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Client Services, Zimma Tailors, Darlinghurst Sydney

Appointments

We work by appointment, one man at a time. 184 Forbes Street, Darlinghurst NSW 2010.

Monday 9am to 5pm
Tuesday 9am to 5pm
Wednesday 9am to 5pm
Thursday 9am to 5pm
Friday 9am to 5pm
Saturday 10am to 3pm
Closed Sunday

Your appointments

A consultation is thirty minutes, enough to know what you are after. A first fitting is an hour and a half: we sit with you first, then we measure. A second fitting is thirty minutes, and by then the garment is almost yours.

Cloth

Loro Piana, Piacenza, Vitale Barberis Canonico, Reda, Huddersfield, Drago, Lanificio Cerruti.

Virgin merino wool, linen, cotton, silk, cashmere, baby camel, baby vicuña, bamboo, alpaca and blends. Cloth decides more than most men expect. We will tell you how it behaves in ten years, not only how it feels in the hand.

Linings

Japanese Bemberg cupro, spun from cotton linter. A waste stream turned into a lining that moves like silk and breathes. Silk thread for hand sewing, long staple cotton for machine work.

Lead times

Nothing here is quick, and none of it should be.

Bespoke, 4 weeks from first fitting
Half Hand Bespoke, 4 to 5 weeks
Full Hand Bespoke, 12 weeks, with a baste fitting

Care and alterations

Press professionally with a hot steam iron when the lines lose their flatness. Dry clean with a luxury wash only, and only when a stain calls for it. If your size changes, realistic alterations are possible: we leave inlay in every seam that allows it.

How it leaves

In a non-woven bag. At home the garment lives on a shoulder hanger in a dry cupboard. When you travel, it moves into the bag.

Payment

Commissions are paid in full to begin.

Fittings

If you need to cancel or move a fitting, give us 24 hours and we will find another time.

Weddings

Allow at least three months before the day. Groomsmen can be fitted together or one at a time, and we keep the whole party on record so the cloth and cut stay consistent.

Clients outside Sydney

We plan fittings around your visits. Once your pattern is settled, later garments can be made against it and sent to you.

Gifts

A consultation or a garment can be given as a gift. Contact us and we will prepare a letter in the recipient's name.

Reading

Journal. Notes on cloth, cut, and the men who wear it.

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