Craft guide
ORBISTAILORS & SARTORIAL HOUSES IN NEW YORK5 stores · curated ORBIS register
New York / Online
American clothier founded in 1818 and associated with the ready-made suit and the polo button-down collar. May 2025: house opened a 10,000 sq ft global flagship at 195 Broadway, returning downtown near the 1818 Catherine-and-Cherry origin after leaving 346 Madison.
Best for The original OCBD lineage.
New York
Toronto-founded (1985) menswear-and-womenswear brand later owned by Ralph Lauren (1999-2021); sold to private-equity firm Regent LP in 2021. Known for a Fifth Avenue New York flagship among its multi-country store network.
Best for Modern essentials, tailored
Club Monaco was founded in Toronto in 1985 by Joe Mimran and Alfred Sung, building a reputation for pared-back, minimalist basics - cotton knits, tailored trousers, cashmere - at a step below full luxury pricing. Ralph Lauren Corporation acquired the brand in 1999 and expanded it into the United States, Europe and Asia, opening a flagship on Fifth Avenue in New York that for years combined clothing with a Strand Books outpost and a cafe. In May 2021, Ralph Lauren sold Club Monaco to Los Angeles private-equity firm Regent LP; the brand brought on a new creative director in September 2022 as part of a relaunch focused on returning to its original quality-and-simplicity positioning. Club Monaco now operates as a standalone company under Regent, with stores across North America and licensed operations elsewhere.
New York / USA / Online
New York menswear built around made-in-USA production, USA-grown fabrics and an in-house tailor shop, linking American materials with local cutting and finishing.
Best for Made-in-USA menswear
New York / USA / Online
Kent Wang is a menswear brand that began with hand-sewn pocket squares in 2007. The collection has expanded to suits and accessories, including sunglasses and cufflinks. Its direct-to-customer approach centres on classic designs without visible branding, making the website a starting point for comparing the range.
Best for Classic menswear and accessories without prominent branding
Kent Wang is a company of three people making classic menswear at reasonable prices. The founder is candid about how it started. In 2007 he could not find the hand-sewn pocket squares he wanted in any local shop, so he made them himself.
It has since expanded into every corner of menswear, from suits to sunglasses, on the same principle he began with, which is to make the things he would want to wear himself.
The pricing policy is the part worth knowing before you buy. There are no sales and no discounts. The argument is that one low price for everyone at all times is more honest than inflating a retail figure so it can be marked down later.
There are no limited editions and no limited-time offers either, so a good product stays available and can still be bought years afterwards. The same plainness runs through the catalogue. Nothing carries an invented colour name, and a captoe balmoral is called a captoe balmoral on the reasoning that it tells a buyer more than a street name would.
Madison Ave & 45th St, New York / Online
Madison Avenue’s dandy since 1938 — the sharper, wittier cousin of Ivy; Phineas Cole upstairs for the brave. The NYC flagship has remained on the same Madison Avenue and 45th Street corner since the 7 March 1938 opening.
Best for American tailoring with a wink
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