Bangkok’s Sharpest Tailors

Bangkok’s Sharpest Tailors

Tailors are ten a penny in Bangkok, but quantity definitely doesn’t mean quality when it comes to custom suiting. Separate the neat from the chaff by visiting one of Bangkok’s sharpest tailors.

The celebrity clientele alone speaks for the standard of suiting at svelte, hankie-sized tailor shop Vvon Sugunnasil, proving that size really doesn’t matter with a whopping stash of high-quality fabrics (from Japanese pure wool to exquisite English Dormeuil), 20+ types of collar, cuffs and handmade horn buttons. Book ahead for the fully bespoke wardrobe experience and allow two fittings and at least a month to have your items posted home. A favourite for the snappiest tuxedo in town.

Paris-trained Narin will dress you in an impressively vast selection of imported cashmere, cotton and Vicuña wool from world-famous mills like Holland & Sherry and John Cavendish at his spacious outfitter, Narin Couture, on Sukhumvit Road. But the ace up his sleeve is the much-coveted ‘full canvas’ service, adding superior drape to a jacket with additional structure and weight, to mould more accurately to your shape. Arrive armed with ideas and allow about two weeks for a two-piece suit; womenswear can take longer, depending on the style.

Modern dandies will want to pay a lingering visit to Black Amber Thonglor Social Club, a swank multipurpose gent’s den, home to a whiskey bar, barbershop, networking hub, vintage store and contempo tailor Toast Bespoke. Meticulous tinkerer Pachara “Tee” Phacharintanakul will have you suited in a mere 14 days.

Complete your look with a crisp premium cotton shirt from Duly, Bangkok's first dedicated fine, English-style shirt-maker. A ready-to-wear range is available, but go bespoke or go home with their full service niggling every fine detail, from 16 collar designs and 10 cuff options to coloured buttonholes and embellished dart details. Takes about a week; bowties, polo shirts, boxers, and socks to boot. Suits you!

Vvon Sugunnasil / The Barkyard BKK / 65 Sukhumvit Soi 26 / Khlong Toei / +66 2 001 8744 / 10am-7pm Mon-Sat / @vvonsugunnasil

Narin Couture / 180 Sukhumvit Rd / Klongtoey / +66 2 251 9237 / 10.30am-9pm  Mon-Sat / narin-couture.com

Toast Bespoke / 66/2 Pan Rd / Bangrak / Silom / +66 87 509 7654 / by appt / @ToastBespoke

DULY / 55/2 Sukhumvit Soi 49 / Klongton Nua / Wattana / +66 2 662 6647-8 / 10am-7pm daily / laladuly.co.th