BESPOKE
BEIRUT TAILORING ACADEMY WILL RUN IN PARALLEL TO THE TRAINING PROGRAMMES A BESPOKE OPERATION THAT WILL OFFER ADVANCED BESPOKE SERVICES WHICH, AT CORE, REVOLVES AROUND LEBANESE CRAFTSMANSHIP, REFINEMENT, AND AESTHETICAL CURATION IN ORDER TO FORWARD LEBANESE BESPOKE PRAXIS - AND THE FACES BEHIND IT - AS THE EPITOMY OF SARTORIAL EXCELLENCE.
THE BESPOKE SERVICES OFFERED BY OUR ATELIER WILL BE AVAILABLE BY APPOINTMENT, ONLY IN BEIRUT AND ON PREMISES.
THIS OPERATION IS MOTIVATED BY OUR BID TO DEVELOP AN APPROACH TO TAILORING THAT IS FULLY MADE IN LEBANON AND DONE BY A SELECT OF OUR LOCAL MASTER TAILORS OF EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE. IT IS ALSO MOTIVATED BY OUR WILL TO GRANT THOSE TAILORS MUCH NEEDED - AND DESERVED - VISIBILITY AND FINANCIAL INCOME AND SUPPORT.
SERVICE
THE BEIRUT TAILORING ACADEMY TAILORING ATELIER PROJECT IS DEVELOPED TO CURATE AND PRODUCE A RANGE OF SARTORIAL TAILORED PIECES SPANNING SPORT JACKETS, SUITS, OVERCOATS, TROUSERS, AND SHIRTS - AND ALL THEIR RELEVANT STYLSTIC VARIATIONS.
THE TEAM OPERATING THE ATELIER WILL ASSIST EACH CLIENT ON A PERSONAL BASIS IN ORDER TO HELP CRAFT UNIQUE BESPOKE PATTERNS AND PIECES, AND CURATE A DIVERSIFIED BESPOKE WARDROBE.
PROCESS / BOOKING AN APPOINTMENT
ONCE KICKSTARTED, BEIRUT TAILORING ACADEMY’S TAILORING ATELIER WILL OPERATE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. THE PROCESS WILL ENCOMPASS FOUR MAJOR STEPS:
FIRST STEP - FABRIC, MEASUREMENT, AND CONSULTATION
AT FIRST CLIENT PICKS FROM OUR EXTENSIVE RANGE OF FABRICS AVAILABLE. THOSE FABRICS ARE MOSTLY VINTAGE, WHICH MEANS HEAFTIER AND DENSIER WEAVES AS WELL AS HAVING UNIQUE PATTERNS AND COLORS. THE FABRICS ARE WOVEN AND PRODUCED BY RECOGNIZABLE MILLS SUCH AS HUDDERSFIELD, HOLLAND & SHERRY, SCABAL, E. THOMAS, AMONG OTHERS.
A UNIQUE SILHOUETTE WILL BE DRAFTED FOR EVERY PERSON. THIS PROCESS WILL SPAN EXTENSIVE ATTENTION TO DETAIL, BODY MORPHOLOGY, AESTHETIC ASPECTS SUCH AS FABRICS IN TERMS OF PATTERN OR WEAVE, DESIGN, BALANCE, AND STYLE ARE DISCUSSED IN DETAILS. THE CLIENT WILL BE GUIDED AND ADVISED BY OUR TEAM MEMBERS AND TAILORS THROUGH A PROCESS THAT COULD EXTEND TO ONE HOUR AND HALF IN LENGTH.
SECOND STEP = FIRST FITTING
THE SECOND FITTING IS SCHEDULED ANY TIME BETWEEN ONE TO TWO WEEKS AFTER THE FIRST MEETING. DURING THIS MEETING, A PRIMARY FITTING IS CONDUCTED AND NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS AND STYLISTIC ELEMENTS ARE MADE AND UPDATED. THE DURATION OF THE MEETING COULD RUN UP TO THIRTY MINUTES IN LENGTH.
THIRD STEP - SECOND BASTE FITTING
AFTER THE PASSING OF ABOUT FIVE DAYS, THE ADJUSTMENTS ARE MADE AND SCRUTINIZED AND PATTERN IS FURTHER ALTERED IF NECESSARY.
