Byron Bay / Australia / Online
Byron Bay minimalist brand (2014) — classic tailoring, artisanal accessories, nonchalant aesthetic. Loved by Kendall Jenner.
Best for Byron Bay minimalist luxury
Suits & Tailoring of Australia
10 stores · curated ORBIS register
Sydney tailoring has grown up in the last two decades, in made-to-measure rooms and in precision womenswear. P Johnson (Patrick Johnson) runs tailoring, made-to-measure, menswear, shirtmaking in Sydney. M J Bale began as a Sydney menswear label founded in 2009 by Matt Jensen, a Herringbone co-founder. Anna Quan cuts minimalist womenswear, precision tailoring, clean silhouettes for the modern wardrobe. A basted fitting is where the cutter's judgment becomes visible; a house that offers one is worth the extra appointment. Anna Quan's precision cutting is why womenswear sits on a suits plate at all.
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Australian brand — refined wardrobe essentials from merino wool knits to premium tailoring. Proudly made in Australia using sustainable textiles.
Best for Australian merino wool essentials
Visit official site ↗Sydney / Australia / Online
Australian designer — minimalist womenswear, precision tailoring, and clean silhouettes. International stockists include Net-a-Porter.
Best for Minimalist Australian tailoring
Visit official site ↗Sydney / Australia / Online
Australian sibling duo since 2003 — timeless yet modern wardrobe staples, masculine-style tailoring with feminine silhouettes. Bella Hadid is a fan.
Best for Tailored Australian essentials
Visit official site ↗Australia
Sydney menswear label founded in 2009 by Matt Jensen (a co-founder of Herringbone), built on Australian merino wool tailoring; its 2017 Kingston line uses single-origin Tasmanian wool woven in Italy and cut into suits in Japan.
Best for Australian suits, tailoring
M.J. Bale is an Australian menswear label headquartered in Sydney, founded in 2009 by Matt Jensen, who had previously co-founded the tailoring brand Herringbone. The company opened its first store in Woollahra, and by 2010 had placed product into David Jones and Myer department stores nationally. The brand's identity centers on Australian Merino wool, roughly 60 percent of the fibre it uses. In 2017 M.J. Bale introduced its Kingston single-origin suiting collection, sourcing wool from Kingston farm in Tasmania, woven into cloth in Italy before the finished suits are cut and sewn in Japan.
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Sydney-founded Australian clothing retailer established in 1978 to bridge designer fashion and the mainstream middle market; sells tailored suiting, shirts and accessories for men and women.
Best for Australian business wear
Oxford is an Australian clothing retailer founded in 1978 in Sydney's eastern suburbs, created to sit between costly designer labels and the crowded middle market that then dominated Sydney retail. Through the 1980s it built a reputation as a more design-forward, trend-aware alternative to mainstream department-store fashion, expanding into a national omnichannel business selling tailored suiting, shirts, outerwear, footwear and accessories for both men and women. The company describes its guiding line as 'fashion is transitory but style is permanent.'
Visit official site ↗Sydney / Australia
P Johnson makes finely tailored menswear and ready-to-wear womenswear, offering made-to-measure suiting and shirting guided by expert fitters alongside a full online shop. Beyond its Sydney showrooms on Elizabeth Street and in Paddington, the label runs showrooms reaching Melbourne, Brisbane, Jakarta, New York and London.
Best for Tailoring, made-to-measure, menswear, shirtmaking
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Australian bespoke tailor and shirtmaker — soft tailoring and custom shirts. One-piece collar available on bespoke request.
Best for Australian bespoke one-piece collar shirts
Australia
Australian value menswear chain founded 2006, part of Retail Apparel Group (est. 2007), owned since 2017 by South Africa's Foschini Group. Sells affordable suits and casualwear across roughly 200 stores in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore.
Best for Australian value menswear
Connor is an Australian menswear chain founded in 2006, selling affordably priced formal, smart and casual clothing. It is part of Retail Apparel Group, a holding company established in 2007 that also owns other menswear chains. In 2017, South African retailer The Foschini Group acquired Retail Apparel Group from private equity firm Navis Capital Partners for roughly AU$302.5 million. Connor now operates around 189 stores in Australia, 16 in New Zealand and one in Singapore, positioning itself at the value end of the menswear market.
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Australian menswear chain launched 1995, now part of Retail Apparel Group (owned by South Africa's Foschini Group); sells affordable tailored suits, party/festival shirts and slim-fit clothing across Australia, NZ and Singapore.
Best for Australian young menswear
Yd. launched in Australia in 1995 as an affordable menswear label aimed at younger, style-conscious shoppers, building its range around slim-fit suiting, dress and party/festival shirts, knitwear and outerwear. The brand is now part of Retail Apparel Group, itself wholly owned by the Foschini Group, a South African retail conglomerate that also owns menswear brands such as Politix and Connor. Yd. operates stores across Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. In 2022 the brand began rolling out a redesigned store concept - created with design firm Landini Associates - at locations including Highpoint in Melbourne and Eastgardens in Sydney. Yd.'s positioning sits in the mass-market, trend-driven segment of menswear rather than premium tailoring.
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