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It is rather sad that you have to go out of town and pay quite a fee for the privilege of a made-to-measure suit. I know that Slaters or Moss Bros in Manc can do a similar service based on their off the pegs. When I was a teenager it was cool to have a made-to-measure... and not too much difference in price from the pegs.
I had 2 suits made in Wigan at Burtons; the first was quite a traditional one with waistcoat (I think I was 15. The next was a light brown herringbone pattern suit with the flares of the time and lines of 6 buttons on the wrists.
My last made to order was at John Collier for my wedding in 1975. I ordered a suit with flared trousers, large lapels and in serge blue, and get this... in velvet! It was either stunning or stunned people!
Despite protest from a few relatives and friends, I refused to cut my very long hair or shave my grizly beard for the wedding.
Best day of my life!