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I was looking for a suit when I stumbled upon wedding street in Daegu, an entire area for formalwear including suits and hanbok. I found a Master Tailor locally that happened to be nationally recognized. Master Kim hand makes all of hits suits himself, he doesn’t have a team of tailors under his command, just his wife and daughter to help with paperwork and customer service. He makes everything traditionally by hand from beginning to end, Only using an HAND POWERED sewing machine for reinforcement stitches around pockets. His blog states his suits are over 90% handmade, I feel like it’s closer to over 95% in reality. He struggled to find any machine stitched parts to show me when I asked. Even his button holes and pad/canvas stitching is by hand. “Bespoke” isn’t a marketing term here. Suits come in 3 flavors: Ready To Wear (RTW) or “off the rack” you get these from the mall or a Suit Supply, suit is premade and they alter it to fit you. Made to Measure (MTM) which is Custom but uses premade patterns and mostly machine work for lower cost. Most other Suit Tailors on Daegu wedding street does MTM and markets it as “Bespoke”. This doesn’t denote the quality of the suit since it’s variable from tailor to tailor, but it definitely affects how the suit fits. MTM gets you 80% of the fit of a bespoke suit at 50% of the cost. Great value, and the most you’d need for most purposes. Bespoke however, is something Special, its an experience, a story, a work of art that you wear. You don’t need a bespoke suit to look good, you get a bespoke suit for the love of the game. Bespoke isn’t taking premade/predrawn patterns or premade suits and altering them to fit. True Bespoke is a suit made for just one person from the ground up. Master Kim hand draws a pattern customized and unique to your measurements and body shape and then hand makes your suit himself. With alot of guidance and a translation app, I decided on a Charcoal 6×2 Double Breasted 2 vent suit along with an Dark Navy overcoat. Master Kim was very patient with me and answered my many multitudes of questions that I had since this is my first bespoke suit. He also asked me many questions on how I was going to use and wear my suit and gave recommendations for my use case and style. Since this is a bespoke suit every part of the suit is completely customizable down to every detail. He can make any style of suit, in any fabric, with any extra pockets or details I wanted. He has quality fabric options to meet my needs and budget. I felt really comfortable throughout the process, no rush, no upsell on luxury Italian fabrics, just helped me find a fabric I liked within my budget. There were 3 fittings for me. The first basted fitting is where the only thing holding the suit together is this white basting string. I looked like a dork. I decided to wear my tight workout clothes to get more accurate measurements but forgot that this shirt had a hood that got in the way so I had to wear it up for the entire fitting. I accidentally popped a couple stitches during the fitting, my thighs are just too juicy. He took notes and measurements to dial-in the fit. At this time I requested the pants to be full-cut to accommodate any future body changes, AND look fly as hell with a classic style. The 2nd and 3rd fittings were much less drama as he ensured the drape and fit were what I preferred. Upon pickup I wore the suit out of the shop and let me tell you, ITS SO COMFORTABLE! Usually suits make me feel restricted and stuffy, but this felt like I was wearing comfy pajamas, and the coat was so warm and soft! I felt like I was bundled up cozy ready to hang out on the couch to binge Netflix! I’ve never had a suit feel so nice and look so good! Price was like 1/4th of a bespoke suit from NYC and like less than 1/5th the price from the EU lol. Deagu is like under the radar for Craftsman, there’s a street that does handmade shoes too. submitted by /u/Snoo71151 |
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