Is it me or has ALT begun to raise his prices? He tends to quote higher prices offhand. Best to negotiate with him and insist on a certain price point for his services. He also tends to "forget" certain things he has promised before.

On a somewhat related note, I think Fly FM just tried to prank call ALT. Heard it on their morning show while driving to work today. Wonder who sent in the prank request?

The suits look nice, but generally everything looks good on a model's body. How much is the asking price for the suit and just the pants?

Whether it is a good buy ornot depends on the value proposition i.e. bang for your buck.

Beau,
Ben (the Dj) pretended to be an Indian gentleman (complete with heavy accent) asking ALT if he could make a suit using his wife's huge and expensive collection of Saree cloth.

Ben then asked if he could have vegetables and fruits attached to the suit.

ALT was cool tho, he just said 1) Saree will make a transparent suit, hence unsuitable and 2) He can't help with having vegetables and fruits attached to the suit.

When pressed further, ALT just said that there is a customer walking in and he needed to attend to him, and after saying "sorry I can't help you", promptly hung up on Ben.

Tad expensive no?

But if it suits your budget, they why not?

Was at ALT for my first fitting today.

My requested slanting shoulders became "natural" (horizontal) shoulders so I insisted that ALT change it (which he initially resisted). Arm holes, sleeve lengths and side vents look good. Button positioning a little high and had it lowered. Trousers a little long and had it shortened. Second fitting sometime next week.

ALT keeps flip flopping on his labor charges for work shirts. He even wants to charge me extra for non fused collars and cuffs. I'm seriously considering engaging another tailor for this.

Noted with thanks bro kotmj. Thankfully, my trapezius muscles are generally considered well developed. I'll just have to wait for the second fitting to see if the adjustments ALT is supposed to make on the shoulders will look better.

On the shirts, seems like I'll have to bargain harder with him on his labor charges or I'll just have to get another tailor to do it. Any recommendations bro?

Thanks again. Guess I have very limited choices on who I can leave my Acorn fabrics with.

The secret is safe with me =)

Will check Decatano out. Cheers.

Tomorrow is a public holiday. Otherwise I can pop in during lunch hour.

Very nice DB/assemble, tho IMHO, just a tad formal for an "event". I would think that any of your SBs would have made an equal statement minus the formality that comes with the DB.

How did the night go?

You mean like your home gym in the background?

A project manager with a penchant for knives and suit making, rare indeed!

p/s forgot to add body building. Do you train often Kot?

Go for it. But get key man risk insurance on MBT in addition to other stuff such as training apprentices etc

Kot, surely the Project Manager can't be "to appeal to the lower income customers and will be fused". How about "for the most yim chim of customers who knows what they want, provides his own materials and haggle for the lowest prices"? lulz