Lasalle St Later This Month
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Richard Bennett, where a fully bespoke handmade suit will easily cost upwards of $ 2000, ain’t worried about scale, said owner Albert Karoll, unlike companies attempting to offer mass customization. Karoll said both men and women often first turn to custom when they have trouble finding ‘offtherack’ clothes that fit. Others say demand is out there. So here’s a question. Why so few options for women?
Lots of custom clothiers can’t see profitability yet. Chicago entrepreneur is out to give plussized women more options for fashionable customized clothing and she’s got a techy twist. Add to that the fact that women wear more kinds of garments types than men, in a wider selection of fabrics, and expect styles to update more frequently. Canadian menswear maker Surmesur the name is on the basis of the French term for made to measure is coming to 200 LaSalle St. Bostonbased affordable custom menswear company Blank Label opened a store in the Loop earlier this summer. For example, its 3yearold custom division is still just for men, Chicago’s Trunk Club began selling women’s ‘ready to wear’ clothing last year.
Women upload their measurements and preferred collar, sleeve and length, just after choosing an item. Workers at eShakti use digital tools, including 3 D modeling, to create a pattern that’s used to make the garment, Krishnan said.
