Made To Measure
Made to Measure
Made-to-Measure, also referred to as personal tailoring, describes a practice where a garment is constructed according to the individual specifications of a client to best suit their taste and needs. This type of tailoring gives you the opportunity to choose the trims, fabrics and details on the garments yourself, achieving an individual and highly personalized look while it also takes into account your individual requirements in order to best flatter the your silhouette.
The process is initiated by a consultation where the client is assisted in customising the garment which they'd like to order by choosing the details, fabrics and trims used to best suit their needs. All the fabrics used at the Nicky Wallace studio are the highest quality, 100% natural cloth all sourced from Italy such as extra fine wools, kid mohairs, linens, cottons and silks.
During this session, the client's detailed measurements are taken to ensure the refined fit that made to measure garments are known for. As well as taking the personal measurements, we also note any adjustments that have to be made to the standartised block, by using a similar size garment as an indicator. After the fit is perfected, and the style and detail of the desired garment are finalized, the garments are reproduced according to the individual requirements of each customer separately.
Since in this type of tailoring the main responsibility falls on the person taking measurements, with a Nicky Wallace made to measure garment you can relax, knowing that you are in the hands of a man with nearly 30 years of experience and with a genuine understanding of both the garment and it's effect on the person who is to wear it...
Ready to Wear
The way in which a garment fits and how comfortable it is, depends mainly on the shape of the pattern used to create it. The lack of shape and form is most evident in the readily available off-the-peg suits as the garments are created from a standardized pattern. When wearing a Nicky Wallace garment you can relax knowing that you are in the capable hands of a man with over 30 years experience in tailoring...
The particular and individual silhouette created by the Nicky Wallace jacket shape is one that is softer on the shoulder, with a particularly draped sleeve that is in harmony with the natural line, resulting in a perfected and yet natural look. The fitting at waist and seat is neither too tight nor too loose, with the precise shaping of the garment already creating that closer look.
The Nicky Wallace ready-to-wear collection is represented by a full wardrobe of interchangeable shirts, suits, coats, ties and accessories. All the garments feature a particular 'point of difference' in the design whether it's a subtle insert of contrasting fabrics in silk or velvet or using contrasting colours to highlight certain features. Nicky stands out with his distinctive attention to small details, there will always be the most subtle of twists - a particular kind of stitching or the striking colour of particular buttonhole or a minute stitch details.
The idea behind the new collection is Aristocrats in the City, which is an interesting play on charcoals, grays and blacks with a flash of a colour highlight here and there. The unique attention to detail employed in the design of the collection and the sublime shape and cut is what will always say "Nicky Wallace".
