When you’re ready for a real suit, buy from TABOR

There’s nothing wrong with my $350 trusty Bonobos suit, but at 34 years old, it was past the time for me to invest in a suit that fits. So, I turned to our Agenda partner, TABOR, for a custom suit that would last.

TABOR, an modern men’s store located in a Myers Park bungalow, exudes cool. But it’s not pretentious. It’s actually laid back.

Throughout the year, they invite cool national brands into the bungalow for custom, made-to-measure events, and they’ll be launching their own in-house custom program in 2019.

A few weeks ago, they had Freemans Sporting Club, a brand based out of New York City, into the bungalow.

I swung by to get fitted for a full suit.

The suit buying process was thorough and efficient. It felt comforting to be in the hands of pros.

“I’m looking for something traditional,” I told the Freemans tailor. He flipped through the book of fabrics and landed on a solid dark navy. “Let’s do it.”

From there, the Freemans Sporting Club master tailor made about a dozen measurements and pointed out the fact that my right shoulder was slighter lower than my left — which makes sense considering I broke my collar bone in a 5th grade rollerblading accident (I tried to jump four trash cans and nailed the last one, hard).

It took about 20 minutes.

When the suit arrived a few weeks later, I did one final fitting (everything looked good) and arrived home that evening looking like Bradley Cooper.

When you’re ready for a real suit, go see the pros at TABOR. Follow them on Instagram to stay in the loop on upcoming brand visits and to look out for their custom program when it launches in 2019.

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This paid content was co-created in partnership with TABOR.