Made-to-Measure

An Adventure in Tradition




       Years ago, when a man decided to buy a new suit, he turned to the most trusted professional he could afford to guide him in his single largest wardrobe investment. In a perfect fashion world, a man spending $1,500 or more on a new suit of clothes should be entitled to the attentions of a salesman whose expertise compared favorably to that available at the Alan Flusser Custom Shop. Having authored four best-selling books on men's dress and style, Alan Flusser has insured that such knowledge not remain the exclusive privilege of only those able to access it first-hand at his Manhattan custom shop.
       Unfortunately, fashion like life, is often not fair. The playing field typically favors those with more cash rather than less. However, always looking for opportunities to level the permanent fashion playing field for both fun and profit, the Alan Flusser Custom Shop proudly introduces Made-to-Measure by Alan Flusser, a more affordable offering of his bespoke looking tailored clothes and accessories but at made-to-measure prices. The new collection includes made-to-measure suits, sport coats, trousers, dinner clothes, dress and sport shirts and off-the-peg neckwear.
       




      For the first time, a man will be able to access Mr. Flusser's legendary fashion intelligence, the practically extinct understanding of what makes a man look best and why, for less than half the fare and delivery time of his custom made clothes. But even more importantly, he will be guided through the selection and styling process by clothing professionals whose sartorial credentials have been personally forged by Mr. Flusser. The Made-to-Measure collection offers you all the prerquisites of any esteemed Flusser Custom shop client, whether you need a few suits in a hurry or just an odd pair of difficult-to-fit dress or sport trousers.
       Situated directly below the "Alan Flusser Custom Shop, the Made-to-Measure
showroom occupies part of a recently decorated floor that was added to accommodate this latest extension of the Alan Flusser Custom business.
Unlike its upstairs mentor's older world "Colefax and Flusser" splendor, the made-to-Measure interior projects a more contemporary elegance.
Born out of a stainless steel and blonde wood melange of Bauhaus, Biedermier, and Bravado, the sleeker downstairs provides a more modern staging for the collection's slightly youthful twist on sophisticated dressing.



          Designed with the styling and detailing of Mr. Flusser's Savile Row inspired custom clothes, the Made-to-Measure clothing is tailored outside of Cambridge Massachusetts, in the storied Southwick Clothiers workshop and then finished in the Flusser custom workroom.  Throughout the forties, fifties and sixties, Southwick was the principal soft shoulder clothier of America's Ivy League set, on and off its elite college campuses. Over the years, Southwick has continued to manufacture clothes for the country's surviving top tier of traditional retailers, such as Brooks Brothers, Paul Stuart, and J.Press, etc.
       The average Made-to-Measure two-piece suit ranges in price from $1,600 to $2,400 with a delivery time of four weeks, or sooner, if necessary.
Made-to-Measure shirt prices range from $165 to $195, with a four shirt minimum and a sample shirt made first. A special hand made neckwear collection at $95 has been designed to compliment the clothing along with a selection of hosiery, pocket squares, and dress belts.


      Therefore, for no more greenbacks, and in some cases, considerably fewer, the new Made-to-Measure collection promises to "arm" each man with those fundamentals of fine dress as they relate to his individual complexion and physique. By the end of the day, meaning either before, during or after your first made-to-Measure purchase, you will be privy to information like: which colors best compliment your complexion or those clothing proportions that most flatter your unique physical architecture, and most importantly, why.
Without an explanation and understanding of "why", informed advice can be confused with the ephemeral worlds of personal opinion or fashion, neither of which guarantee you much more than transitory truth.
        Alan Flusser has always believed that learning how to dress well is not as difficult as it's typically made out to be. What's difficult is accessing the correct information for each individual person.  Drop in and discover for yourself just how easy and satisfying it is to dress better than you ever dreamed. Come and Bespeak to Us.















Our own fabrics selected especially for the Alan Flusser Made-to-Measure Shop...