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What Makes A Bespoke Suit Truly "Bespoke"?

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What exactly is a bespoke suit and what goes into it? Simply put, a bespoke suit is a suit made by a tailor to the individual measurements of the customer who commissioned it. But, what exactly does that term mean? The word "bespoke" is more often used in British English than in American English, which uses "custom-made" instead. Terms like "made to order" and "made to measure" are also used. All these terms signify something that's the opposite of ready-to-wear. The art of bespoke tailoring goes back to early England's tradition of royalties and aristocrats commissioning hand-made custom garments from tailors and merchants, but it is still alive today. As a matter of fact, "bespoke" has become a rather trendy word that tailors in the US and other places like to use more and more. And, sometimes - maybe even misuse! Today, the term "bespoke" is also used in a broader sense, for a suit made in a factory from...

Know the difference between a Made to Measure Suits and Bespoke Suits

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Bespoke Suits  are often considered wrongly as  Made to Measure Suits   as both have some similarity yet major differences. Both require specialized tailoring skill and design but having a certain degree of customization. A  made to measure suit  is a custom clothing cut & machine sewn from a pre-existing base pattern.  Where  bespoke suits are usually called as “made to order” which is made from a new pattern every time according to the customer’s personal styling & preference. So clear up the confusion between two different custom made  tailored suits , 1.  Made to Measure Suits 2.  Bespoke Suit . Pattern : Made to measure suits are made from specific ideas of the client to get a close option available from an altered pattern. The alternative pattern is chosen carefully to match the right fit of the body of an individual from a standard-sized base pattern. Computer aided designed pattern used to make a series of stand...