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Possibly relevant to the interests of a number of friends.

http://www.jordanponders.com/words-with-friends/2015/3/2/suit-up-with-saint-harridan

Comments

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

One of my friends did mail order a jacket from them; the way it works is they send you the closest fit and you have a local tailor alter it to fit.

I'm going to see her tomorrow (I think) so I'll ask her how that went. In her case they left the sleeves unfinished so she could be sure to get the correct length.

I'm not as interested in their jackets as I am in their dress shirts.

[jtdiii.livejournal.com]

A reasonable business model, but still if you are going to have models display your product on your website, you should do your best to insure they have been properly tailored before the photoshoot.

[(Anonymous)]

It wasn't about the photoshoot and it wasn't about their website. It was about the experience of being comfortable shopping for the first time for a person who is genderqueer and often unable to find clothes that are comfortable. - Jordan Ponders

[digitalemur.livejournal.com]

It looks like the blogger just liveblogged their experience with the photographs they took while trying clothing with friends and shooting some photographs with their phones. Those don't look like any sort of "photoshoot" to me, just friends taking pictures of an outing and then telling about the positive experience they'd had once they got home. That having been said, I'm no judge of tailoring; are their official photographs better? http://www.saintharridan.com/

It's important to note that even off the rack, those pieces already fit better than typical off the rack pieces from the average menswear department do on those who identify as butch, genderqueer, or trans*. I dunno who you've done tailoring work for and with, and you may be in a very welcoming community, but I don't feel confident about seeking tailoring services for my dress shirts and jackets, even though I live in an area with a big butch community and growing genderqueer and trans* communities. You get used to accepting very ill-fitting clothing when you're busy sorting out a lot of the other stuff about your body and your presentation and identity. So: the blogger is excited because they've had an experience they have never felt they had access to before, and never felt welcome to before, and I'm sure once the pieces they select are altered those folks will look like a million bucks.

[jtdiii.livejournal.com]

Off the rack especially on a woman, even a trans woman is a fitting challenge. Especially compared to men.

Yes I went to the companies page and looked there and those are also poorly fitted. On a shopper the first time you try a suit on that is acceptable. The models showing off your line not so much.

I do not expect bespoke quality but top end off the rack to low end custom is the minimum they should have on their site.

[(Anonymous)]

The dress shirts are great. - Jordan Ponders

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Tonight I had dinner with my friend who'd ordered the jacket. She reported two problems after she received it. The sleeves were too short, and the upper arms on the sleeves were tight. She went back with the jacket which they verified was a problem and they ordered a new one on the spot, no hassle, free of charge. She's currently waiting for the new one.

The impression I got from this and another story from one of her friends is that they are working out some issues in their process but they are clearly interested in making things right whenever problems happen.