Custom Tailoring · Upper Kirby

Or start from cloth.

Alterations are the everyday work. This is the other side of it: a garment cut to your measurements rather than to an average of everybody's.

Upper Kirby · Houston · Since 1998

01The Case For Custom

Anyone can buy a suit.

That suit was made for a shape that approximates yours. It is close. Close is why the shoulders pull, why the waist sits wrong, and why you take it off the second you get home.

A custom garment starts from your measurements and your posture. Most people carry one shoulder lower than the other. A pattern cut for you knows that. A rack does not.

Navy jacket body laid flat on the table, both armholes, basting
Fig. 01 · Navy jacket body laid flat on the table, both armholes, basting

Close is why the shoulders pull, why the waist sits wrong.

02What We Make

What we make.

01 Suits

Single or double breasted, cut to your shoulders and your stance.

02 Tuxedos

Built for the one night it has to be exactly right.

03 Shirts

Collar, cuff, and body built to your frame, not a size chart.

04 Trousers

Waist and break set to how you actually stand.

05 Blazers and coats

Worn over everything else, cut to sit properly while they do.

03How It Works

How it works.

It starts with a conversation and a tape measure, and it ends with a fitting. In between, the garment gets built and then adjusted on you.

We are not going to put a number of weeks on this page, because it depends on the garment and on how many fittings it takes to get right. Ask us and we will tell you honestly for your piece.

It starts with a conversation and a tape measure, and it ends with a fitting.

04Since 1998

Since 1998.

We have been on Kirby Drive since 1998. The custom work is why people come back a second and third time.

Finished charcoal jacket
Fig. 02 · Finished charcoal jacket

Ready to start from cloth?

Book a consultation at 3801 Kirby Dr, Suite 100, or call ahead and we will talk it through first.

Upper Kirby · Houston · Since 1998