Twelve weeks out — the decision. Not the fitting; the decision. Which garments, for which functions. A wedding is rarely one garment: a sherwani for the pheras, a bandhgala for the reception, perhaps a tuxedo if the cocktail evening demands it. Each is its own commission.
Ten weeks out — the first sitting. Measurements taken once and written down for life. The cloth chosen from the books while there is still choice — in season, the good lengths go first. If the family is coming in from abroad, this is the sitting to schedule around the flight; everything after it can flex.
Six to four weeks out — the fittings. The garment is basted and corrected on your body: two fittings, the basted fitting and a second one before the finish. Tell us about any planned change in weight at the first sitting, not the last.
One week out — the finish, deliberately early. The week before a wedding is chaos, and the garment should be the one thing already done.
Write to us today. We take a small number of urgent orders when the atelier has room. Write with your date and we will tell you the same day whether we can. The planner gives you a first answer for your date. A suit, tuxedo or bandhgala takes four to five weeks; a sherwani ten to twelve. How long a bespoke suit takes →
Many of our wedding clients fly into Mumbai. The pattern that makes bespoke slow also makes it travel well: once your first sitting is done and the pattern drafted, later fittings compress into a single trip, and the finished garment is collected days before the functions. If you are planning a wedding trip to India, write before you book the tickets — the sittings are built around your itinerary. Wedding clothes →
The sherwani is for the ceremony; the bandhgala is for receptions and every formal evening after. What a groom should wear →
Bring them to the same first sitting. Group commissions share the calendar and the cloth books, and the wedding photographs are better for it. Matching the bride’s outfit — or deliberately not matching it — is a design decision made at the cloth stage, not the final fitting. Bring the swatch, or have the designer send it.
A sherwani cut like the formal coat it is, structured under the silk.
Commission thisA sherwani cut like the formal coat it is, structured under the silk.
A bandhgala built like a tuxedo jacket, closed at the collar.
Commission thisA bandhgala built like a tuxedo jacket, closed at the collar.
