Located at the east of Sanyuan Bridge, A·Helen Fashion Studio provides top class tailoring service. They offer more than 5,000 kinds of domestic and import fabrics. Due to their designers’ superb cutting and technical skills, the studio has authorization to use the top international fabric brands.  Their designers are highly experienced with years of overseas designing experience, so customers can get quality custom-tailoring service meeting international standard.

For ladies, the designers create a customized design based on occupation, personality and taste.  They make clothes for all occasions, including business wear, daily wear, wedding dresses, evening gowns, and even traditional Chinese dresses. A·Helen combines western high-grade fashion with the traditional Chinese workmanship for their Chinese-style garments.

For men, they offer over 2,000 kinds of domestic and import suit fabrics, and over 500 different high-quality shirt fabrics. You don’t have to worry about being unable to finding the right fit.

A·Helen’s senior designers and tailors deeply involve the customer throughout the process. First they help you pick a design style and a choice of fabric. Then, the designer calls upon you for a sample fitting. If the fitting goes well, you can pick up your finished clothes the next visit. Otherwise, you will need a re-fitting. The entire process takes about 15-20 days. But in the end, you will get a truly personalized suit.

Prices for ladies’ wear range from RMB 2,000 to RMB 22,000. For men, suits range from RMB 2,600~90,000. Minimum price for formal attire is RMB 2,200. For a Chinese style suit, price starts at RMB 1600.

Please call for an appointment in advance if you’d like to pay a visit to the studio.

What I appreciated

Professional fashion studio, outstanding designers and tailors, world’s top brands of fabrics, personalized custom-tailoring service.

What customers appreciate

Quality fabrics, combining western and oriental designing styles, top-quality tailor-made clothes.

Xiao Cui Tailor Fashion House may not seem like much in terms of its front door and interior decorations, but the quality and service are second to none.

First, there is a large selection of fabrics to choose from: cotton, wool, cashmere, linen, silk, and satin fabric. In addition, there is already a variety of original-design dresses and suits. Their selections include western suits, office garments, skirts, Qipaos, and night gowns. The shop’s main selling point, though, is the exquisite workmanship.

The owner is a very experienced dressmaker. She spent years honing her skills at the Ruifuxiang Fabric Store, a time-honored fabric and garment store with over 100 years of history. Her expertise makes the store very popular among its clientele. And because of her experience of dealing with foreign customers, she can speak a little English.

Prices are reasonable, plain-designed jackets start at under RMB 100. However, ornate night gowns can cost over RMB 10,000. Custom made dresses and suits normally take 3 to 4 days to complete. The store also sells handcrafted bags and buttons, for customers who want matching accessories.

What I appreciate

Welcoming atmosphere

What customers appreciate

Fine workmanship and fast service

If you want to have a quality and well-fitted suit made to your measures, Yongzheng Tailor Shop may be a good address for you.

The shop

Yongzheng Tailor Shop Beijing Branch is located at No.50, Wang Fu Jing Avenue. With an operating area of 500 square meters, the shop offers an elegant and professional atmosphere to the patrons.

Numerous clothing fabrics are on display, procured from the best manufacturers in Germany, France, Italy, Britain, Japan, and China.

In addition, various European-style dressing accessories for both men and women are proposed to shoppers. I noticed waistbands (sashes) imported from Italy, 100% leather shoes for men, handbags made in Italy, etc.

Yong Zheng also offers its customers a quality dry-cleaning service.

Service style

Yongzheng’s personnel value their customer’s concerns, and try their best to meet their demands with a high level of personal attention and service.

Entering the door, I was immediately greeted by a very polite shop assistant dressed in a neat uniform. She showed me around, and answered all my questions. I learned that many foreigners come to this shop to have their suits made to measure. Such patrons appreciate the kind of individual and professional service Yongzheng offers.

When I left the shop, the assistant sent me off, and courteously expressed her wish that I return soon.

The factory

Yongzheng Clothes Making Co., Ltd has their production base near Tianjin Harbor, the international port in Tianjin’s Economic and Technical Development Zone. A sophisticated information processing system connects all branches, home and abroad. It allows them to transfer your demands and information to the factory.

Yongzheng imported its technology and equipment from Germany, France, Italy, USA and Japan.

