Southlake · Est. 1972
Custom suits,southlake
Roughly twenty-five miles north. Southlake customers often come to us because the alternative is a department store fitting room and a promise to post the alterations back.
Custom suits for Southlake men, cut and fitted at The Man’s Shop in Arlington. One appointment to choose cloth and take measurements, four to six weeks to build, then a second visit to collect. Alterations are handled in-house by our own tailor. Nothing is sent away and nothing is rented.
How it works
Two visits, not five
Some makers want a fitting, a basted fitting, a forward fitting and a finish. We take measurements once, build the suit, and see you again when it is ready.
That first appointment runs about an hour. You choose cloth, we take somewhere north of twenty measurements, and we talk about how you actually wear a suit — whether you drive in it, whether you carry a phone in the inside pocket, whether the jacket comes off at your desk.
Four to six weeks later the suit is here. You come in, we check it on you, and anything that needs adjusting goes to Enrique, our master tailor, who works on site. Most collections take twenty minutes.
Coming from Southlake
What to expect
- The distance
- About 25 miles north. Southlake customers often come to us because the alternative is a department store fitting room and a promise to post the alterations back.
- Who we see from here
- Southlake sends us corporate executives and men who travel constantly for work, which is why remote measurements and a wardrobe kept on file matter more to this group than most.
- Booking
- Appointments are with Austin Roberson or Patrick Milligan by name, so you deal with the same person from measurement through collection.
- If you cannot get here twice
- We can work from measurements taken elsewhere, and we do this regularly for customers who travel. It is not our preference, but it is workable.
- Parking
- Straightforward. We are on South West Street in downtown Arlington with parking beside the building.
For men who travel
Fitting around a schedule that moves
- Remote measurements
- We can work from measurements taken elsewhere, and for customers who travel constantly this is often the only practical route. It is not our preference, but it works.
- Wardrobe kept on file
- Once we have your pattern and a note of what you own, ordering is a phone call. Several of our Southlake customers have not been into the shop in a year.
- Packing considerations
- High-twist wools and half-canvas construction survive a suitcase considerably better than a heavily structured jacket. Worth specifying if you fly weekly.
- One fitting, then remote
- The common pattern here: come in once, get the pattern right, then handle everything afterwards by phone and courier.
- Why not a department store
- Because the alternative for most Southlake men is a fitting room and a promise to post the alterations back, which is a worse version of the same trip.
Before you come
Three things worth doing
Bring the shoes
Trouser break is judged standing, in the shoes you will wear with the suit. This is the single most common reason a hem gets redone.
Think about the occasion
A suit for daily business, a wedding, and an interview are three different garments. Knowing which one it is shapes the cloth.
Bring a suit you like
If you own something that fits well, bring it. It tells us more in two minutes than twenty questions would.
Common questions
Custom suits, answered
How much does a custom suit cost in Southlake?
Custom suits generally start around fifteen hundred dollars and rise with the cloth rather than the construction. The alterations at collection are included, which is not true of an off-the-rack suit where fitting costs are separate and add up quickly.
How long does a custom suit take?
Four to six weeks from the appointment. If you have a date — a wedding, a conference, an interview — tell us at the fitting and we will work backwards from it and be honest about whether it can be done.
How many appointments do I need?
Two. One to choose cloth and take measurements, which runs about an hour, and one to collect, which is usually twenty minutes. We do not do the four-fitting process some makers use.
How many suits should I own if I fly weekly?
Fewer than you think, in better cloth. Two or three high-twist wool suits that recover overnight beat five soft worsteds needing a press at every stop. For anyone living out of a suitcase the cloth matters more than the count.
What cloth survives a suitcase?
High-twist wool with half-canvas construction. It resists creasing and recovers overnight on a hanger, where a heavily structured jacket in a soft worsted arrives looking slept in.
Can you work from measurements taken elsewhere?
We can, and we do it regularly for customers who cannot get here twice. It is not our first preference because we would rather measure you ourselves, but it is workable and the results are good.
Southlake to Arlington
Book with Patrick or Austin
One hour to measure. Four to six weeks to build. Twenty minutes to collect.
Book with PatrickBook with Austin
100 S. West Street, Arlington, Texas 76010
Mon–Sat 10am–5pm · Closed Sunday
(817) 265-1116