How feasible is it to get clothes made custom, from scratch?
I'm an autist when it comes to clothing - I have a few very specific items that I like, so I buy half a dozen of the same thing and end up feeling helpless when my retailer of choice decides to discontinue that item. Case in point: this hoodie which has loose cuffs instead of the elasticated bullshit that clings around your wrists, which is standard on every other hoodie I can find for sale.
Could I hand someone an item of clothing and ask them to replicate it entirely, including sourcing the materials themselves? Where can I find a person with this skillset? Cosplay/costume creators come to mind, but given they usually charge hundreds or thousands for an outfit, they probably wouldn't be interested in what I need.
Amazing that cosplayers come to mind before a tailor or a seamstresses, which are on every high street. You absolutely could have someone make you a hoodie from scratch, but it's not going to be cheap at all. You could also just buy a hoodie with the elasticated cuffs in a size or two bigger, cut those cuffs off, hem the sleeves, and have the hoodie taken in to fit you. This would work out a lot cheaper, but is still a lot of faff and expense.
It's perfectly feasible, but inherently expensive because of the lack of economies of scale. A tailor would need to take your garment apart at the seams, produce a pattern and make new garments from that pattern, which is a slow and skilled process. You're unlikely to find an exact match for the fabric, but you could browse a local fabric shop to find something to your taste.
A cheaper option might be to have an off-the-peg garment altered to your preferences. Ask your local alterations tailor/seamstress about what's possible. Another option would be to use a personal shopper to find new garments that meet your precise preferences.
With that said, the cheapest option is probably to find a garment you like and buy a lifetime supply.
>>6386 Hmm, I think I preemptively ruled out the types you mentioned because I figured they only did adjustments, or could only make a narrow range of traditional items like suits and wedding dresses.
I guess I'm not really aware of how much customised work there is generally - but is it simple enough for those people to match the materials as well, given that mass produced clothing is going to be made up of various synthetic blends?
One option for getting a decent kersey material for a hoodie would be to buy a few absolutely massive jumpers or hoodies and use those.
You could consider learning to sew, you can get patterns fairly cheaply. This doesn't solve your immediate problem, but it would allow you to take your couture autism to the next level.
Like others and you yourself recognise this is going to cost a pretty penny. The thing is though that properly made clothing absolutely will last years and you'll look better for it, it's cheaper over the long-run if you accept the higher upfront cost.
Just remember that you won't be able to wear those clothes when you're playing the villain on a children's tv show who gets drowned in custard every episode. It's a door that must close.
>>6391 That may very well be true for most things, but at the rate OP seems to go through hoodies it appears he wants a bespoke item for everyday use, in which case I don't think the slightly improved quality (I'm an elitist when it comes to clothes, but let's be honest, a tailor-made hoodie isn't going to be that much better than off-the-shelf) isn't going to equate to overall better value. It might last a little bit longer at high-wear, but not so much longer that it makes the whole thing worthwhile.
OP, if you're minted, get a bespoke hoodie. Otherwise, learn to live with material touching your delicate wrists.
>>6391 >>6392 What I would probably do is ask them to make 20 or so, which would be a big upfront cost but hopefully more reasonable on a per-item basis.
>>6393 Mostly I just lose them. Planes, hotels etc.
>>6394 I'm actually curious how this pans out for you. Bearing in mind a bespoke shirt is going to start at ₤100, which is probably the most comparable item, moreso than a custom blazer/jacket. I wonder if they'll charge you for each hoodie individually, or if they'll have bulk pricing since they'll end up saving a fair amount of time measuring and cutting the panels for all 20 in one go.
I have a friend who is a seamstress. I once considered asking her to make me a hoodie, as a way of supporting her business, but she said she doesn't like doing boring stuff and prefers to embrace the obnoxiously, flamboyantly camp stuff. purple wedding dresses for men, etc. But a hoodie like that would probably cost £50-£100, based on when I last spoke to her. I could ask her if she's interested for you? This place seems sedate enough that I could get her email address and post it here, and a moderator might even be willing to delete it later on. She might insist on measuring you first, though (we both live in Manchester).
If all you want is a hoodie that doesn't have elasticated cuffs, I think those are available from the companies that do work clothes. My work jumper doesn't have elasticated cuffs while everything else does, and they do hoodies too. Plus you can buy in bulk. Here's the brochure of the company named on my work jumper's label, although you'll need to use your autism to find if they do what you want or not.
https://www.regattaprofessional.com/files/2021%20Reg%20Pro%20UK%20D%20F%20NL.pdf
By the way, if you are autistically particular about clothing details, have you ever found anywhere that does boxer shorts which have the dick-opening but NO BLOODY BUTTONS? Boxer shorts used to not have buttons on their dick windows, but now it's impossible to find a pair without one. I know I could just cut off the button, but that's not the point. Plus, if they were designed to have a button, they might be excessively flappy without and my dick will escape.
>>6395 >>6396 Thanks both for the estimate on pricing.
>have you ever found anywhere that does boxer shorts which have the dick-opening but NO BLOODY BUTTONS?
It depends if you want proper oldschool boxers or modern boxer-briefs. I buy these, which have no buttons, but a sort of double alternating flap arrangement to prevent escape:
>>6397 >>6398 Thank you very much for those suggestions. Even if they don't have what I want (a horizontal dick window?!?!?), they will give me some clues on what sort of words I'll need to search for, so it's incredibly helpful.
