Why Your Tailor Is Your Friend
I really am blessed to have found a great tailor like Matt from Imparali. Some of you who read this blog and live in the New York area have contacted or worked with him through my recommendation and have probably found him as friendly and personable as I do.
But say you don’t live in the NYC area and are looking for a tailor. First off you have to start with someone who deals in CUSTOM clothing and tailoring. This means that they not only do alterations but they create custom pieces for specific body types that require way more knowledge than just hiking up a hem or taking in the torso of a jacket. They will look at your shoulders and explain exactly WHY your jacket sits the way it does on your body. You see a great tailor takes the time to show you how to conceal certain natural flaws our bodies possess through the art of a great cut set of trousers or shirt.
This all came about after a meeting I had with Matt at Imparali for my very first custom made suit by them. I was amazed at how far we have come in terms of our Tailor/Customer relationship. We can almost read each other’s minds at this point and since we have built such a strong relationship through the work we have already done together, putting together my first suit was much faster than both of us could have imagined.
So what I am urging you all to do in this post is shop around for your tailor. Call a few up and ask questions. Research as if you were for a wise investment.
Yet the strongest and best advice I can ultimately offer is to find the most skilled person who you also wouldn’t mind grabbing a beer with.
