What is the difference between bespoke, made to measure and off the peg?

Off-the-peg (ready-to-wear) clothing is produced ahead of time in standard sizes and you pick the nearest one. Made-to-measure and bespoke tailoring both start from your own measurements: the piece does not exist until you order it, and the tailor cuts your chosen cloth to you rather than to a size chart.

How accurate is a phone measurement?

On-screen guidance positions you, and AI converts what the camera sees into tailor-grade measurements. The values are AI-estimated, shown to you before they go anywhere, and your tailor can ask about anything unclear in chat before cutting.

Can I see a dress or suit on myself before I order it?

Yes — that is what virtual clothing try-on is for. Upload one photograph of yourself and the piece is shown on your own body, in your own pose, before anything is cut. The visual is an AI-generated preview of the design, not a photograph of the finished garment.

Can I choose the fabric myself?

Usually yes. Most made-to-measure pieces let you choose the cloth yourself and see its price separately, so a linen summer dress and the same dress in wool are priced honestly. Some tailors publish a garment with the cloth already included and let you pick from the fabrics they have chosen for it.

Where do tailors ship?

Most tailors on TerzyApp ship internationally, and some deliver only in their own country. Each store shows where it delivers before you order, so you know a Milanese jacket or a London suit can reach you before you spend anything.

How do I pay, and in which currency?

You pay securely at checkout in your own currency, and the exchange rate that applies is locked at that moment — so the amount you agreed to is the amount you pay, whatever the rate does while your garment is being made.

What if something about the fit is wrong when it arrives?

Tell your tailor in chat first — most fit questions are settled between you and the person who made the garment. Because a made-to-measure piece is produced for one body, it is not returnable in the way off-the-peg clothing is; alterations are the normal remedy, and our support team can step in if you and the tailor cannot agree.

Made to measure

Clothing cut for one body. Yours.

Choose the cloth, settle every style detail, and let your phone camera take the measurements. See the dress, suit, jacket or coat on your own body with virtual clothing try-on — then a master tailor drafts the pattern, cuts it and ships it wherever you live.

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What made to measure means here

Bespoke, made to measure, tailor-made — a pattern drafted around you

Off-the-peg clothing asks your body to match one of a handful of sizes, then leaves the difference to you — the jacket that pulls at the shoulder, the dress taken in at the waist and still wrong at the hip. Made to measure reverses that: a suit, a coat, a shirt or an evening dress cut to your own measurements, in the cloth you chose, by the tailor you chose.

The order

Four steps, all in the app

No tape measure, no fitting appointment, no back and forth over email.

01 · Choose
Pick a garment and its cloth
Start from a tailor's garment — a two-piece suit, a shirt, a coat, a wedding or evening dress — or from a cloth you love. Some pieces are listed with the fabric included; others let you pair a fabric from the same store and price the two separately.
02 · Personalise
Set the details a pattern is made of
Lapel, collar, cuff, pocket, vent, rise, leg, pleat, lining, monogram — the questions a tailor would ask across several fittings, asked once, in order. Each option carries its own price and the total updates as you choose.
03 · Measure
Let your phone take the measurements
Set your phone at a distance and follow the on-screen guide. AI reads tailor-grade measurements from an ordinary camera — no tape, no studio visit, no depth sensor. The values are AI-estimated and yours to review before they reach anyone.
04 · Wear
Your tailor cuts, sews and ships
Your tailor receives the design, the cloth and your measurements together, and starts cutting. You follow the piece stage by stage, pay securely in your own currency at a rate locked when you order, and it ships to your door.

Inside the work

What happens after you press order

A cutter drafting a paper pattern on a workshop cutting table beside a folded length of navy suiting — The pattern is drafted for one body, then cut from your cloth.

A person standing in a bright living room being measured by their phone propped a few steps away — The measuring happens in your own room, with your own phone.

A finished single-breasted jacket on a dress form being checked at the sleeve head in window light — The shoulder and sleeve head are checked before anything ships.

