idea of.

I think I get almost every piece of clothing that I buy altered and taken in just to fit me exactly the way it should.

Just because a suit fits, doesn't mean it looks good. You need a tailor. You want to get bespoke.

I always say I hope to God I die in a town with a good tailor, a good shoemaker, and perhaps someone who's interested in a little quelque chose d'autre.

Most of the suits I try to wear are bespoke.

I'd like to cut an attitude into clothes.

The couture is what a certain kind of clientele wears. But it's amusing to do because you do it piece by piece. It's another concept. It's much more work.

I want to make beautiful clothes for women and men who appreciate detail and quality. The product must be the best but this is almost secondary to the service the customer will receive.

[My fashion] line is inspired by real people, so I guess you could say it was listening to them, what they need, what they want and then translating that into coming from me.

I am a person who holds the aesthetic high. I have suits made in Savile Row.

You work around a body and adapt the clothes to your own customer, and this is the interesting part. This is why the haute couture exists: because in ready-to-wear, you have not too much fitting.

I got a custom-made silk dress from a Chinese tailor for really cheap. I sketched it out on a piece of paper, and they took my measurements and made the dress for me in a day!

There are some things that are never out of fashion because they just look good. But if you want classic style these days you have to get it made.

I've never tried to do couture, because it's a whole different beast.

Everything I wear is custom made.

When I was about seven, I remember spending a lot of time in my parents' wardrobe trying on their bespoke suits.

Any girl from any walk of life dreams of that special dress, and I try to make that dream a reality for her.

What people don't know is: Clothes don't really fit you unless they're made for you. Especially when you wear men's clothes, like I do. American women think that clothes fit them if they can fit into them. But that's not at all what fit means.

I need to make things mine. It annoys me to buy something that is imposed on me. When I have a suit made, I go to the Sicilian tailor Alessandro Martorana in Turin. I like shorter jacket sleeves and often fold the cuffs up. It's more modern that way.

The man who wants his wedding garments to suit him must allow plenty of time for the measure.

Couture occupies the uppermost stratosphere of fashion. It is the holy of holies, as only about 2,000 women globally are fortunate enough to wear these precious garments tailored to their exact measurements, making it perhaps the most exclusive club in the world.

Everything is very individual for me in the way that I work; I don't just show a rotating rack of clothes.