Nobody is off-the-rack

Best Side Magazine · Sept/Oct 2026

A 42 regular is a manufacturing convenience. The average of a few thousand men, none of whom is you.

The back of our store is a tailoring shop, always busy shortening sleeves, lowering collars, sometimes even squaring shoulders.

The brands we carry are chosen partly because they can take the work. Most of them don’t advertise much.

If ready-to-wear has never quite worked, even with alterations, made to measure starts with a conversation, a tape measure, and two to six weeks, depending on the maker.

If you have something coming up, come in early. There’s no rushing this part.