Esquire Custom Tailors

I work with as a wardrobe consultant for a high-​end menswear brand and trust Mr. Lee with my most difficult jobs. He does excellent work with a quick turnaround and a fair price. I’m sure you could find someone with better prices, but that’s no gaurantee on the quality of the work. You get what you pay for!

New (1 stars):
I just took my other suit to Montgomery Custom Tailors in Montgomery Mall (same suit and size) and got a $ 77 estimate for same work, maybe a little better. This place is a rip off.
Old (3 stars):
I had bought a suit off Amazon for $ 110 and it was a little bigger but I had anticipated and wasn’t exactly tailored because the legs are fully out not stitched in and so on.
I decided to look up local tailor shops on Unilocal and see if there any close by with good reviews like Georgetown valet. I found this one with the really good reviews and decided to check it out because it was only a 15 minute drive from my house.
When they first fitted me they obviously seem to know what they were doing but when he gave me my ticket and told me that it would be $ 178… That’s when I became a little concerned as any great tailor doesn’t charge even half of that for the work that I figured needed done.
So I decided to give them a try and see how it would turn out. The suit fits great and my opinion, but I believe I overplayed and that is why I am giving 3 stars.
Do not take this review the wrong way. They did a great job and were able to finish within two days which is rare with a lot of tailors. They got the job right the first time with a few minor things I decided to overlook because they were getting a little too defensive. If you need a job done quick and fast and 99% right the first time, this is the right place to go but you will be paying the premium. If you’re willing to wait a bit and so have it done right maybe have to do an extra fitting or two, I recommend going elsewhere.

I’m extremely happy with the alterations Mr. Lee et. al. made on my new suits, skirts and dresses. He has an excellent eye for how a piece of clothing should be altered to fit you perfectly. In the fitting, he noticed details I hadn’t really paid attention to — like the neckline on my dress was gaping a little and the armholes were a bit too wide — and he was exactly right. I thought one of the dresses I brought in was just so-​so, but after he fixed all the little details that were off (in addition to shortening the hem, which was what I brought it in for) it’s now one of my favorite dresses. The fit is amazing! He’s fast, too. I dropped off a large number of items on Mon and they were done by Fri afternoon. I HIGHLY recommend this tailor for his attention to detail, skill at identifying how to fix every problem perfectly, and excellent quality/​workmanship.

The owner Mr. Lee is an outstanding tailor. He can make clothes from scratch so his alterations are outstanding. He has replaced a zipper on a dress, reduced the size of my former confirmation dress to fit my niece who is much smaller than I was at her age and altered the jacket and pants on my boyfriend’s tuxedo after he lost 15 pounds. Mr. Lee can complete alterations others won’t touch or recommend. His rates are fair but are not cheap. He is a true tailor and I will continue to patronize him for challenging and high end garment alterations.

Been at the same place for 40 years. Took my gf’s suit to be altered there and he not only did a great job he also answered all my fashion questions about women’s suits. Yes, he is abrupt but when very polite in his own way. Bethesda expensive.
Quick quality work with tons of experience and knowledge.

Mr. Lee has been doing custom tailoring for over 40 years… I remember his stores in Silver Spring and Wheaton and have followed him over to Bethesda through the years. I can always trust he will do a perfect fit no matter the material or job. I refer him to all my friends and they always come away impressed.

I’m incredibly picky about fit and Jon is incredibly patient and more than willing to work with me to get it just right. Highly recommended.

I brought two pairs of pants to be altered. Assuming I was waited on by the same gentleman the first reviewer wrote about, I could see how someone could take his demeanor for abrupt, but I liked him, he was efficient and professional. I especially appreciated that he provided some feedback for me during the fitting; it can be hard to tell how the pants leg will fall when it’s altered and not just held by pins. Before I left, he told me how much the alterations would cost and gave me the option to pay then or pay when I picked up. I decided to pay then so pick-​up would be quicker.
I dropped off on Friday and he told me he’d have them ready on Monday. Then he said that if I were around on Saturday and he finished them, did I want him to call me so I said yes. Sure enough, fairly early on Saturday (before noon), he called and told me the pants were ready for pickup.
I tried them on before I left the store but the pants were altered exactly as I wanted and looked fantastic, like they hadn’t been altered at all. (I have had pants tapered in the past where the seams, although well sewn, weren’t in quite the right place).
As I left he was waiting on another customer but turned to see if I was pleased and I said they were perfect and on my way out another waiting customer said to me, «He’s a wizard.»
I have other items that I’ll be confident bringing to him and am glad to have found such a good tailor close to home.
Also, despite what some might construe as a brusque manner, I found he has a sly sense of humor that some might miss.