Everything here starts with a conversation. We need to know what you're after, for what, in what cloth, by when. You need to know what it involves, roughly what it costs, and whether we're the right shop for the job. Some visits end with a full bespoke commission. Plenty end with two shirts off the rail and the sleeves taken up. Both are fine by us.
Walk in, or book ahead
Walk-ins are welcome any time we're open — Monday to Saturday, 11am to 9.30pm. If someone is free you'll be seen straight away; if we're mid-fitting with another customer we'll ask you to give us ten minutes or suggest a better time. Walking in works perfectly well for browsing the rails, picking up a finished garment, dropping something off for alteration or just having a look at the cloth.
Book ahead when the visit needs proper time: a first bespoke commission, a wedding order, or a group of garments at once. An appointment means a fitter to yourself for an hour or so, with the relevant bunches already pulled off the shelf. If you have a date to hit or a complicated brief, book — it saves the second trip.
How to reach us
Phone: +91 91761 22221, Monday to Saturday, 11am to 9.30pm. We'll book you in there and then, and answer whatever you want to ask while you're on the line.
WhatsApp: same number. Message us during working hours, describe what you need, and we'll confirm a time. Photos help if you're asking about an alteration.
Email: hello@sellersstudio.net — your name, what you need, and a day and time that suits you. You'll hear back within a working day.
Enquiry form: the visit page has the form and the full contact details. Send it and we'll come back to you to fix a time.
Please don't book through Instagram or Facebook messages. Those are handled away from the shop floor and things get missed. Phone, WhatsApp or email reach us directly.
What to bring
Yourself. You have to be measured, and you have to make the calls on cloth and detail. Nobody can do that on your behalf, however well they know you.
Pictures, if you have them. Screenshots, a photo of something you liked at a wedding, a page torn out of a magazine — all useful, because they get us to a shared idea faster than words do. We'll tell you honestly if it will work on your build, in that cloth, for that occasion, or if it needs adjusting.
Something you own that fits well. A shirt or jacket you're happy with tells us more in two minutes than a long conversation. We can measure it and use it as a reference point. This is especially worth doing for shirt collars, where a centimetre either way is the difference between comfortable and irritating.
The shoes. Heel height decides trouser length and break. If there's a particular pair you'll wear with the garment, wear them in or carry them along.
What happens at the visit
We start by asking what it's for. Office, wedding, a function, a trip, a new job — the answer changes almost everything that follows. Fifteen minutes here saves a great deal later, because a clear brief produces a better garment than a vague one every single time.
Then the cloth. We pull what suits the occasion and the season, put it in your hands and explain what each one is and how it behaves in Chennai heat. Take as long as you like over this. The cloth is the garment, and nobody should be hurried through it.
If you decide to go ahead, we measure you. About fifteen minutes for a suit. While we're doing it we're also watching how you stand — a shoulder sitting lower, a fuller seat, a chest carried forward — and noting it for the cutter, because that is what makes the pattern yours.
After that it's details: lapel, buttons, pockets, lining, monogram if you want one. Then a timeline and a price. You leave knowing exactly what is being made, when it will be ready and what it will cost.
First time in a tailoring shop?
Plenty of our customers have never had anything made before, and it shows on their faces when they walk in. There's nothing to prepare for. Ask anything. We explain as we go, and no question here is a silly one.
You aren't expected to know what Super 120s means, or why anyone would want a hacking pocket, or where a button stance ought to sit. That's our job. All you need is a rough idea of what you want the garment for and how you'd like to look in it. Everything else comes out of the conversation.
Nothing about a first visit obliges you to buy. Come in, look at cloth, get a price, go away and think about it. We're comfortable with that, and we won't chase you. We'd rather have a customer who chose us properly than one who felt cornered into it — the first sort comes back for twenty years.