This is a standard approach used by many other custom brands. It’s made-to-measure, not bespoke, but some companies do it better than others.

For example, some brands only adjust the length of your jacket, not the button stance, which can throw off the overall proportions of your suit.

Jared explained that Suitsupply moves the button stance up or down proportionally based on your jacket’s length. This sort of micro-adjustability is really important, especially for people with non-off-the-rack builds.

We finished up my measurements, and about 3 1/2 weeks later, the clothes arrived at the Georgetown shop, ready for me to try on.

How Did Everything Fit?

I went back to shop and tried everything on, and I’m happy to report that this custom Suitsupply suit fit much better than the off-the-rack Lazio I’d tried a while back.

The waistcoat and overcoat fit just right, no alterations needed.

The jacket sleeves needed to be shortened just a tiny bit to make sure a sliver of shirt cuff would be exposed on my wrist. All of the important stuff, like the shoulders and length, were great.

The pants had to be taken in and hemmed slightly. All of these minor alterations were done in store that same day, which is pretty cool.