Anderson & Sheppard Prices

[Guest]

I would suggest that anyone interested in bespoke who visits London, should defnitely have a suit made by A&S if only for therapy; the amount of discussion and debate on this tailor is unbelievable.

Having a suit made by A&S should finally put matters to rest in writers' minds.

[Guest]

From what I have seen of recent high-end RTW suit prices, A&S prices are not outrageous.

Indeed, a few of the men on the Best Dressed List of Vanity Fair use A&S; I believe that A&S. as well as Caraceni, are the tailors' most mentioned by those men.

Do you think that Vanity Fair editor and A&S client, Greydon Carter, has a bias?

Regardless, A&S, here I come for my next bespoke suit. The suspence has been killing me for too long.

Next suit: a DB A&S in glorious blue flannel chalk stripe!

[Guest]

A lot of the criticism of AS seem to come from the fact that no tailor can instantly know what the client wants. Even the best tailors engage in a process with their clients, each influencing the other until there is a happy result. That bespoke is a process with a give-and-take that incrementally results in a satisfactory product, is the concept understood really only by men who get all their clothes custom-made.

I have never used AS and probably never will (too expensive, too difficult, I envy those who live close to them). They are probably fabulous, but I am sure their success is only loosely related to their excellence, and I am not detracting from their quality by saying this, just that a brand is very powerful, vis Gucci.

[Guest]

Next suit: a DB A&S in glorious blue flannel chalk stripe!

I'm sure you are familiar with the usual fine sources of blue flannel. If this is what you want, however, don't forget to check out the A&S Specials book. They have private sources for some evergreen patterns (and some other things that are destined to stay utterly unique).

Concordia

[Guest]

Next suit: a DB A&S in glorious blue flannel chalk stripe!

I'm sure you are familiar with the usual fine sources of blue flannel. If this is what you want, however, don't forget to check out the A&S Specials book. They have private sources for some evergreen patterns (and some other things that are destined to stay utterly unique).

Concordia

[Guest]

Next suit: a DB A&S in glorious blue flannel chalk stripe!

I'm sure you are familiar with the usual fine sources of blue flannel. If this is what you want, however, don't forget to check out the A&S Specials book. They have private sources for some evergreen patterns (and some other things that are destined to stay utterly unique).

Concordia

[Guest]

Give me the definitive, military, hard edges of Davies & Son or Huntsman any day.
Smart Alec.

[Guest]

Just got this update (December 2006):

"Anderson and Sheppard provide a Cut, Make and Trim service where the customer provides the material and we make it. The price for a sport coat using this service would be £1,365 which is exclusive of V.A.T.

The prices for the garments you requested are as follows:

Trousers £720

Vest £315

2pc Suit £2,215

3pc Suit £2,530

All prices are exclusive of V.A.T."

All considered, I think I shall be going back to RTW.

Does anyone know if these prices are still valid?

[Guest]

They were still about that at end of 2007.

Concordia

[Guest]

A sports coat using their material isn't listed but, if I did the math right, it's Pounds1,495.

Is that about right?

[Guest]

Sadly, yes.

Choose carefully.

[Guest]

If Anderson has kept their prices at this level, then they are really selling at quite a discount to many SR and NYC tailors.

They seem almost like a relative bargain in these times.