The five keys (and a drink) to ordering a custom-made suit

Dear reader,

Ordering a custom-made suit is not like ordering a coffee.
It's not enough to say " one with milk " and expect the result to be identical to yesterday's.
Ordering a custom-made suit is, in a way, a declaration of intent.
And also a test: of your patience, your taste and, above all, your ability to let yourself be known.

Because a tailored suit, believe me, isn't made of fabric. It's made of you.

Let me tell you how this works. If you ever walk through the doors of the Bund (and I hope you do, eh?), there are five things you should know before you begin.

They're not rules. They're signs. Like the ones on the road, but with better shoes.

1. The first sip matters

Don't rush.

The first meeting with your tailor at BUND is like a first date. Don't rush in, or come straight from the gym, or with your phone vibrating in your pocket.

Come early.

Talk, listen, touch the fabrics, ask whatever you want. That's what we're here for.

The suit begins there, in that conversation between two people who haven't met yet but who, for a few weeks, will share the same goal: for you to walk as if the world were made for you. Because the more we know about you, the better we'll know how to hit the perfect note, like the one Ludovico Einaudi plays in Nuvole Bianche, what a delight.

2. The fabric speaks

There are fabrics that scream and others that murmur.
You see the former from afar: excessive glitter, plots that seem to be asking for a microphone at the comedy club on Gran Vía. The latter, on the other hand, are only revealed by touch. They are the ones chosen by men who don't need to convince anyone.

A good fabric isn't just about showing off; it's about wearing it. And the choice is more important than it seems.

Because a suit begins to age the day it is cut, and only fine fabrics age with dignity.

3. The measure is not the number

Sometimes people think that "tailored" means "tight." Rookie mistake.
A well-made suit doesn't constrict, it hugs. It should move with you, not against you.

That's why our tailors at BUND measure more than centimeters: we measure gestures.

How you sit, how you stand, how you touch your jacket when you're talking about something important. The suit that fits your body, but also your way of being in it.

Change the movie, eh?

4. Patience dresses better than money

The easy thing would be to do it quickly. But haste has never been elegant. A Bund suit takes its time (between 6-7 weeks, if you're wondering), just like a good wine or a story worth telling. While you wait, something happens: you begin to imagine it, to desire it, to understand that what's really coming, well, doesn't arrive on Amazon Prime.

And the day you pick it up, when you try it on in the mirror, you understand that the wait was part of the process.

From the rite.
From BUND.

5. The mirror doesn't lie (but sometimes it flatters)

Don't trust the mirror entirely. There are benevolent mirrors and others that hold grudges.
Trust more in how you feel than in what you see.

If, as you fasten the last button, you feel like you could speak better, walk better, or even make better decisions… congratulations: the suit is yours.

Not because it looks good on you, but because it belongs to you.

Ordering a custom-made suit isn't a formality. It's a conversation between your past and your future, between the man you are and the man you'd like to be.

And like any good conversation, it starts with a drink.

What can we serve you?

See you at TheBundClub

The Bund team.