FOURTH STEP - COLLECTING
THE FINAL PRODUCT IS MADE READY FOR COLLECTING
FOR TAILORED SHIRTS AND TROUSERS, THE STEPS MAY VARY BETWEEN TWO AND THREE.
CRAFTSMANSHIP AND OUR TAILORS
THE CRAFTSPEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH BTA ARE HIGHLY SKILLFUL, AND WILL BE ATTENTIVE TO MAKING A BESPOKEN GARMENT THAT TAILORED TO ENDURE THE PASSING OF TIME - WITH THOROUGH ATTENTION TO EVERY HAND-CRAFTED DETAIL.
ALL PIECES ARE FULLY HAND MADE AND HAND PADDED, WITH HANDSEWN BUTTONHOLES AND MANUALLY ATTACHED COLLAR AND LAPELS.
WE BELIEVE IN DURABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY, OR IN FASHIONABLE TERMS, GARMENTS THAT ARE SLOWLY-CONSUMED.
OUR DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
AT BEIRUT TAILORING ACADEMY WE PRIVILAGE THE DRAPE CUT, A FULLY-FLEDGED APPROACH TO TAILORING DESIGN WHOSE HALLMARKS ARE A FULL CHEST DRAPE, A RELATIVELY LOWER BUTTONING POINT, HIGH ARMHOLE, EXTENDED SHOULDER, A RELATIVELY LONGER JACKET SKIRT FOR A MORE BALANCED LOOK, AS WELL AS GENEROUS LAPELS.
MOREOVER, WE MANAGED TO CREATE GARMENTS THAT, IN TERMS OF AESTHETIC, MESH BETWEEN THE SOFT NEAPOLITAN TAILORING AND MID-CENTURY LEBANESE DRAPE CUT - MOSTLY REFERRED TO HERE AS THE TRANS-CONTINENTAL CUT.
BTA WILL STRIVE TO CRAFT GARMENTS THAT ARE SARTORIAL IN ESSENCE, AND UNSUSCEPTIBLE TO THE SWAYING TIDES OF FASHION OR NON-FASHION.
OUR FABRICS
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OUR EXTENSIVELY CURATED FABRIC BANK REPRESENTS THE CORNERSTONE TO OUR BESPOKE OPERATIONS AND APPROACH TO SARTORIAL TAILORING, WHICH INCLUDES PRIVILAGING OF FABRIC WEAVES SUCH AS TWEED, FLANNEL, GABARDINE, WOOL TWILL, AND PATTERNS SUCH AS HOUNDSTOOTH, GUNCLUB, HERRINGBONE, WINDOWPANE, GLEN CHECK, TATTERSAL, PRINCE OF WALES, AND IN MANY DIFFERENT PATTERN-SIZE VARIATIONS AND RARE COLOR COMBINATIONS.
BECAUSE OF THEIR RARITY, OUR FABRICS COME IN SHORT AND LIMITED LENGTHS, AND THUS IRREPLACEABLE, WHICH GUARANTEES FURTHER UNIQUENESS TO THE TAILORED GARMENT.
WE THEREFORE PRIVILAGE A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO FABRIC USAGE AGAINST EXCESS. IN THIS LIGHT, OUR APPROACH TO FABRIC BUYING IS MOTIVATED BY OUR SUPPORT TO LOCAL CLOTH MERCHANTS WHO ONCE FLOURISHED DURING THE GOLDEN AGE OF TAILORING IN LEBANON.
support FOR OUR TAILORS
BY BECOMING A CLIENT AT BEIRUT TAILORING ACADEMY, YOU WILL BE CONTRIBUTING TO THE REVIVAL OF LEBANESE BESPOKE PRACTICES IN LEBANON AS WELL AS PLAYING AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL TAILORS.
THIS MEANS THAT OUR TAILORS ENJOY AND SHARE AN EQUAL CUT FROM THE FINANCIAL RETURN OF EVERY TAILORED PIECE, WHEREAS THE REST OF THE REVENUE GOES INTO THE FINANCING OF THE ACADEMY’S EDUCATIONAL OPERATIONS.
