"I went through so many tailors, tailors from Ghana and Benin and further out," she said.
He bought enough material for 6 jackets and had them made in Hong Kong, where there are a great many tailors.
While many tailors average several weeks to finish a suit, Mr. Horowitz can produce a suit in less than a week.
The cobblestone remains, but the high bourgeoisie has taken over; not many tailors can afford to live there anymore.
Ms. Hittesdorf said many tailors saw business slow over the summer, but in the middle of September, around the time Lehman Brothers collapsed, "then — pop — they were busy again".
On Saturday, many tailors at the Kohan Froshi market denied that they were selling uniforms, saying that they were merely repairing them.
As with many tailors struggling to adapt to the new casualness, Gieves and Hawkes responded with a shop full of sweaters, chinos and a barber; the bespoke master tailors are hidden in the back.
Many tailors claim to take more than 30 measurements in order to make a good shirt.
Many tailors and shops close in for Eid early on, so be prepared before-hand (at least 2 weeks).
Many tailors in Bangkok have this problem so make sure you know where the places which fuse their shirts well are.
