For established menswear shops and tailor's shops
Add made-to-measure suits to your shop without holding stock
You do not need to hold stock. When a regular asks for made-to-measure, we make that one suit to order. One suit is enough to start. Production takes 14 days.
Your first order, step by step
From a regular saying yes to the suit arriving at your shop.
- Choose the route: your own cloth (CMT) or ours.
- Pick the level of make, from fused to fully hand made.
- Measure as you always have, or let the customer use CENTI AI and send you the measurement code.
- Place the order online, in your language. One suit is enough.
- CMT only: ship the cloth to Shanghai. Production starts when it arrives.
- 14 days in production. Then freight, and import duty at your own rate.
- The suit arrives at your shop with your label in it.
When this is not the right fit
Better to say so now than after the first order.
- You want us to sell to your customer or run the fitting for you. We make the garment, nothing else.
- You need the suit in under ten days. Production alone takes 14 days.
- You want ready-to-wear sizes at wholesale to fill a rail. Everything we make is made to order.
- You want a European country of origin on the label. Ours says Shanghai.
Three ways to offer made-to-measure, side by side
| Stock more sizes | Made to order with Centi | Take it into your own workroom | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stock held | A size run per style, paid up front | None. Each suit is made after your customer orders | Cloth lengths, patterns and trims |
| Minimum | A full size run | One suit | None, but you need a cutter and a workroom |
| Cloth | Whatever the wholesaler carries | Your own cloth (CMT), or ours from 33 mills and merchants | Whatever you buy in |
| Change to how you work | A new buying cycle and more storage | None. You measure and sell the way you already do | New staff and new equipment |
| Who the customer belongs to | You | You. We make the garment and do not sell to your customer | You |
| Time to a finished suit | Immediate, if the size is on the rail | 14 days in production, then shipping | Your own workroom's schedule |
| Fits best if you | Have the capital, the space and steady footfall | Have regulars asking for made-to-measure and no room for stock | Have the volume to keep a workroom busy |
Figures in the "Made to order with Centi" column, one-suit minimum, 14 days in production, 33 mills and merchants with 26 in Europe, are Centi Sartoria's own terms. The other columns describe those models in general.
A few terms, explained
What the words on the order form mean.
- Made to order
- Each suit is cut only after your customer has ordered. You hold no stock, so a shop with no spare space can offer a full made-to-measure range from one suit.
- CMT (cut, make and press)
- You send the cloth, we cut, make and press the suit. The route for a shop that wants to keep using the cloth its customers already know, or that has its own mill relationship.
- Full package
- We supply the cloth from our accounts with 33 mills and merchants, 26 of them in Europe, and make the suit. One order, one supplier. Sustainable cloth can be sourced on request.
- Measurement code
- Your customer measures at home with CENTI AI. It starts from height and weight and lets measured values override the estimate. The result is a measurement code. Sent to your shop, it imports straight into the order.
- Level of make
- Five levels: fused, half canvas, full canvas machine made, full canvas half hand made, and fully hand made. You choose the level per order, so one shop can serve a first suit and a wedding suit from the same supplier.
- Ex-works and duty
- Prices are ex-works Shanghai. Freight is charged separately. Import duty is paid by you as the importer, at your own country's rate.
- Order thread
- Every order has one message thread in the ordering system. Cloth references, the measurement code and any question stay with that order, so nothing is lost between email and phone.
Questions shops ask us
Can I add made to measure without holding stock?
Yes. Every suit is made to order after your customer has ordered, so nothing sits on a rail. The minimum is one suit. You keep measuring and selling the way you already do, and we make the garment in Shanghai.
Can I send my own cloth?
Yes. This is the CMT route: you ship the cloth length to Shanghai and we cut, make and press the suit. It is the usual choice for a shop whose customers already know its cloth, or that has its own mill account. Production starts when the cloth arrives.
Do you do CMT or full package?
Both. CMT means you send the cloth and we cut, make and press. Full package means we supply the cloth from 33 mills and merchants, 26 of them in Europe, and make the suit. You can use either route from one order to the next.
Do I have to change how I measure or how I sell?
No. Measure the customer as you always have and enter the figures in the ordering system. If a customer prefers to measure at home, CENTI AI starts from height and weight, lets measured values override, and gives them a measurement code that imports straight into your order.
Will you contact my customers?
No. We make for shops and do not sell to end customers. Your label goes in the jacket, your name is on the hang tag, and ours appears nowhere on the garment.
What is the minimum order?
One suit. There is no size run to buy and no bulk commitment. Order the first suit for the first regular who asks, and reorder as the next one does.
How long does a suit take?
14 days in production. Shipping is on top and charged separately, and you pay import duty at your own rate. If the order is CMT, the clock starts when your cloth arrives in Shanghai.
What does a suit cost me?
A two-piece suit starts at 100 US dollars on the CMT route, with your cloth, and at 167 US dollars full package, with our cloth. Both ex-works Shanghai. Above the starting point the price moves with the cloth and the level of make, from fused to fully hand made.
What construction can I order?
Five levels of make: fused, half canvas, full canvas machine made, full canvas half hand made, and fully hand made. You choose per order.
Where are the suits made?
In our own factory in Shanghai, China. Centi Sartoria was founded in 1996. The label states the country of origin, as the law in your market requires.
Add made-to-measure without the stock
Send us your shop name and whether you want to use your own cloth or ours. We reply with what the first order needs.