MTO

MTO Program

MTO is an acronym for Made to Order. Made to order shoes is an area that Ahmed's Tailor takes great pride in specializing in.

So what is MTO exactly?

Well for one thing it is not bespoke suit making which it is often confused with.

Made to order cloths allow you to create the garment you envision using existing models. Depending on the maker you can choose the pre-established model you would like to have your garment made on as well as the fabric e.g., wool/cotton, color, style and size.

In contrast, with bespoke suits making you will have a model made from a drawing and measurements of your body, which will in turn become your unique suit. You will also have a greater selection of options available to you in terms of design and materials. Please see previous blog for more details.

So what is the best choice? Bespoke or MTO?

Bespoke suit making is done directly with the tailor assistance and guidance. This is a process that takes up to 6-8 weeks to complete and is generally much more costly.

MTO suits/shirts are made to your specifications with a minimal  charge, which varies by maker, as does the time it takes to make the garment, normally anywhere from six to eight weeks again depending on the maker.

Ninety nine point nine percent of the population wear suits that are made from a predefined model, which are not made for a specific body. Unless you have a specific physical need you should be able to find a model that will fit your feet comfortably.

What Tailor offer MTO suits?

Ahmed's Tailor currently takes orders year round for MTO suits made by multiple suites makers.  That may change in the future and we will let you know if it does.

Cufflinks

There are startlingly few cufflinks on the market that are both attractive and functional. In my view, most fall down because:

1. They do not have significant decoration on both sides of the link
2. Those that do are too long in the bar or chain that joins them
3. Those without the cheap, rotating bar design are difficult to push through the cuffs
4. Few designs are attractive, yet simple and conservative enough to wear with tailoring

Check the following link for great beautiful cufflinks:
www.dianamaynard.com/limited-edition/cufflinks
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The Two Kinds of Tailors

The Two Kinds of Tailors

Dressing Informal

It may seem odd to call a lounge suit informal evening dress when much of the world defines informal as jeans, but that is all the language leaves us. After all, black tie is considered semi-formal, and the lounge suit is certainly less formal than the dinner jacket.

Still, Friday seems like the right day to bandy about what to wear to the opera, the symphony or the theater in a city. And that is ideally a suit or a double breasted blazer in a not-too-dark shade of navy blue, like the one the late Aristotle Onassis is wearing to take his wife on the town in the photograph. That is of course because that shade of blue under artificial light looks blacker than black.

Like dinner jacketings, the cloth of this suit or blazer should be a solid or semi-solid.  Stripes and patterns should be reserved for day wear, though there is no reason that an evening-approprate suit cannot be worn during the day from time to time. At night, it should be combined with a white shirt and a necktie with sheen that evokes a dinner jacket's satin lapels. A black or dark blue satin four in hand works nicely. A conservative bow tie that recalls more formal clothing is equally fitting.

No part of this ensemble should ideally be worn during the day of the event, for once upon a time men always changed for dinner and dressy evenings are an opportunity to pay homage to that practice with unwrinkled clothing. This is a state of affairs that is not always practical during the work week, but anyone should be able to change his shirt and necktie.

Blazer in included in this category of dress, particularly as the formality of the occasion decreases. The theater, for example. Perhaps a club, though appropriate dress for clubbing is so completely dependent on the particular club and locale as to be immune to my generalizations.

Some Very Fine Polos Arrive

Some Very Fine Polos Arrive

Suits and Socks, Installment XXII

Suits and Socks, Installment XXII