What is the value of a personally tailored (semi bespoke) suit as opposed to an off the peg?
Off the peg suits are designed to suit as many potential customers as possible and are therefore very often faceless, generic, all-purpose and not closely fitting. They are designed and chosen by retail buyers 18 months before they actually hit the shelves. These buyers have to try and predict what the fashion is going to be a year and-a-half before it happens. They are also more focused on profit margins and may go to Italy or even Israel to buy fabric direct from the mill. In effect, this means that fabric used for off the peg suits (especially below the £500 mark) cannot be as high quality as choosing an English made piece of fabric and simply buying enough for one person, as a client of made to measure would. Similarly the factory that the buyer chooses would have to be capable of churning out hundreds of off the peg suits a week in order to maximise profits. This means that they cannot afford to take the time or the effort needed to make a suit as well as it should be made. Finall
