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MakisTailor — bespoke since 1960

The Journal

Notes from the cutting table

Fit, cloth and ceremony — practical guides written from the atelier floor in Bourj Hammoud.

Tailor measuring a suit shoulder with a tape on a mannequin
  • Fit
  • Bespoke

How a bespoke suit should fit

Four places never lie about a suit — the shoulders, the collar, the sleeve and the break. Here is what our cutters check at every fitting, and what you should feel the moment the jacket goes on.

4 min read

Elegant green ceremony jacket with a patterned tie and pocket square on a mannequin
  • Weddings
  • Planning

The wedding suit timeline: 2–3 weeks, rush available

A Lebanese wedding gathers everyone — and photographs everything. Two to three weeks is our recommended lead for a wedding commission. Here is how to spend those weeks well, and what to do if you have less.

4 min read

Folded fabrics in cream, taupe and burgundy beside a pair of scissors
  • Fabric
  • Summer

Choosing suit fabric for Beirut summers

Humidity off the sea, weddings under open sky, offices chilled to a shiver — a Beirut summer asks a lot of one suit. Linen, fresco and lightweight wool each answer differently. Here is how to choose between them.

3 min read