Welcome to 2011!!

A few updates  as of 1-17-2011 that might be of interest....

-If you ordered a suit before 1-1-2011, it will ship this week of 17th by saturday latest, but most likely sooner.  As usual, when it finally gets en route to you, you will receive an email confirmation of such.

-As I'm finally all caught up now, rush orders will be taken into account with the usual caveat of $60 surcharge for orders needed in less than 1 month.  But as I always like to remind you, keep in mind that when you place a rush order, you will 99.9% have it in time, but you need to take into account that it will need to be pressed and if there are any fit issues that require additional tailor you may not have time to accomodate that, so please give yourselves enough time to account for such issues.

-I mentioned adding 2 "designer" cloths this year, from Versace's mill.  One is a medium grey windowcheck and the other a burgundy/black striped pattern.  I received the finished samples of both cloths in a full suit and I'm really happy with these cloths.  Photos will be uploaded by monday morning so check back then to the Lookbook to see them "in real life".  Prices will be a bit higher due to fabric cost but as usual I have kept the prices as low as possible and I don't think anyone will be disappointed with either cloth.  If there is enough interest I will gradually add more "designer cloth", but I highly recommend making your first suit with me in a standard priced cloth.  But if you'd like your first suit to be in the Versace cloth that is no problem to do so.

-There is one change to how the suits will be made this year, due to what seems like a popular request, all jackets from today forward will have no shoulder padding so it will be a very light shoulder construction.  There is still a small amount of structure via the front canvassing extending up to the shoulder to provided a minimal amount of structure/support. If you have ordered previously and still want the light padding, please request that and we can do it 2010 style.  Hopefully everyone else will like the lighter shoulder construction.