For the past twenty-two years, the purchase of an Alan Flusser bespoke suit assured its owner of no less than a decade's worth of fashion transcending standing.

With the newest crop of merchant princes to cross our portals, we find an assortment of carriages coveting increased attention of their increasingly chiseled undercarraiges.

Our response...The Vanderbilt, a slightly higher strung version of our trademark house style.

Designed with the more youthful in mind, if not body, The Vanderbilt is more ideal, a point of departure, rather than a fixed destination.  To that end, gorges have been raised, shoulder and label widths shaved, waistlines, whittled, torso and trouser lines telescoped.

But we speak here of degrees, inflections; the gesture, never the flourish.  Having thus declared ourselves, please be assured that The Vanderbilt shares the same double-digit design criteria as its progenitor Flusser House Style.

By the way of illustration, the clothes we made for Michael Douglas's character, Gordon Gekko, in the 1987 movie Wall Street continue, some twenty odd years later, to pass muster. Why?

Because they are grounded in correct proportion, which always trumps fashion, fit, quality, or color in determining a garment's style expectancy.









Vintage Brown Tweed Suit

"The New Sartorial Math"

Business Travel Collection






Rickshaw to Rolls…Metro to Maybach

If you are limousining about airports, pressing business in far
away executive suites, hosting client dinners in foreign ports
of call, or all of the above, the last thing you want to be
concerned with is the appearance of your clothes.

With this in mind, we decided to tackle one of the business
traveler’s most disarming challenges:  “How to Get the Most
out of a Minimum Number of Garments.”  We began with
the garment’s outer shell because you can’t create the
extraordinary out of the ordinary.

Turning to our friends at Dormeuil, we found that they had
been developing their own thoroughbred three-season travel
cloth, aptly named “Voyage”.  English milled in an innovative,
four harness construction featuring weft stretch, this 10 oz.
tailoring marvel had been engineered for wrinkle resistance
and shape retention but with the hand and drape of a more
classically bred worsted.

With our collection of “Voyagers” readied, we then set out
on the final leg of our quest…to construct a garment that
capitalizes on its outer shell’s enhanced performance
capabilities, and to configure its interior with enough storage
coffers for optimal travel utility.  Finally, “Nomadic Elegance
was ours, and thus, yours.  



   



      “THE NEW SARTORIAL MATH”

Most men approach packing for a business trip much like making a
Doctor’s appointment, putting it off to the last moment.  Having to
think out, coordinate, and pack a variety of business ensembles could
shackle and fashion savant, no less stalwarts with less access to
their “Jeeves” side.

Leaving it to the night before, our squire either over-packs
defensively or assembles his jumble of ersatz finery hopeful that
the light of the day will better reveal his wardrobing intentions.

Ever diligent in our mission to advance the cause of permanent
fashion for both fun and profit, we at the Alan Flusser Custom Shop
unveil “The New Sartorial Math”- a collection of business travel
clothes bestowing unrivaled versatility.

Our promise of unrivaled versatility is based on two premises; one,
that it can be arithmetically demonstrated and two, that its
execution comes with a mistake-proof guarantee.

Composed of fourteen garments “The New Sartorial Math”
computes to three tailored two-piece ensembles, four dress shirts,
and four neckties.  Each necktie is designed to coordinate with each
dress shirt while each tie/shirt permutation locksteps into spot-on
harmony with all three ensembles.  For no more than a few shillings
and fittings.  “The New Sartorial Math” conjugates into (48)
individual, perfectly coordinated business-correct outfits.

Imagine, your morning wake up call sounds.  Staggering out of bed,
you shower and begin dressing, and emerge feeling confident, looking
dapper and most definitely……early.



   



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 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 guaruntee you much more than transitory truth.
        Alan Flusser has always believed that learning how to dress well is not as difficult as its 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.