Custom tailoring & alterations · Kingsford

Thistle & Thread Alterations, finished by hand

Fitted the way it should have been from the start.

Book a fitting · (555) 010-6639 Tue–Sat 10–6

Hemmed, taken in, and finished by hand, with a fitting room instead of a drop-off counter.

The tailor pinning a client's waistcoat at a fitting

Taken up 1¼ inches, by hand.

Drag the chalk line up the hemSlide the chalk line up the hem

A client checking the fit of his waistcoat in the fitting-room mirror

Kingsford, for years

A fitting room, not a drop-off counter.

Thistle & Thread has quietly fitted suits, gowns, and everyday clothes in Kingsford for years. You put it on, we pin it on you, and it's finished by hand.

PinnedIn the fitting room, not guessed.

By handHemmed, taken in, finished.

EverydaySuits, gowns, and the rest.

At the bench

Three ways we fit it.

An unfinished lapel, pad-stitched and basted by hand

Pinning a jacket sleeve by hand, a pincushion on the tailor's wrist

Alterations

Hems, waists, and sleeves taken in or let out, always by hand.

The tailor cutting cloth along chalk lines at the cutting table

Custom Tailoring

Made-to-measure pieces built to your exact frame, not a size chart.

Suit Fitting

Wedding party or job interview, fitted right the first time.

Come in for a fitting

Tuesday to Saturday, ten to six.

5 Kingsford Row, Kingsford

Bring the shoes you'll wear with it.

Tue–Sat10 am – 6 pm

Sun–MonClosed

Folded lengths of suiting wool stacked on a shelf beside a dress form

Bring it in. We'll pin it on you.

A wedding, an interview, or trousers that have pooled at the shoe for a year. Book a fitting and we'll mark it right.

Book a fitting · (555) 010-6639

A tailor's hands marking cloth with chalk along a paper pattern