RAJASAB · The Journal

The Journal.

17 September 2026

Bespoke, or made-to-measure.

Most shops in the city say bespoke. Most are selling made-to-measure. Here is how to tell the two apart before you pay for either.

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17 September 2026

Half canvas, or full.

Fused, half canvas, full canvas. What is inside a jacket, why glue fails in a Bombay monsoon, and how to check a coat with two fingers.

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17 September 2026

How long a bespoke suit takes.

Four to five weeks, two fittings after the measure. What happens at each stage, why it cannot honestly be rushed, and what to do when the date is close.

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17 September 2026

What a groom should wear.

Sherwani, bandhgala, tuxedo or suit. A Mumbai wedding function by function, the cloth that survives the weather, and when to begin.

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20 August 2026

What a bespoke suit costs.

Where the money goes, why the cloth decides the figure, and the three questions that expose a fake quote.

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20 August 2026

The wedding timeline.

When to commission a sherwani or bandhgala, what happens if you are late, and how NRI families make the fittings work.

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14 August 2026

Cloth for Bombay.

Most tailoring advice is written for London weather. Mumbai asks different questions of a suit — and the answers are in the weight and the weave.

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10 August 2026

How to read a suit.

You cannot see a canvas or a pattern from across a room. But a hand-cut garment announces itself in five small places, once you know where to look.

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6 August 2026

The case for midnight blue.

Evening clothes are seen almost always under electric light — and under electric light black is not the darkest cloth in the room.

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The garments

Cut to your measure

All garments
Tuxedo in black

Tuxedo

Tuxedos
At the atelier

A tuxedo on one button, the peak lapel faced in silk.

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Tuxedo

Tuxedos

A tuxedo on one button, the peak lapel faced in silk.

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At the atelier
Ivory sherwani in ivory
At the atelier

A sherwani cut like the formal coat it is, structured under the silk.

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A sherwani cut like the formal coat it is, structured under the silk.

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At the atelier