Bespoke Dinner Suit

I have a black tie function to attend at the end of November and need a new bespoke dinner suit making. To be honest, I need to be making myself a bespoke dinner suit as much as I need a hole in my head at this moment in time with my work commitments, but there is no way that I am going to a formal function incorrectly dressed.

So, I got myself ordered a lovely piece of Super 120’s and Cashmere with a very small pattern to the cloth and got dug into it with my shears the other week. The coat style I settled on is a shawl collar with a strong belly to the lapel, I have only ever had shawl collar bespoke dinner suits for myself. I don’t like notch lapel versions because they just aren’t formal enough, and double-breasted just aren’t me.

The coat has side vents, and besom or jetted pockets, the pipings being made from the same pure silk as the shawl collar and an out breast welt pocket also made in said pure silk. I also decided to go the whole hog from a style point of view and added a small silk gauntlet cuff to each of my sleeves. In for a penny, in for a pound as the saying goes.

Anyway, here are a few pictures of ugly old me wearing the coat at work last week. Before anyone chelps up, yes, yes, I won’t be wearing those checked trousers or that particular tie with the suit, I was at work simply trying the coat on for fit !

The coat wasn’t pressed either, so it needs a light touch up to be completely finished. But overall the fit is really good (as you would expect) and I am happy with the fruits of my labour. Take a look at my picture and then look at your suit. A suit should fit you cleanly with no pulls or drags, loose areas or tight areas. my coat fits perfectly and there isn’t a crease or a twist on the sleeves, neither should there be on yours ! I also like a very strong rope sleeve head, which this coat has, and a defined natural shoulder. I hate the padded shoulders I so often see with RTW or ‘tailored’ suits that have been sent to a factory to be made. The chest of this coat also has a nice moulded shape and form, it is not flat and hollow, it is concave…..like a chest should be.

Bespoke Dinner Suit

Me trying on my new bespoke dinner suit.

Hand Made Button Holes

I do apologise that I haven’t posted an entry for a while, just very busy trying to get clients suits out.

Anyway, these things happen, and please remember that I am an actual working tailor that has real clients to actually make for. I am not simply a give me your money and I will farm it out operation, so here’s a few pictures below of some of the latest offerings I have been working on.

The button holes that you can see below are actually on the sleeve of a dinner suit that will actually be for me. The sleeve has a pure silk gauntlet cuff for an added flash of style.

I am at a black tie function in November with some friends and I needed a new dinner suit. To be honest, I needed to be making myself a new suit as much as I need a hole in the head, but there is no way I am going to a formal function incorrectly dressed ….. End of.

The picture below shows me sat at work making the button holes yesterday. however, the correct terminology is worked, hand button holes are not made they are ‘worked’ so now you know the difference folks.

Me sat making hand button holes.

Four real hand made button holes, and a pure silk gauntlet cuff.

Me making hand button holes

So if you would like to have an informal chat with me about any tailoring requirements that you may have, I would love to hear from you. Drop me an email des@dmerrion.com or feel free to telephone me personally on 07871877061.