While I have no first hand experience with their bespoke work, my salesperson at the Bloor store introduced me to Nello last year when I was having a problem with the fit of a Samuelson MTM jacket. Nello actually performed a few alterations on my jacket (to accomodate prominent shoulder blades in my case) and it turned about beautifully. While I was down there, he gave me a very informative tour as well.

Would also definitely appreciate feedback from anyone with first-hand experience with the program, as it may be something I consider in a year or two.

If I recall correctly, I believe Zegna_mtl had a jacket made with Harry's bespoke program at their downtown Montreal store.

 

I have not used Nello Sansone. Can anyone confirm if they do all of the work, including pants, and sewn button holes in-house? Someone once mentioned that some of the work is outsourced but I never received confirmation. $3500 seems excessively expensive as a starting point. What type/brand of cloth does this starting price get you? I believe there is better value to be had in Toronto bespoke. That said, many so called bespoke/custom places I have wondered into in Toronto are in fact high-end MTM, so maybe $3500 gets you one of the true high-end genuine bespoke suits in Toronto.

File this in the useless information column but the Harry Rosen in the Toronto financial district used to label their Coppley suits as "Sansone" after their tailor Nello Sansone. This was (I believe) a unique house brand to that store between the period when Rosen stopped carrying its Sedgewick labelled Copply suits on a widespread basis and when it recently started carrying a full Coppley lineup again under the Coppley name. I believe the Sansone was a step up from the Sedgewick in that it was 1/2 canvas and had stitched lapels.

 

I have not used Nello Sansone. Can anyone confirm if they do all of the work, including pants, and sewn button holes in-house? Someone once mentioned that some of the work is outsourced but I never received confirmation. $3500 seems excessively expensive as a starting point. What type/brand of cloth does this starting price get you? I believe there is better value to be had in Toronto bespoke. That said, many so called bespoke/custom places I have wondered into in Toronto are in fact high-end MTM, so maybe $3500 gets you one of the true high-end genuine bespoke suits in Toronto.

File this in the useless information column but the Harry Rosen in the Toronto financial district used to label their Coppley suits as "Sansone" after their tailor Nello Sansone. This was (I believe) a unique house brand to that store between the period when Rosen stopped carrying its Sedgewick labelled Copply suits on a widespread basis and when it recently started carrying a full Coppley lineup again under the Coppley name. I believe the Sansone was a step up from the Sedgewick in that it was 1/2 canvas and had stitched lapels.

Many Different cloths are available. I looked at a Loro Piana super 160 for less than $4K. During the tour Nello showed me the hand stitched buttonholes, lapel construction and stitching etc. The differrent patterns for each customer clearly indicated a true bespoke garment. There were probably eight people working on various stages of a suit which led me to believe all work was done on sight. I too have done the bespoke-which-is-really-MTM and was moderately satisfied. Nello let try on a few garments at various stages of production and was convinced everything was truly custom, hand stitched etc. He also looked at the MTM Zegna I had on and commented on certain adjustments he would make which seemed very logical to me. Overall I was very impressed but am still a little hesitant. Nonetheless, I am likely to give him a try as he is about 50% cheaper than the Kiton's HR sells and 33% less than a Brioni with way more fabric, details and size selections. I will apprise the forum of the results in a few months.