A special request — a custom order — is a commission designed around a client's tastes, needs, build and occasion. Every detail, from cloth, colour and cut to lining, buttons and pockets, is personalised. Put another way, a custom order always begins with a client wanting something that fits him more truly.
What a special request means in tailoring
When you bring us a special request, Mon Amie works on four pillars:
- Personalisation: designed around your build, your style and your requirements.
- Freedom of choice: cloth, colour, cut and detailing entirely as you wish.
- Meticulous making: executed by skilled tailors to a guaranteed standard.
- Absolute fit: comfort optimised and the figure flattered to its fullest.
The difference from ready-to-wear lies here: ready-to-wear asks you to choose among what already exists; a special request begins with what you want, and builds the garment around it.
The value of personalisation
Why is a custom commission worth the investment? Four reasons:
- It expresses your own taste: a distinct signature, never seen on someone else.
- Right in feel, right on the body: an exact fit that flatters and lends confidence.
- Right for the occasion: perfectly suited to the purpose and the setting.
- A worthwhile investment: a garment of quality that endures and holds its value over the years.
The custom order exists to turn a client's wishes and ideas into a garment built for him alone, in aesthetics as much as in function. Because you are singular, and no one knows you better than you do; because every detail has a reason, serving both how the garment feels and how it reads; because quality is controlled from cloth to construction to standard of finish; and because a good garment stands beside you in the moments that matter.
Where special requests arise
The four situations we meet most often at Mon Amie:
- Weddings: the perfect suit for the day itself — usually with particular wishes on colour, lapel, or a date embroidered inside.
- Executive wardrobes: garments that build a professional, authoritative image for company leaders.
- Bespoke: the highest level of tailoring, with a rigorous process and fine handwork.
- Repeat clients: those who already know their taste and want each new commission to differ — and since measurements are kept for life, every subsequent order is faster and more precise.
How each detail is personalised
A special request at Mon Amie passes through six groups of choices:
- The cloth: hundreds of options from wool, silk and linen to imported luxury mills — from Kevinlli (full suits from VND 4.8 million) up through Canonico, Holland & Sherry, Dormeuil and Scabal.
- Colour: a broad palette, easily composed into something unmistakably yours.
- Details: buttons, pockets, lapels, vents — every small choice contributes to the difference.
- Lining: fine silk in the colour and pattern that suit your taste, with your label.
- Personal marks: an embroidered name or private symbol, discreetly placed.
- Measuring and fitting: precise measurement and careful fittings to ensure complete fit and comfort.
Mon Amie's experience is this: you need not know the terminology. Simply tell us the occasion, the impression you want to leave, and what has felt wrong in what you have worn before — translating that into cloth, silhouette and detail is the artisan's work.
A word from Mon Amie's artisans
Special requests are the most enjoyable part of the trade: a line hand-embroidered inside the body of a jacket, a claret lining hidden beneath a composed navy exterior — details only the wearer knows, and precious for exactly that reason. Mon Amie has never regarded a special request as extra work; it is the moment a suit truly becomes one man's own. Every garment carries our alteration guarantee, so that personal signature always fits.
If you have a request of your own in mind — for a wedding, for a working wardrobe, or simply for a garment that fits you more truly — book an appointment at one of Mon Amie's five showrooms in Ho Chi Minh City or call 0888.111.118, and read more about Mon Amie's bespoke service.