The introduction
Made-to-Order
House styles, sized to your measurements. Built with the workshop standard when you want custom without a full pattern program. A clean way in, or a tight calendar.
Since 1974 · 138 East 61st Street, Suite 201
How we build.
Same workshop. Same nine master tailors. Three paths — the difference is how the pattern is made and how closely we work on your body. Photography of cloth, hand, and floor first. Catalog second — if at all.
- Custom only
- Since July 1, 2026
- Pattern
- Kept for life
- Address
- Suite 201, since 1974
The house, not a rackA workshop with paths.
A workshop with paths.
Not a product grid.
You come in for a conversation. We look at how you stand, where the clothes live, and what has never fit. Then we recommend a path — not a SKU. Cloth is handled in the room. Your measures become a file. When the garment is finished, the pattern stays here.
Choose how we build
Three paths. One house.
You are choosing how the pattern is created. We recommend after we see you — not from a form online.
The standard
Made-to-Measure
Our master pattern, adjusted to you. Full canvas — not a half-canvas shortcut. Hand-finished details where they earn their keep. One proper fitting. The path most professionals live on once they know the house.
Cut on you
Bespoke
A pattern cut on your body — live drape, then your blueprint only. Full floating canvas. Multiple fittings. Stored for life and refined with every suit after.
ConstructionFull canvas —
Full canvas —
plain language.
The canvas is the internal structure that lets a jacket move with you and hold its shape over years. On Made-to-Measure and Bespoke, we use full canvas construction. If another shop sells “custom” on a half-canvas or fused chest, that is a different garment. We will show you the difference on the floor.
Through the house
Shirts finished here.
Shirt work through this house. Pattern for your neck and shoulder. We cut here — not all of it; some at our outside workshop. Every piece is worked on, finished, and delivered.
Four beatsFrom handshake to
From handshake to
finished garment.
01
Consultation
Listen first.
02
Cloth
Bolts in hand.
03
Build
Nine tailors in Manhattan.
04
Fitting
Finished on your body; pattern stored.
Who this floor is for
Who belongs here.
For
Men who already know what a real garment costs. Finance, law, consulting, operators — one relationship for life, not a seasonal brand.
Not for
Walk-in alterations for strangers. Fast-fashion “custom.” Package hunters. Custom only since July 1, 2026; alterations stay with house clients and their immediate family.
138 East 61st Street · Suite 201
Come to the floor.
Nine master tailors. Pattern kept for life. Book a consultation — or call the house.
VisitL&S Custom Tailors · 138 East 61st Street, Suite 201 · New York, NY 10065 · Since 1974 · Palermo to New York