Made to Measure Suits: The Middle Ground Option

How does a man find the balance between a quite expensive suit with a flawless and impeccable fit and a relatively inexpensive ready to wear suit, but one that is essentially quite difficult for the wearer to truly find something to gush over?

The answer: Made to measure suits.

Indeed, more than anything else, a man would be willing to spend top dollar just to get that perfect fit of a men’s suit for him. But for men with lesser financial means, the ideal solution is to find the in-betweens of both worlds. In other words, the middle ground option.

Realistically speaking, not all men would be able to get that feel of a true bespoke suit on themselves. In the world of modern technology and fast machines, a work of art that is done solely and meticulously by a skillful hand is a rare and expensive commodity.

And paradoxically enough, as men become more and more immersed in a high speed world, time likewise becomes more and more the most precious commodity in the world.

But for the average and ordinary wage earner, the price of time that is spent working on bespoke tailoring is a high cost to pay, which is equivalent to a few months’ worth of salary. It would be impractical as well as foolish to buy one, to say the least.

Short of settling down on a relatively inexpensive off the peg suits, which are usually not capable of providing the man with that desired fit and drape on his body, a man has the affordable middle ground option on made to measure suits.

It may be said that made to measure suits are certainly a lot more affordable compared with the top tiers occupied by bespoke suits and custom suits.

In essence, the first choice is typically less expensive compared with the latter choices because the creation of a made to measure suit involves both machine and handmade work. It has been noted that the price of this type of suit is at least 15% more than the ones bought at a department store.

Basically, as the name suggests the suit is still made to fit each client individually with a standard sized base pattern as a starting point of measurement. The unique body nuances and figuration of each individual client are still taken into account before the cloth pattern is cut and sewn together, not unlike a bespoke tailoring.

Not all men may able to reach the pinnacle of custom tailoring, but the middle ground option of made to measure suits sure beats the hell out of just staying on the ground.