My principal justification (excuse) for coming to Ho Chi Minh city was in order to have a bunch of suits tailored. Vietnam, and HCM in particular, is awash with tailors, seamstresses, and fabric.
There are (among others) two big names in tailors here: Cao Minh and Dzung (or Dung). From my research, Cao Minh is faster but more expensive. Another remark is Cao Minh is the best tourist tailor in Vietnam and Dzung is the best tailor in Vietnam. It’s an easy two hour flight to get here, so I’d rather have the best, and simply come back for second and third fitting later on, than to pay up for a possibly-inferior product at Cao Minh (heard that they sometime fuse the material, rather than sewing it. yuk)
So we hurried over first thing so that I can get another fitting in while I’m here. (tomorrow at 6pm it turns out). Two hours later I walked out with a set of reference swatches, having left orders for ten business suits, sixteen shirts, and two linen Hannibal-Lechter-in-Florence suits.
I chose very nice wools and flannels for my suits, both Italian and English weaves, suitable for the hellish equatorial tropics. All the shirts were pure cotton, some of it Egyptian. A mix of hand-sewn, two-button, and three-buttons with single and double vents for variety.
The cost of this exercise? about $2,200USD. This is dauntingly inexpensive, considering equivalent quality in Singapore costs more like $550USD for a single set of suit-and-shirt. That’s why I could go on vacation, but lots of suits, and still come out even or ahead. Ridiculous.
Anyway, you’ll hear the other shoe drop in March when I return to collect my suits.
Tailor Dzung (Dung)
221 Le Thanh Ton
District 1 Ho Chi Minh
Tel: 8296778 - 8245676
Fax: 8236808
dungtailor@hcm.vnn.vn
The shirt materials were selected from Nguyen Nhat Minh, the sister-store, adjacent to Dung.
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where do you get the ties?
With all the material you have shipped here, and with the super-deluxe sewing machine that you are the proud owner of……………….why aren’t YOU making your own suits during this “respite” from work??? I could see you in this snappy orange…you’d be in the Sing~ Times “Seen” column.
mama could show you how to make a denim suit and you could even resurrect the cowboy boots to match!oh, and as for his ties? BOLO, baby! (don’t front, mike-i have photographic evidence!)
Once you have your fine linen wear, travel to northen Africa for the Fava Beans and to Italy for the Chianti. slurp slurp slurp
tôi rất mến anh Dũng anh Dũng thật tài còn cô vọ sấu tính kinh nguòi coi chùng dòi sau con cháu khổ ko có com ãn ông bàdupọc cái déo gì giàu nhò lũ thọ chúng tôi chóông bà làm duọc cái déo gì mà bà dũng có giongh5 khi chào nguòi tô chỉ nói yậy thôi chào ông bà con ngupì ta ai cũng muốn giàu sang nhung giàu sang khong biết huỏng thụ mai có chết di chẳng dem theo duọc gì anh Dũng oi ( Tháng )…….