Maybe I should just head up to NYC.  Maybe I'll be able to wear my suits in less than a year then.

Sounds like the start of a good joke - An Italian, Jewish, New Yorker from Argentina walks into a bar...

Jim DC,

I've tried both Henry Poole and Fallan and Harvey and I'd say Poole is the better bet between the 2 if you can fly over to London to order and to be fitted because chances are that you'll be met by a more experienced cutter. Otherwise I agree with Marc that think twice before using travelling tailors.

It's not that I'm totally against them like Marc, but you need to know more about who's going to cut and who's going to make your suit. I was told most of the travelling orders in the bigger tailoring houses are assigned to the younger cutters and tailors, if not outright apprentices. So the guy who takes your measurements might not be the one that responsible for your suit in the studio.

If you must use a travelling tailor I suggest try one of those who measures and at least actually cuts the suit himself. I have no problem with Mr. John Coggin because he's both a tailor and a cutter and he travels to see customers himself, therefore in theory there's no difference between seeing Mr. Coggin in either London or Frankfurt. I don't know whether he does US.

From Marc I understand Mr. Andrew Ramroop travels to US. I'd say if you can get him to make you a suit you won't be disappointed.

What is the top range of frequency for travel to the US by tailors in England?

Great advise from all.  Thank you for your insights.

Why not just try Field Tailors in DC? William Field apprenticed on Savile Row and was highly regarded during his lifetime.  His son  is now in charge and sounds like a fine enough gentleman in the conversations I have had with him.

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Also, be cautious of certain fora posters' sartorial visions of grandeur, which have the potential to lead the innocent bystander into thinking they have sufficient garments made by a tailor or tailors to make an informed assessment of skills.  Case in point is one gentleman who has been waxing poetic about the brilliance of his favorite bespoke tailor, when, in reality, his *1* suit from the tailor isn't even finished.

"Don't worry, sir. I'm sure they're ride up with wear."

Willpower be damned!  Who am I to fight this destiny...  Lets see, I've been disappointed by Hong Kong "made to mis-measure"'; American factory "bespoke"; and formerly employed Savile Row tailors now on their own and seeing (or not) clients at No. 12 Savile Row.  Perhaps I've come to enjoy the disappointment.  But still, I'm not worried - greater men than I have succumbed to the seduction of Savile Row, and lived to tell the tale.  While its smart to learn from another's mistakes, most men learn from their own.  And so must I.  I have decided to try both firms.  Foolish?  Maybe.  Costly?  No doubt!  But the fun I'm having along the way has some value.  Perhaps this yellow brick road will ultimately lead me to a Jewish-Italian-Argentinian wizard in Emerald City.  But first my little dog and I have some flying monkeys to contend with.