The bespoke suit at Leonard Logsdail

Why it is on the list

Leonard Logsdail started his own tailoring business in London in 1971, three years after leaving tailoring college, and was the youngest tailor to open on Savile Row; he moved the business to New York in 1991.¹ The atelier has stayed at 9 East 53rd Street since.² A bespoke garment here is cut by the tailor who takes the measurements, from a paper pattern drafted for that one figure and posture.¹ He has made the clothes for films by Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Ridley Scott and Martin Scorsese, among them The Wolf of Wall Street, American Gangster and Bridge of Spies, and is known for linings cut from Hermès silk scarves.² His son, also Leonard, has worked with him since 2012.²

The atelier makes men's clothes.² For a suit to wear straight away, there is a ready-to-wear collection under his name at leonardlogsdailrtw.com, and he also makes made-to-measure suits.¹

How to get it

Call (212) 752-5030 or write to leonard.sr@leonardlogsdail.com to schedule a visit to Floor 4 at 9 East 53rd Street; the atelier keeps hours Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.¹ Ask for a bespoke suit; bespoke shirts and made-to-measure suits are made too, and there is a specialty in hunting clothes.¹ Outside New York, fittings happen at trunk shows in hotels, by appointment only; ask the atelier for the next dates.³

Discretion

The atelier is on Floor 4 of 9 East 53rd Street, as the building numbers it, not at street level, and visits are scheduled in advance.¹ Trunk-show fittings in other cities are by appointment only.³