personal tailoring
A certain luxury is found in clothes that have been crafted and personalised to reflect the wearer's choices.
The same principle applies to commissioning an artist or choosing what colour leather should go in your new motor, with the result bringing a little extra pleasure every time you see it. A Rembrandt Personally Tailored suit removes the need to compromise and brings that pleasure to a man more particular about the perfection of a suit's fit or the exclusivity of a fabric.
Having crafted suits for over 60 years, Rembrandt is the authority when it comes to making a man look good. The perfect body cannot be acquired off the peg and often the perfect suit can't either. A well-measured, well-made suit can hide flaws and accentuate positives.
With its origins in a small, bespoke tailoring establishment in Wellington, Rembrandt has grown to include a client list of celebrities, sports people, politicians and business people. However the price of a Personally Tailored suit is not prohibitively expensive. A two-piece suit starts at around a $1000, little over what a good quality ready-to-wear suit retails for. This will allow a man to choose from a vast range of fabrics and linings, sourced from some of the finest European mills. To keep in line with international trends, these fabrics and linings are updated every three to six months. There are also countless styling options to choose from such as pic stitching, ticket pocketing, working cuff buttonholes among many others.
A man interested in the details can pamper himself and indulge in the intricacies of fine tailoring, but it can just as easily be like a trip through the drive through. As long as your body shape hasn't changed too much, a second suit can be as convenient as choosing a fabric and leaving before the door has swung shut.
Once a man's measurements have been sent through to Rembrandt, a personal pattern is generated and the chosen fabric is laid out in the cutting room. This fabric is then cut into all the individual pieces required. About 200 components make up a two-piece suit. A skilled team of machinists then sew these into place, with the specific styling options being introduced as the garment moves through to completion. Once the lining has been sewn into the suit it goes through a shaping and pressing process to get the creases and curves in just the right places. A thorough quality check then determines whether the suit is ready to be sent out for a first fitting. In the majority of cases this first fit proves to be totally accurate with no more alteration necessary. If not, a nip or tuck or two attains that perfect fit.