In addition, it sends technical personnel abroad regularly to learn advanced technology so that the Men’s and Women’s suits made by Yongzheng meet world-class standards.

The process

1.     Select your fabric. The manufacturing charge is included in the price.

2.     Your measurements are taken.

3.     Your suit is made at the Tianjin factory, and is ready in ten days or so.

4.     Collect your suit at the shop.

Lisa Tailor Shop is located on the fifth floor of 3.3 Fashion Plaza, Sanlitun. The owners of the shop, Mr. Gao and his wife, come from the Jiangsu province. Mr. Gao’s father was a tailor as well, so the son took over from his father. He established his shop at the opening of the 3.3 Fashion Plaza building in October 2005, having already quite some experience in his trade.

The shop

Getting to the fifth floor, you’ll find the Lisa Tailor Shop just behind the escalator. The shop occupies approximately 100 square meters. Behind its window panes, there are ready-made clothes on display: suits, overcoats, and Cheongsams.

In the shop, various fabrics in rolls are shown across the tables and on the shelves. The shop has a neat look and feel, with a wood floor, a clean floor plan, and a fitting room.

Fabrics, patterns, and make

According to the owner, all the fabrics carried by Lisa Tailor are made in China and of the same quality as comparable foreign fabrics. Lisa Tailor backs up its claim with a full guarantee on fabrics.

A number of design patterns are available to customers. They can also bring their own patterns.

Customers’ orders are both machine-made and hand-made in the suburbs of Beijing. Lisa Tailor reiterates how important quality is to the shop’s philosophy.

Categories and prices

Shirts: A cotton shirt costs RMB 80.

Suits: A pure wool or cashmere suit costs RMB 800 ~ RMB 1500.

Cheongsams: A silk Cheongsam costs RMB 500 ~ RMB 850.

Making process

A.    See pictures, choose your favorite pattern & fabric, measurements are taken.

B.    Try on the semi-ready clothes.

C.    Wait 2 to 7 days.

D.    Pick up your clothes when ready.

The shop also offers a superfast 24h turnaround, at no extra charge.

Advantages

The owner of Lisa Tailor is proud of his shop’s comfortable environment, the attention to detail which characterizes his service, the quick turnaround, and the high quality offered at reasonable prices.

Recommendation

In my opinion, the owners of Lisa Tailor Shop are kind, honest and responsible. I am pleased to recommend this custom-tailoring shop to you.

Hanloon Tailor provides customized service to privileged customers who care about fashion and clothing quality. The shop has been appointed by leading European companies to use their wools: Ermenegildo Zegna, Givenchy, Gianni Versace, Valentino, Dormeuil, etc. Armed with these excellent materials and the Chinese classic clothing tradition, this prestigious tailor from Shanghai creates outstanding suits and clothes for men.

Custom tailoring

Hanloon Tailor imports their fabrics from the most respected mills in the world. The shop offers a comprehensive collection of fabrics. Selection, measurement and fittings are conducted by a master tailor. He also drafts and cuts your suit in person.

Your tailor works in close collaboration with you throughout the entire process. Hanloon Tailor’s stated goal is ‘to bring you the highest possible satisfaction in custom tailoring experience’.

Each client’s measurements are captured on a paper drafted pattern. The tailors keep this paper pattern together with a record of measurements and styles on file for future re-orders. Any changes in your measurements can be updated accurately with reference to the current paper pattern and records.

The master tailor cuts each garment from a single piece of fabric, ensuring that all stripes or plaids match perfectly at each seam. The pieces of the suit are basted together for the first fitting with white thread. At that time, the customer sees his fabric of choice taking shape as a suit. This is when the tailor and you examine how the suit fits you, and how the project actually fits you. At this stage, alterations can be made as needed and desired.

Prices

A suit costs between RMB 4,000 and RMB 60,000.

A shirt costs between RMB 1000 and RMB 6,000.

A suit jacket costs 70% of the suit price.

A pair of trousers costs 30% of the suit price.

The process

a. Choose fabric and pattern;

b. Take measurements, and pay half the price as deposit;

c. Wait 20 days or so;

d. Pick up your suit.

Friendly service

When you enter the shop, the shop assistant greets you at once with a smile, introduces the shop, and answers your questions patiently.