05 · About
Cut on the premises, priced in writing
In a trade crowded with vague promises and orders sent abroad to be made, Ashby & Crane Bespoke was built on one clear rule: the person who measures a client should be the person who adjusts the pattern.
02 · Approach
What sets a working tailoring studio apart
Many shops advertise as “custom”, which can still mean a set of measurements emailed to a distant factory and a jacket that arrives weeks later, unseen by anyone who met the client. Ashby & Crane Bespoke cuts and sews every garment in its own workroom, which keeps every fitting and every correction in the same hands.
The studio never asks for full payment before the cloth is chosen. Bespoke and made-to-measure orders take a deposit of half the written price, with the balance paid at collection once the garment has been tried on, and alterations are paid when they are picked up from the counter.
Nobody can promise that a body will stay the same from one year to the next. Instead of chasing seasonal trends or costly fashion pieces, the studio concentrates on what it can control: good cloth, careful cutting, honest fittings and handwork that lets a garment be altered as its owner changes. Cloth still settles with wear, and every garment is checked again within the year.
03 · Principles
The studio's working commitments
Each one is a commitment a client can hold the studio to, not a statement of intent.
01
A written price before cutting
Every order is priced in writing before any cloth is cut, listing the garment, the cloth, the trimmings and every extra, and the price on that quote is the price paid at collection.
02
An aftercare check every year
The team re-presses each bespoke and made-to-measure garment within its first year, and adjusts any settling of the cloth at no charge, so a good fit is not lost to ordinary wear.
03
A capped number of orders
Each cutter takes on a deliberately limited number of bespoke orders a season, so the studio knows each pattern, each posture and each preference thoroughly. Ashby & Crane Bespoke does not promise a finish date before the first fitting or any other result.
04 · Process
How a tailoring order begins
The same four steps for every order, whether a single alteration or a bespoke suit.
01
Consultation
A complimentary 30-minute meeting on what prompted the visit, such as a wedding, a new job or a wardrobe that no longer fits, to confirm a good fit.
02
Measurements and cloth
An unhurried meeting in the North Loop studio to take measurements, open the cloth bunches, try on sample jackets and settle the main questions of style.
03
Written quote
An itemised quote shows the garment, cloth and every extra in dollars. Nothing is cut until both are agreed.
04
Fittings and collection
The pattern is cut, the garment is fitted in stages on the body, and a calm aftercare check within the year follows.
05 · Place and limits
Workmanship and order standards
An independent tailoring studio
Orders are taken only on a written quote that names the garment, the cloth and the price, and they are cut only once the deposit has been agreed. While the cutters and coat maker handle bespoke and made-to-measure work in the studio, leather and fur repairs and specialist dry cleaning are carried out by trusted partners nearby. The studio has four people and a fixed weekly diary, so in the weeks before the wedding season a reply can take two working days rather than one, and it says so at the enquiry stage rather than accepting work it would finish late.
06 · Contact
Start with a consultation
An enquiry gets a straight answer about fit, capacity and timing before anything else is discussed.