Custom Suits in North York.
Tailoring without the traffic.
★ 4.8 · 160 Google reviews · First appointment free, at the studio or your office
The studio is just past Steeles, about fifteen minutes up from Yonge & Sheppard. Worth the trip for the first suit that ever truly fit.
North York runs on time nobody has to spare, which is exactly the argument for doing this once and properly. The studio sits just over the city line at Steeles, a short hop from North York Centre, and professionals from Willowdale to Don Mills fit the first visit into a long lunch or an early evening, or have Sam come to the office for it instead. One unhurried sitting beats three Saturdays hunting a rack suit that nearly works, and after it your measurements are on file.
There's a real Jewish community through Bathurst Manor, Clanton Park and Ledbury Park, and Sam has dressed it for years: Shabbos suits, bar mitzvah suits, and the fine dark suit that reads as kavod in shul. Bayview Village and York Mills lean executive; Hoggs Hollow and the Cricket Club lean formal. Sam dresses all of it.
North York weddings bring whole families through the door. The groom, the groomsmen and both fathers are measured together and matched on fabric and colour, so the wedding album holds together frame after frame. Custom suits and tuxedos, made to fit, never rented.
For North York clients, Sam makes custom suits, wedding suits & tuxedos, business suits, custom shirts and traditional menswear, all measured personally.
What Sam does here
Neighbourhoods Sam serves
Also nearby
- The studio
- 318 Charlton Avenue · Vaughan, Ontario
- From Yonge & Sheppard
- About 8 km, about fifteen minutes West on Sheppard and straight up Bathurst; closer still from Finch. Up Bathurst past Steeles, then west on Clark Avenue and south on New Westminster Drive to Charlton Avenue. By transit, the 60 Steeles West from Finch Station stops at Bathurst & Steeles. Parking at the door. Directions from Yonge & Sheppard →
- Or at your office
- Sam comes to your office for the first appointment; the fitting is at the studio. Book an office visit →
- Telephone
- 647 · 458 · 0711
A downtown of its own, on Yonge.
North York was a township in 1922, a borough in 1967 and a city in 1979 before it joined Toronto in 1998, and it still has a downtown of its own: North York City Centre, on Yonge between Sheppard and Finch, where some 36,500 people work, four in five of them in offices. That makes it the easiest part of the city for an office visit: Sam comes to you for the first appointment, and the studio is fifteen minutes up the road for the fitting.
It is a patchwork of communities. Around Mel Lastman Square in Willowdale, nearly three residents in ten speak Chinese, Korean or Persian at home; Bathurst Manor is a fifth Jewish, and Bathurst north of Sheppard is the centre of Toronto's Russian-speaking community. Nowruz, the Persian New Year around March 20, is a season for new clothes, and the High Holidays in the autumn are another.
- Population, 2021
- 647,245
- Work in finance and insurance
- 9.3%
- Office jobs at North York Centre
- 78.6%
Sources: City of Toronto: 2021 Census profile, North York · City of Toronto: neighbourhood profiles · North York
Around North York
- Mel Lastman Square The civic square on Yonge since 1989, with a rink in winter and a stage in summer.
- Meridian Arts Centre The performing-arts centre on Yonge, open since 1993.
- Gibson House Museum An 1850s Georgian Revival farmhouse, now a city museum.
- Earl Bales Park 127 acres at Bathurst & Sheppard, with a ski centre and a Holocaust memorial.
Questions from North York clients
How far is the studio from North York?
Close. The studio at 318 Charlton Avenue sits just north of Steeles, about eight kilometres from Yonge & Sheppard and six from Finch, roughly fifteen minutes outside rush hour. It is where every fitting happens: the fabric books, the shears and your pattern all live there. If travel is genuinely hard, now and then Sam makes a first visit to a home instead, and he decides case by case, so ask when you call. It is usually two visits, not three.
Does Sam make traditional and bar mitzvah suits for the North York community?
Yes. Sam has dressed the Bathurst Manor, Clanton Park and Ledbury Park community for years: Shabbos suits, bar mitzvah suits, and traditional garments, all cut to you.
Can Sam dress a North York wedding party?
Yes. Groom, groomsmen and both fathers, measured together and coordinated. Custom wedding suits and tuxedos, with the whole party booked into the studio together.
Will Sam come to my office in North York?
Yes, for the first appointment: Sam comes to your office for the measuring, a selection of cloth and the conversation. Book it online or by phone and he will confirm the time and the address. The fitting on the finished garment happens at the studio, about fifteen minutes up from Yonge & Sheppard.
How long is the first visit?
Plan on about an hour and a half. It is the long one: measuring, a proper look at fabric, and the details decided with you. After it your measurements are on file, so every order after that is quicker.
Does Sam make custom shirts and tuxedos too?
Yes. Custom shirts and custom tuxedos alongside suits, so collar, cuff, body and lapel are cut to you rather than to a size chart.
Measured personally.
At the Vaughan studio, or at your office for the first appointment. Start with a conversation.