live42day: pls see my comments from May 10 '10 6:47am (US Eastern time) addressing HK vs BKK. The 2 HK tailors that I mention there do women's clothing.

I've had clothing made in both Hong Kong and Bangkok. I had very different kinds of clothing made in the two places. My tailor in Honk Hong was able to get heavy Italian made silk crepe I needed and several Bangkok tailors I tried were not. The tailoring in Hong Kong is finer and significantly more expensive. I used Maxwell's In Hong Kong. On the other hand, I used a tailor in Bangkok to make silk brocade jackets which are just stunning.

the tailoring in HK is probably better but way more expensive generally

thanks guys.
I suppose Bangkok would be easier in the long run so will stick with the original plan

Kathie who did you use to make the silk brocade jackets?

I used a woman in a tiny shop in River City. A friend of mine used Cotton House to make her jackets out of brocade she had purchased in Japan years ago. If you ned the name of the place in River City, I'll look for her card. They had a wonderful array of heavy Chinese silk brocades.

i had a suit made about 20 years ago at Perry's in Bangkok. it was a recommendation from a friend who was working in hong kong! it was however a suit of raw thai silk from fabric of the country. i still wear it , but as it is pale blue i don't get much use here in victoria bc.
cheers
AndrewDavid

ps i was under the weather for one of my fittings and they accommodated me by coming to the oriental hotel where i was staying

I had a colbalt blue thai silk jacket made in Chaing Mai five years ago and just love it and still wear it alot. I would like to get another made in Bangkok but a different color. I also had a navy wool suit and would like another of those made and maybe some shirts too.
I was going to check out Cotton house when I am there. I will be staying at the Legacy Suites when I arrive and then the Chatruium suites when I come back from Laos for my fittings.

For the men I just had Monet Sarto custom tailor for me 2 suits using Zegna Trofeo fabric which is 85% Italian wool and 15% silk. They came our superbly fitted despite the 8000 mile distance. I had to change the waist measurement, yes getting older things drop, and shorten the sleeves 1/4 in. from my profile.I wore one for a meeting in NYC and went into Barney's and asked a fellow who has been in their made-to-measure suit department where I had purchased suits some time ago and he confirmed the fabric is one of the finest money can buy. He said by by yard it cost in the US equal to loro piana superfine 220-250 superfine's.
So if you are inin Bangkok give Jack a shot. His suit prices run from $250-$425 based upon fabric selected. An eextra pair of slacks for the suit is only $80.

i also use jack and my wife does too

I will do that .Great to read , yet again , of the quality from Monet .

rizzuto; I was taking the word of highly experienced people in the US men's garment industry i.e.fellow selling suits at Barney's-NYC so I found an opportunity through an aquanyance to bring 1 of my new Zegna suit jackets to Consumers Union in Yonkers, NJ.(I live 23 miles awy in NJ).one of their "experts" sourced a sample of Zegna Trefeo 200 Superfine fabric-buckeye weave similar weave to mine and under microscope evaluation, heat and water testing called my froed to tell him my material was the "real deal". the only thing i can say is maybe Zegna mills make inferior fabrics for their rack suits sellin for $2000 and up. I was and now am even more convinced the Monet sarto's best fabrics are genuine and not of inferior to HK or anyewhere else for that matter. Maybe Jack's $250 suits are of lesser quality but for $350-$425 I am getting $2000+ suits with hand tailoring.

Stan, have you had suits made in Hong Kong, too? Any idea what I can expect a suit like you're describing to cost in Hong Kong -- the ones that you say cost $350-$425 in BKK?

Also, what would be the "best" fabric (this is information for my son, who will be starting his professional career) to look for?.

Do you possibly have a recommendation for a HK tailor?

Has anyone heard from Jack (Monte Il Sarto)lately? He has not been answering his emails for the past month! My hubbie needs to re-order. What to do?

I don't suppose you considered trying the telephone.

I must admit Jack has disappointed me on my last order. He was going to make me 1 suit and 1 sport coat from Scabal 150's fabric and it has been 2 months and no communication. I do know he had been traveling in Germany taking orders in January because a friend heard he was in Munich but I think he may have forgotten about his former customers who used him originally in BK. Not good business. The phone did not get me to him either, rizzuto. You must think everyone else but you do not much about how to deal with merchants. I would only say: "Know thy self", before you make terse comments or ill informed comments to others.

Bummer. I guess we can wait a little while longer or go to Bangkok and find another tailor!

I never tried either of the Raja brothers who compete and have no idea of the quality of their work or for that matter their fabric. But Conte Nast magazine wrote them up about 2 years ago as being the "real deal".

Jack is back! I just heard from Jack of Monet Il Sarto. He is in Bangkok and taking orders.

i heard from him about a month ago and he was in india...