
Fine Custom Clothier &
Haberdasher
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Alexander S.
Kabbaz / Joelle M. Kelly & Sons New York ~ East Hampton |
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As Seen in Departures, Town & Country, Forbes, The New York Times, Playboy, The Robb Report, Cigar Afficionado ... |
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"Simply drive to Alexander Kabbaz's Amagansett shop, choose from a collection of some 3,200 fabrics, and be fitted by the man many believe is the world's best custom shirtmaker." - - - Departures Magazine |
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Contact us: Custom@CustomShirt1.com
Fine Custom Clothing and Accessories Custom Made for
Ladies & Gentlemen
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WHO ARE THEY?
Long known worldwide as a top custom
shirtmaker, Alexander S. Kabbaz and his wife and partner, Joelle
M. Kelly, use only the finest Swiss and Italan fabrics in the construction
of the fewer than a dozen handmade shirts they produce each week. With such
notables as Tom Wolfe, Leonard Bernstein, and the Rockefeller
family amongst their aficionados, Kabbaz and Kelly
rarely take on new clients. Cotton shirts range in price from $750
to $1050. The dynamic duo can be relied upon to produce the best
that can be made anywhere.
HOW DO THEY WORK?
This site goes into great detail on the
following pages describing their continuing pursuit of
quality in a world where it is all too often left behind in quest of greater profits. But ... as most
people today have no time for lengthy reading ... they have prepared this quick summary of their
procedures and policies: (Or, for the Full Story, Go Straight to the
Bottom of this Page!)
"Thank you for your inquiry. We would welcome you as a client and have
prepared the following as a summary of our work. We no longer maintain a shop in
Manhattan but I do come in to visit clients at New York's Regency (61st & Park) each Wednesday evening. Other arrangements can be made when the
necessity dictates.
"At our first meeting, measurements are taken and styling determined through an
intensive discussion. We then design and strike your individual paper pattern
from which we cut a try-on shirt. A week or two later, faster if necessary, we
meet again for you to try on this laundered sample. This is not a shirt you
keep; it is merely for pattern corrections. You criticize, we criticize and
pin-fit. These fitting steps are repeated and repeated if necessary. When we
consider that we have accomplished our initial goals, we make the final
alterations to your pattern and, a few days later, send over a real shirt. This
you wear for a day or two thus insuring that you like everything about it. Once
your pattern has been finalized - and only then - we cut your order. We are not
interested in one-time clients. Perfecting your pattern is absolutely essential.
After that, you literally never need see us again to order shirts as we have
your pattern and shall gladly furnish swatches by mail. FYI, our definition of
custom differs somewhat from those shirtmakers who custom-size one of their
standard designs. We don't do that. Each client's pattern begins as a blank
paper, not an alterable template. Our definition is simple: "Custom means
exactly what the client wants it to mean". Yes, we have the temerity to opine
when we believe the client's choice is lacking in expertise ... but it is not we
who decide. It is you.
"What will we do? As far as shirts, blouses, or furnishings, virtually anything.
We will design originals (our preference), copy your old favorites, or work from
photos or sketches. In the arena of fabrics, we stock more than 3000 of the best
Swiss or Italian woven, Egyptian-grown cottons and the finest Silks from Europe
and the Orient. Our preferred cottons are the 140 count, 170, and 200 count
2x2’s. Shirt prices range from $750 (average $850 - 1st time minumum of
8; thereafter 2) depending strictly on the selected fabric. Delivery varies
seasonally and depends (the first time only) on your availability for fittings.
We can, if you come stay locally on any Monday through Wednesday, complete the
shirt fitting process in just two days/one night and deliver an order within a
week, but this is not our preference. Quality should not be rushed! Monograms,
if desired, are done here by hand and are charged. All work is done here on the
premises. No exceptions; no qualifications - we farm out absolutely nothing. Our
ethic is simple...perfect, or corrected without question. "
In addition to making fine custom shirts, Alexander Kabbaz and wife Joelle Kelly are also the top online retailers of some of the world's finest men's and women's luxury furnishings and outerwear including the incomparable Zimmerli of Switzerland, England's famous Pantherella socks, and are now introducing the incomparable new Seaward & Stearn necktie, pocket square & scarf collection. Links to these appear at the bottom of this page.
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