Highland tailor in Hong Kong

**Glen48** · 4th October 14, 02:40 AM

Hi all,

I go to HK generally at least once a year as my wife's family is out that way. I normally have a few suits made because you cannot beat the price.

Anyway my usual guy doesn't/wont do highland attire. Id like to have a Crail jacket and vest done up to go with my new kilt. Does anyone have a recommendation of a tailor in HK, who is competent with highland attire?

Any advice is welcome.

Thanks
Sean

**Holcombe Thomas** · 4th October 14, 03:00 AM

Hi, Sean.

I'd suggest Yuen's Custom Tailors. Some years ago, the address was 233 Central Escalator Alley, on Hong Kong Island. The phone number is (or at least, was) 2815-5388. They made my kilt and PC.

If nothing else, it's a fun little shop to visit.

Holcombe

**MacEanruig** · 4th October 14, 06:50 AM

I am surprised that your usual tailor refuses to make highland wear. Having lived in Korea and visited HK, I have found most tailors very capable of crafting excellent clothes from photos alone. Many years ago I ordered silver buttons and had a Prince Charlie Coatee made in Korea for about $100 (US). I still have it, and it still looks new. Perhaps, it's time to change tailors.

**CDNSushi** · 4th October 14, 08:53 AM

When I walked down the street kilted in Kowloon, I couldn't get ten yards without three Indian guys running after me yelling that their shop could make me kilts just like the one I was wearing for cheap.

That said, and having had personal experience with two tailors in Hong Kong... Be very, VERY careful. They are excellent at imitating a look, but it won't necessarily have some of the intricacies or detail that you might be looking for. I had some vests and a jacket done up to go with my kilts and it was an unmitigated disaster that cost me a lot of money.

Despite at least 3 fittings, I could NOT get through their %&@# heads that everything had to be SHORTER because I was not wearing it with trousers. "Well, we want to give you the option of wearing it with trousers if you like..." NO, NO, NO!!!! I don't want options to wear it with trousers. Make it friggin' SHORTER!!!! I will never wear it with trousers. Why can't you understand that? Ugh! For all my fittings I was kilted, and I kept showing them where I wanted it to be... It was like beating my head against a wall, and in the end I really should have just walked away and not paid for anything.

So yeah. In the end, I have a full Iona jacket and vest set that look like complete crap... It fits horribly and both are WAY too long. But I am still hoping that one day, when I have a bit of spare cash, I'll be able to hire a COMPETENT tailor to alter and fix it to make it look right.

Caveat emptor.

**Padraicog** · 4th October 14, 09:00 AM

Yuan's Tailor (if they still exist) onetime military tailors. Tel 28155388 or 28549645. I had trews and waistcoat made by them and they were first class.