A tailoring service that suits the Wharf

It provides hand-tailored suits for a fraction of the cost of Savile Row's finest, with prices starting from just £150.

The Wharf went to meet the company's Canary Wharf style adviser Shilpi Gupta at their office in 25 Canada Square. With eight years tailoring experience, Shilpi provides expert advice for those unfamiliar with the process of acquiring a made-to-measure suit.

She said: "The aim is to create a suit that fits your personality and style as well as fitting like a glove. People are surprised how easy and affordable our service is and we're getting a lot of repeat business in the Wharf already.

"The beauty of it for our customers here, who often don't have a lot of time, is once they have been measured up and bought a suit from us they can order things online."

After all the necessary measurements have been taken and entered onto an online database, customers browse a range of fabrics.

There is a bewlidering range of options for suits and linings, but in Shilpi's expert hands the process is surprisingly quick as she is full of helpful advice.

She said: "The colours really inspire me. I spend a lot of time at street markets where I can find the fashion element to incorporate into a suit.

"The challenge is to match something with a classic suit, but it can be done and it's always satisfying to find something a bit different to make a suit unique."

The service also gives customers the option of further customising their suit, with extras such as buttonholes and monograms. The suits are tailored in Nepal before being shipped back to the UK for a first fitting to check on sleeve lengths, waist sizes and the like.

If alterations are needed the suit is sent off again, this time to the company's headquarters in south London. Otherwise the suit is ready to take away there and then.

And if you have any problems with it within the first two months the company will sort it out free of charge. The whole process takes between six and eight weeks, and business is booming.

Shilpi said: "We've been extremely busy this year. What we're seeing now are lots of people coming in to order wedding suits and summer suits. We're also getting more female customers in Canary Wharf, which is great to see.

"We're getting a lot of customers coming back as it's so easy to order new clothes online. Once your details are recorded in the database you can order yourself a suit of any style or colour and know it's going to arrive ready-to-wear within weeks."

Visit asuitthatfits.com.