I went to Jenny last month to get a linen suit made. Being 188cm tall with a thicc ass and thighs makes it impossible to find any clothing that fits off the rack other than gym clothes here, specifically pants of any kind , along with shirts that have long enough sleeves.
Since this is a casual suit I'll be wearing at parties over the summer I didn't want to spend too much on a suit that is going to be taking a beating. The total cost quoted was less than 2k, including an off-white linen shirt to complete the outfit. I was pretty exacting on the details and fit I wanted, and maybe my long list of requirements got too long because eventually a couple things got lost in the mix, namely the type of soft shoulder I wanted. If you can bring an example of what you want, it makes this part much easier.
In the end she was very patient with my grumpiness after the first awkward fitting, and after 2 more rounds of alterations we reached a point where I was happy with the suit – it's held up well over the past few weeks of wear in the humidity and heat.
From my limited experience looking around at other tailor shops, the quality of construction is better than other tailors in the same price range (Under 2k for the suit + a linen shirt that I'm also quite happy with for the price). I'd say it was almost on par with my experience having wool pants done (with my own fabrics) at Carol and Luc tailoring in Jianguomen, which was a step up, price-wise (I think around 400+ RMB in labor cost, per pair)
I've also been to Feifei for alterations/repairs and a tuxedo and always been pretty pleased with her price/quality ratio, but her selection of linen was too limited when I asked.
At Jenny's I went with the cheapest chinese linen on offer, nothing special but perfectly serviceable. There was another jacket being made out of a nice and nubby teal italian linen that was visibly nicer but also about 2.5x the price. As another user already commented, the fabric selection at most tailors in Beijing is either sketchy, limited, or overpriced (and even then who knows what's real or not, I've seen plenty of fabric books with egregious typos and misspellings, despite the nice fabrics inside...) so if you're picky about the fabric best if you can source it on your own from a reliable vendor overseas, along with other materials like fancy buttons, even zippers... then just rely on your tailor to cut and sew it all together for you.
The quality of the small details like pocket fabric / liner / fasteners, etc on this entry level priced suit from Jenny's was a pleasant surprise.
For the price I'm very pleased with the results and will probably go back for an extra pair of trousers and some more linen shirts before the summer's over.
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Did she give you a discount for leaving this review? Be honest.
No, please relax a little...
As far as I know she does give some sort of benefit for referring new customers, like a free shirt or something, but I haven't been able to swing that perk yet. It's on my bucket list of life goals now though...
I really only wrote this because so many people were being weirdly skeptical of the other review, which seemed unfair because it wasn't even outlandishly positive. Is Jenny's the best tailor in Beijing? Probably not, but she does seem like she at least gives a damn. That seems pretty rare around here, especially in her price range.
I'm under the impression that most of the tailors farm the majority of the work out to workshops in the outskirts of town or something. So it's up to the customer to make sure they do a good job running quality control on those guys who are actually making the stuff. It took us a couple tries to get my suit right, but in the end I'm happy with it and I wasn't charged anything extra for the multiple rounds of alterations. If other people have had bad experiences they can leave their own reviews here to balance things out. For the moment, it's not a purchase I've regretted. If the suit gets all shiny or threadbare before the end of the season I'll come back and change my review.
But normal people don't leave reviews like this.
When reviews have this sort of detail and effort, especially when it's extremely positive, it's almost always fake.
Or maybe some people realise that reviews are only helpful when they are precise and detailed. When I read reviews for products, reading "good" or "bad" doesn't tell me anything. I like to understand what makes something good or bad.
And again, what's really annoying is that I have offered to share my personal contact details so that people can verify the veracity of my review multiple times, yet no one has taken me up on my offer. What should that tell me?
Another day, another fake review.
What's really annoying is that Jenny doesnt give up pestering her 'customers' until they leave a review on the Beijinger. She also offers a small discount if you do so what should that tell me?
There will be many more detailed fake reviews posted here.
Thanks for the detailed review. There’s no winning on this site, just need to have faith that whatever you post here will be quietly appreciated by a lot of people.
Side note, the quality of the trolling here is astonishingly bad.