Sunday, April 13, 2008

Getting a suit tailor-made in Beijing

It was tricky to find out where the best place is to get a suit made in Beijing so, now that I've cracked it, let me share. (Thanks to Martin & Chengcheng for pointing me in the right direction)
I just had a suit made for 750 Yuan (~€68) in the Ya Show market on Gong ti bei lu near Workers Stadium. I also snapped up a couple of shirts for 80 Yuan a piece.
Ya Shi Tailor Shop can be found by turning right when you come off the escalator on the third floor.
There's plenty of price haggling to be done and, naturally, some material is more expensive than others but it's certainly reasonable to expect to part with less than 1,000 Yuan.
They say you can get a suit within 24 hours, but it took three visits (measuring, fitting, collection) before I strolled out with suit in hand.
'Sunny' is a real pro and I meant it when I said I'll be back for another one in a few months.

20 comments:

Anne said...

Wow! Suits ya!

Unknown said...

Cool man!
Lucky i found this post. Cuz i were wondering where i could get a suit made in Beijing :D

Anonymous said...

Thanks for this thread. I went to see Sunny and got two jackets & 5 shirts made which I am very happy with. Yashow market is a short walk from Tuanjiehu subway stop (exit west) Henry (Sydney Australia)

Gary Finnegan said...

Hey Henry,
Glad Sunny sorted you out. Last time I was there was about 9 months ago and the Tuanjiehu subway still hadn't opened so it was a long walk from Dongsishitao - now there's no excuse not to go to yashow (if you can stand the harassment!)

Anonymous said...

Just got back from Beijing. Sunny did an excellent job. Bought 21 shirts, 1 suit and 2 sport jackets. Have 5 savile row shirts and Sunny's shirts are right there. If I can get back to Beijing, Ya Shi will be my first stop!

Anonymous said...

Is this place still around an are prices still in similar range? Does anyone know?

review daddy said...

Wow! They are so hot I think they also wear mens boots.

Anonymous said...

Seconding the June 2011 question,

is this place still operating? I'll be in Beijing in February (2012) and would love to have a suit made.

steven,
harbin, china

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