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TAILORED CLOTHING
Your online Custom Tailors, who specialize in made to measure business, formal and casual dress wear.At MySuitShop.com, we strive to provide clothing of top notch quality at very reasonable prices and excellent customer service.
Our Motto? excellent quality, efficient service, superb workmanship and great value!
Our Mission? to provide real solutions to ill-fitting off the rack clothing for all!
With a wide range of the latest styles, from the classics to the ultra modern; and a wide choice of excellent fabrics, we are a one-stop shop for custom tailored mens and womens wear for all occassions.
Our designs for mens suits, Blazers or sports jackets, Tuxedos and Coats range from single breasted two button classic to double breasted Italian cuts. Fit and silhoutte can range from the tailored look to the unconstructed drape.
trousers can be made to measure from the basic plain front style to the full cut triple pleated kind and everything in between.
Mens shirts are offered in cottons like pinpoint oxfords, twills and Egyptian cottons and in silks like the ubiquitous Thai silk, Sandwashed Chinese silk and in silk blends as well as Linens.
Shirt styles range from the classic Italian forward points and English Broad collars to button downs, spread or cut away collars and open neck 'hawaiin' collars with long or short sleeves and classic barrel cuffs or French cuffs. Options like pockets, cuffs, placate fronts, pleated back and monogramming too are fully customizable at MySuitShop.com
Mens shirts are offered in cottons like pinpoint oxfords, twills and Egyptian cottons and in silks like the ubiquitous Thai silk, Sandwashed Chinese silk and in silk blends as well as Linens.
Shirt styles range from the classic Italian forward points and English Broad collars to button downs, spread or cut away collars and open neck 'hawaiin' collars with long or short sleeves and classic barrel cuffs or French cuffs. Options like pockets, cuffs, placate fronts, pleated back and monogramming too are fully customizable at MySuitShop.com
Suit fabrics range from Gabardines and Worsteds to super 100s wools and Italian Cashmeres as well as Linens and silk suitings in plain and patterns such as pinstripes, chalk stripes, birdseye, nailshead, flecks, plaid and checks.
For Women, we offer skirt suits, pantsuits, blazers, shirts, dresses and evening wear that is fully customized to individual tastes in a vast array of materials and colours, from silks, linens, cottons, crepe, wool and more in the latest fashions from top designers.
Being tailors for Men and Women for three generations, our clients hail from all walks of life. From diplomats to students and from the urban professional to the astute businessman.
We strive at Total Customer Satisfaction as a way of life!
Please proceed to our catalogues to view how we can serve your sartorial needs and be a part of your custom made wardrobe!
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Mohair
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Thread Count On High Quality Shirts.
Thread count refers to the number of threads, both vertical and horizontal, in a one-inch square of fabric. Thread count is affected by a number of factors, including ply and thickness of the threads used. The ply of the fabric refers to how many threads are wrapped together into a single thread. Single-ply fabrics use threads on their own, while two-ply fabrics twist two pieces together into a stronger thread, as well as doubli...
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Luxury Wool And Cashmere.
Merino
The Merino is the most economically influential breed of sheep in the world, prized for its wool. Superfine Merinos are regarded as having the finest and softest wool of any sheep.
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Clothing Color Cordination.
COLOR ME KNOWLEDGEABLE
“Honey, does this red shirt and orange tie look OK together?”
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Womens Skirt.
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Full skirt, a skirt with fullness gathered into the waistband
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Trousers Style.
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10 Common Fashion Mistakes.
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ZOOT SUITS
Worn first by rebellious black and hispanic teenagers on both coasts in the late 20s/30s as a statement against the majority, the zoot was soon picked up by musicians and dancers in the early 1940s and even found its way into mainstream fashion.
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Mandarin Collar Suit.
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Fashion Tips For Short Man.
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Interview Suits.
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Apparel, Clothing & Garments
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Fabrics
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Fashion Trends.
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Dress Shirts With Suits.
Shirts with suits
Dress shirt
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Suit Etiquettes.
Dress shirt
The type of shirt worn by men with a suit is a top made of woven cloth, with long sleeves, a full-length buttoned opening down the front, and a collar. This type of garment is known in American English as a dress shirt but simply as a shirt in other English dialects. This type of shirt is sometimes called an Oxford shirt; however, this properly refers to a shirt made from a specific kind of fabric, namely Oxford cloth,...
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Western Style Business Suits.
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Waistcoats
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History Of Suits - Part 3.
Single- vs. double-breasted jacket
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History Of Suits - Part 2.
Parts of a suit
There are many possible variations in the choice of the style, the garments and the details of a suit.
The cut
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Business Suits
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Ordering An Overcoat.
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