Cad & The Dandy is an independent tailoring company based in London with premises on Savile Row and in the City. It sells bespoke suits, manufactured from English and Italian fabrics, and using traditional tailoring methods, at a lower price than the traditional Savile Row houses. The company was founded in 2008 by James Sleater and Ian Meiers; two City of London bankers who, at the height of the 2008 financial crisis, were both made redundant from their jobs.
Many gentlemen are initially drawn towards Cad & The Dandy, because they offer an accessible entry into the world of bespoke tailoring. Personally tailored suits start at £550.00 and
full-bespoke at £950.00. All their suits, regardless of whether they’re machine made or fully handmade are cut from a paper pattern in true bespoke tradition which, as with the genesis of a bespoke fitting suit, hugely increases the fit of any of their suits from the outset. Their services provide exceptional value for money. Their half handmade service feels like a full-bespoke piece. The jackets are made by a coat maker, rather than on a production line and this allows the lapels to be hand-padded, giving them a lovely roll and body – they come out looking and feeling precisely the same as full-bespoke lapels. The chest is still padded and canvassed by hand too, to give it the curvature and body in the chest canvass, which only a bespoke suit can offer.
If you go for the fully bespoke option, you’ll get a wonderfully form-fitting suit, with plenty of shape (which you have lots of control over – there are no fixities of house style to deal with) and the amount of hand finishing used is fantastic. Cad & The Dandy’s fully handmade service has all the handwork expected of a Savile Row suit and its handmade in England, with much of the work taking place on the company’s premises in Savile Row and the City of London. The chest and lapel are hand-padded as before, trouser waistbands and waistcoats are also canvassed. Sleeves are set by hand, pockets are finished by hand, the lining is finished by hand, all buttonholes are beautifully hand-sewn – you get the picture.
The result is extremely handsome; the attention to detail that goes into the fully bespoke suits is clearly noticeable, both when you look at them or wear one – they really do feel handcrafted somehow.
In 2010, the company began an association with former boxer Chris Eubank, who now designs a range of clothes for the brand. Since September 2010, the company has run an annual competition to look for the “best dressed banker”, with the winner receiving two bespoke suits and two bespoke shirts as the prize. Receiving positive reviews from style commentators and bloggers, who note the high quality of cloth and tailoring, the strong customer service and the flexibility in customisation options, Cad & The Dandy deserve every praise they get from the fit of the suits and the excellent service to their willingness to cater to unusual requests.]
The company will pull out all the stops to ensure that your suit is ready for the time specified. Customers are welcomed and valued and leave with an extremely precious piece of clothing, which a lot of care and skill has gone into producing.
