Recommendations for tailors in Bangkok?

[werner]

During the past year or so, I have been watching my diet and working out at a gym with a hot coach.

As a result, I have lost about 30 kilos, and my old body is in great shape.

I need some more new clothes. Since I will be visiting Bangkok next week, I might as well have them made there.

Can anyone recommend a great tailor in the Suriwong/Silom area?

Years ago, I had a lot of clothing made at Jackie's Tailor Shop (name?] which was run by an Indian family and was near Soi Twilight.
That shop has long closed....

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[FarangRuMak]

I can't comment on the Bangkok Tailor Shops run by the Indians but the fashion shops in Pattaya all use the same Thai tailors as far as I can see.
Many of these small workshops are clustered in the narrow sois behind Tuk Com.
Thus there can't be much difference in quality between the various high street outlets.
I have one friend who buys quite a lot of stuff directly from the 'sweatshops'.

[scottish-guy]

They may well all use the same tailors (debatable) but they certainly vary in making tbe measurements !!

I have had suits which were as tight as strait-jackets (apposite some may say) and others which were like a tent.

[FarangRuMak]

They may well all use the same tailors (debatable) but they certainly vary in making tbe measurements !!

I have had suits which were as tight as strait-jackets (apposite some may say) and others which were like a tent.

I agree about the measurements; I was given a lovely suit except he ignored my explanation that my abdomen rises and falls with the beer-drinking seasons.
Right now it's a bit like a strait jacket so it doesn't get out a lot.
The post-christmas/new year diet will give it a short time in the sun.
I'm convinced that the high st shops use the same tailors.
A friend went to a few and told them he would buy if they could show him 1 sewing machine-not one could.
Of course they might supply different quality fabrics.

[frequent]

I agree about the measurements; I was given a lovely suit except he ignored my explanation that my abdomen rises and falls with the beer-drinking seasons.

Did he ask about which side you dress? https://www.realmenrealstyle.com/dress-left-right/

[Magnum]

Rajawongse Clothier near Nana Station is just excellent. I have many suits and a lot of shirts and I love them all. I wouldn't buy any regular suits (like Boss, Joop, ...) again. One suit is now around 14.000 Baht. Of course I would pay more for it, the quality and style are just fantastic.

[FarangRuMak]

Rajawongse Clothier near Nana Station is just excellent. I have many suits and a lot of shirts and I love them all. I wouldn't buy any regular suits (like Boss, Joop, ...) again. One suit is now around 14.000 Baht. Of course I would pay more for it, the quality and style are just fantastic.

Thank's for the tip.
As with the boys a report based on personal experience is best.
By mistakes we learn but you can't beat learning by other people's mistakes.

[Jellybean]

I have resurrected this topic from only two years ago and, as far as I can see, there are two good recommendations for a tailor in Bangkok, one from Magnum and one from ggobob.

Last year, I was invited to attend a wedding in June 2020. Despite my best efforts to avoid having to attend, I’m afraid they came to nought after the mother of the bride-to-be paid me an unannounced visit and kind of made me an offer I couldn’t refuse! [Gulp!] So, like it or lump it, I’m going! Quite clearly I cannot turn up in jeans and a T-shirt, oh, no, that wouldn’t do at all, so a new suit is required.

Unfortunately, the suits I own and used to wear when I was last in gainful employment no longer fit me. Yet, a forlorn hope that one day I may well fit back into them prevents me from disposing of them. Sadly, age, too much of a sedentary lifestyle, perhaps too many visits to Starbucks and not nearly enough exercise have all taken their toll on my ever expanding waistline.

In an effort to turn back the weight gain I have been attending the gym at my Bangkok condo six days a week for the last month. And while in Pattaya last week I also started swimming again in addition to going to jetts 24 hour fitness, a gym in which my hotel has an arrangement for their guests. But this weight loss malarkey is a slow business! But even a small reduction in my waistline would be welcome so I shall wait a few more weeks and see if all this effort has produced any positive results.

When I lived in Hua Hin, I bought several beautifully made-to-measure short-sleeve shirts and one suit, which were all very satisfactory. And, if I'm remembering correctly, not too expensive – most certainly we are not talking Savile Row prices! I have however never visited a tailor here in Bangkok, although when in the Sukhumvit/ Nana area, I have sometimes been accosted on the pavement (sidewalk) and asked to step in and feel the quality of their merchandise.

I wondered if anyone has any recent personal experience of using a tailor in Bangkok to purchase a made-to-measure, good quality, but not too expensive, suit and is able to recommend such an establishment to me. In the absence of any up to date advice, I’ll probably pop across to Nana and Surawong and see if both businesses recommended by Magnum and ggobob are still trading and report back on my findings.

Rajawongse Clothier near Nana Station is just excellent. I have many suits and a lot of shirts and I love them all. I wouldn't buy any regular suits (like Boss, Joop, ...) again. One suit is now around 14.000 Baht. Of course I would pay more for it, the quality and style are just fantastic.

I've used Excelsior Tailors several times over the past few years - located in the lobby area of the Siam Heritage Hotel on Surawong. I've had shirts and trousers made there as well as a couple of sport jackets and a suit on this last trip. Last year, I mentioned I'd like to get some corduroy trousers made. They are not not always available where I live and if found they never fit. Excelsior found the material in several colors and made up three pairs for less than one badly fitting one would be at home.

Caution based on experience. Make sure you allow time for at least one fitting and think about the style you want - fitting gives a chacge to see if room is available for belly amplification, etc. Don't rush the fitting, if it's a shirt move your arms around, button the collar, etc; if it's a jacket, check how it fits around the neck, do the shoulders square?, etc.

Think about what style you like, bring a photo from a magazine if you see something you like. Tailors in Bangkok are copyists not artists.

[dinagam]

Unfortunately, the suits I own and used to wear when I was last in gainful employment no longer fit me. Yet, a forlorn hope that one day I may well fit back into them prevents me from disposing of them. Sadly, age, too much of a sedentary lifestyle, perhaps too many visits to Starbucks and not nearly enough exercise have all taken their toll on my ever expanding waistline.

In an effort to turn back the weight gain I have been attending the gym at my Bangkok condo six days a week for the last month. And while in Pattaya last week I also started swimming again in addition to going to jetts 24 hour fitness, a gym in which my hotel has an arrangement for their guests. But this weight loss malarkey is a slow business! But even a small reduction in my waistline would be welcome so I shall wait a few more weeks and see if all this effort has produced any positive results.

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Before you step into any tailor to have a good feel of their merchandise and appraisal of their workmen, I would humbly suggest to give the intermittent fasting regime a serious try. Eat and drink whatever you want between 9am and 6pm, refrain from adding additional calories after your last meal around 6pm so as to have about 14 hours or more of abstinence before your next breakfast. Give it a try for 30 consecutive days , and you'll begin to notice that all those 'old' clothes will fit your new figure rather nicely. Don't worry about loss of libido. Afternoon sex will never be the same again. Good luck.

[sglad]

I have however never visited a tailor here in Bangkok, although when in the Sukhumvit/ Nana area, I have sometimes been accosted on the pavement (sidewalk) and asked to step in and feel the quality of their merchandise.

Did he let you peek under his turban?

Jellybean, as an esteemed moderator of this exalted forum, no less than the tailors who made the emperor's new clothes would be fit to dress you. Your colleague from Down Under has been going to them for years, judging from his moderating decisions.