Every detail is a decision

The choices that make the garment yours

Not every garment offers every option. Each tailor publishes the choices their pattern supports, with a price beside each one.

Line and silhouette

Garment length
Shoulder structure
Waist treatment
Skirt and dress shape
Hem and train

Sleeves, collars and lapels

Sleeve length
Sleeve shape
Neckline and collar
Lapel style

Trousers

Trouser rise
Leg shape
Pleat and front detail

Openings and finish

Closure type
Pocket style
Vent style
Pattern
Structure

The part that used to need a studio

Virtual clothing try-on and a phone that measures you

Measurements from your phone camera

On-screen guidance frames you while an ordinary phone camera does the work of a tape measure. No depth sensor or LiDAR is required, and faces are blurred on device.

Measurements are AI-estimated. You review them before they are sent to a tailor.

See the dress on you before it is cut

Upload one photograph and try a dress, a suit, a jacket or a coat on your own body — your face, your pose, your room, only the clothes change. Queue several pieces into one look and add a style prompt if you like: a summer wedding, a formal event, smart casual.

Try-on visuals are AI-generated previews, not photographs of the finished garment.

Why it is worth the wait

What you get that a size run cannot give you

A pattern, not a size

Nothing is pulled off a rack. The tailor works to your measurements, so the shoulder of the jacket sits where your shoulder is and the waist of the dress sits where your waist is.

The cloth is your decision

Wool, linen, silk, cotton, denim — from named mills and brands, with composition, weight and width on the listing.

Master tailors, wherever they work

Commission a bespoke suit from an atelier in another city, or a tailor-made coat from one in another country, and have their craft delivered to you.

Priced in the open

Every style option — lining, cuff, lapel, monogram — shows its own price, and the total moves as you choose, so the custom-made piece costs what the page said it would.

Secure and tracked

Secure payment in your own currency, the exchange rate locked the moment you order, and the state of your suit or dress visible to you from the day it is taken on until it arrives.

Read in your language

Listings, tailoring options and messages are translated, so a tailor in Milan and a customer in Oslo understand the same order.

Questions

Made-to-measure questions

What is the difference between bespoke, made to measure and off the peg?: Off-the-peg (ready-to-wear) clothing is produced ahead of time in standard sizes and you pick the nearest one. Made-to-measure and bespoke tailoring both start from your own measurements: the piece does not exist until you order it, and the tailor cuts your chosen cloth to you rather than to a size chart.
How accurate is a phone measurement?: On-screen guidance positions you, and AI converts what the camera sees into tailor-grade measurements. The values are AI-estimated, shown to you before they go anywhere, and your tailor can ask about anything unclear in chat before cutting.
Can I see a dress or suit on myself before I order it?: Yes — that is what virtual clothing try-on is for. Upload one photograph of yourself and the piece is shown on your own body, in your own pose, before anything is cut. The visual is an AI-generated preview of the design, not a photograph of the finished garment.
Can I choose the fabric myself?: Usually yes. Most made-to-measure pieces let you choose the cloth yourself and see its price separately, so a linen summer dress and the same dress in wool are priced honestly. Some tailors publish a garment with the cloth already included and let you pick from the fabrics they have chosen for it.
Where do tailors ship?: Most tailors on TerzyApp ship internationally, and some deliver only in their own country. Each store shows where it delivers before you order, so you know a Milanese jacket or a London suit can reach you before you spend anything.
How do I pay, and in which currency?: You pay securely at checkout in your own currency, and the exchange rate that applies is locked at that moment — so the amount you agreed to is the amount you pay, whatever the rate does while your garment is being made.
What if something about the fit is wrong when it arrives?: Tell your tailor in chat first — most fit questions are settled between you and the person who made the garment. Because a made-to-measure piece is produced for one body, it is not returnable in the way off-the-peg clothing is; alterations are the normal remedy, and our support team can step in if you and the tailor cannot agree.

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