Vasta’s been good enough to post a short piece I wrote about my new favorite Vancouver tailor, Renzo. The post is not only timeless but timely, as we took the SBS class photo about an hour ago. The story fit his site, I Tell Stories, better than Cashewman. Check it out here. And while you’re at it, browse through his own stories - he’s got a gift.
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So the old chinese guy(main st.) that makes your shirts doesn’t do suits?
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Brendan Reply:
October 27th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
nope. And he’s changed. There’s now a younger guy who charges more.
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raff Reply:
October 27th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
I think he might be Korean, I’m not sure. May-Sun shirts. Great shirts. No suits.
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raff Reply:
October 27th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Wait, did you say Mr. Ng is gone? and May-Sun’s prices are up?
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Brendan Reply:
October 28th, 2009 at 1:00 am
He is. I visited him at christmas, as he was sewing his last shirts before retirement (I seem to have a knack for this). It’s now Mason (not May Sun), and apparently there’s a younger guy, who has raised the prices a little (fair enough - they were quite affordable).
I’m still going to get some shirts when I’m back home though.
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Good story, B. Almost getting into Stuart Mclean territory…In any event, I think there’s a strong correlation between the old school nature of a tailor and the quality of his work: the older and kitschier the establishment, the better the service. I recently had a couple shirts done at a place here in downtown Ottawa that hasn’t changed one iota since 1960. Wood paneling everywhere, numerous long or globe-like glass lamp shades hanging from the ceiling, large swaths of brown, orange and yellow, and an archaic cash register. Walking in was like stepping 50 years into the past. Best results I’ve seen yet, though.
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We still don’t know where the “old country” is, do we? Shame. You can tell that a tailor will be good if he talks about the “old country.”
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Brendan Reply:
October 28th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
it’s an indication, at least.
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