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While you can count on your two hands the number of custom tailoring small businesses, it's not often that you can find one with the vast breadth of expertise and history in the industry.

Mr. Sunder Daswani, founder of The Tailored Man and his brother Kishore Daswani, have expanded to over 10,000 clients all over North America, from Montreal to San Diego and Miami to Vancouver in little over 40 years. Their individual attention to each customer allows you to create a relationship where your entire ordering process is personal, from selecting your fabric, color and style to your final fitting.

The Tailored Man has dominated the Washington D.C. scene since 1964, during which they have had a good measure of US Congressmen and Senators, professional athletes, distinguished professionals and businessmen.

They take your measurements, photographs and style specifications and transmit to their tailors in Hong Kong; your garment is shipped back in 4 weeks for a final fitting, if required, is given by authorized tailors in major cities. Custom made suits range from $495 to $795 and shirts from $58 to $98. When asked Why Custom Made suits, Sunder Daswani replied the difference between a ready-made suit and custom made is that you are supposed to fit into ready-to wear suits, whereas custom made clothing is made to fit only you.

When asked why suits from Hong Kong, Mr. Daswani said that Hong Kong and Seville Row are synonymous with custom made suits. While Saville Row attracts customers who wish to spend $2500 and up for their suits, Hong Kong custom tailoring attracts customers who want to look well dressed without paying out exorbitant amounts; both Saville Row and Hong Kong Chinese tailors use English and Italian fabrics and have been making suits for generations; however, Chinese tailors, unlike Saville Row tailors, can tailor suits by looking at the measurements and customers' photos and fit 8 out of 10 customers without any changes; hence saving customers several trips back and forth to the tailors.