British Tailor Explains 7 Key Fabrics: RTW, MTM & Bespoke

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The Gazette team visits a Vienna fabric store with British tailor Simon Scottto to explore how to select fabrics for bespoke tailoring. Scottto demonstrates the differences between jacketing and suiting fabrics, explaining fabric stability, weight, weave structure, and how these characteristics influence jacket and suit construction. He guides viewers through considerations like body type, pattern scale, intended use, and personal style when choosing fabrics.

Key takeaways

• The Gazette team explains that fabric stability—determined by weave tightness and yarn fineness—directly affects how a garment will hold its shape; loose weaves like herringbone tweeds require overshaping during construction to counteract future bagging
• Scottto recommends that Irish linen, particularly fine quality versions, excels for summer wear due to its moisture-wicking ability, stability, and beautiful drape, and unlike cheap linen alternatives, it is opaque and maintains shape
• The Gazette team notes that suiting fabrics require natural elasticity to bounce back after sitting and movement, while jacketing fabrics can be softer and more elastic; attempting to make trousers from loose-weave jacketing cloth results in bagging at the knees within minutes
• Scottto advises tailors to match fabric selection to the wearer’s body type and professional context—for example, a shorter, broader client cannot carry large patterns, and a junior lawyer needs subdued colors while a barrister can wear bold checks to stand out

Episode details: published November 3, 2025 · 233K views · 27:37 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The style guidance summarized here is the Gentleman’s Gazette team’s own teaching and opinion, presented for education; product recommendations are theirs, not ours. Summaries are written by Self Growth Videos from each video itself.

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