Weekend Picks

I   Emily Norris   I

 Combining traditional design techniques taken straight from the streets of Piccadilly and the skills of some of Thailand's best tailors, Meticulous Gentlemen's Clothing brings a little taste of London to Bangkok with reasonable prices and an Oriental touch.

London's Jermyn Street, where the tailored shirt was perfected, serves as the inspiration for Meticulous. Essentially crafted in the same way here as in London, it is the individual touch of each tailor which makes these shirts premium, elegant, and unique.

To ensure that Meticulous's shirts are of consistently high quality, Pat Srivareetana, the brand's founder, uses a "one person one shirt" method of production. Employing retired tailors from Bangkok's many tailor shops, and contracting them from home allows the craftsmen to bring their individual skills and years of experience to make the perfect shirt. Each shirt undergoes two quality checks to ensure it meets Meticulous's high standards before it reaches the customer.

The shirts come in two styles, a more casual slim fit with longer sleeves, perfect for rolling up with a hard day's work, and a traditional classic style that comes in brighter colours and has a looser fit.

What sets Meticulous apart from its European counterparts is that it caters to the Thai market. Shirt colours include more pastels, making them less showy than their European equivalents, only 100 per cent cotton fabric is used to fit the Thai climate and the measurements for shirt standards are made to fit the body type of Thai professionals.

Custom tailoring is also offered.

As Pat says, Meticulous' shirts are "not too fashionable, but not too boring, not too old, but not too young".

Along with shirts, Meticulous offers hand-crafted suits and boxers, imported Italian belts, pure silk ties imported straight from London's Savile Row, and a selection of cuff-links both imported and locally designed.

Make your own

Design your own shirt, choosing from an array of fabrics from Egypt, Thailand, India, and Japan and from five collar styles. Bt2,000 to Bt4,200.

Fit for a Pharoah

Egyptian cotton (100 percent) baby blue classic style shirt (Bt2,700) with cutaway collar and stainless steel Charles Tyrwhitt cufflinks (Bt4,300).

Colourful cuffs

Multicoloured cotton and spandex cufflinks add subtle accents to any outfit (Bt100).

Tie one on

Imported pure silk ties, thinly striped blue and crimson ties from Jaeger and diagonally striped pink and yellow ties from Gieves & Hawkes (Bt4,300 to Bt4,900).

Belt ways

Italian-made brown, beige, and black leather belts add sophisticated style to any suit. (Bt1,150 to Bt1,350).

White stripes

Classic semi-cutaway collared grey and white-striped handcrafted shirt. (Bt1,760).

Precious jewels

From top left, cuff-links made from mother of pearl (Bt1,250), onyx (Bt1,800), red resin (Bt1,500) and garnet and stainless steel (Bt2,200).

Boxers, not briefs

Hand-made boxer shorts come in three sizes and a variety of colours (Bt450).

Meticulous Gentlemen's Clothing

444 Siam Square Soi 7

BTS: Siam

Noon to 9pm Monday to Saturday, noon to 8pm Sunday

www.meticulousshirt.com

(02) 251 5701, (02) 613 1040