Scarsdale, New York — Est. 1962

Cloth, cut by hand. Worn

A bespoke tailoring house and garment-care atelier on Garth Road, serving Scarsdale and the wider Westchester County. Sixty-two years of cut, fit, and quiet finish — one garment at a time.

A house of cloth,
kept by hand.

Scarsdale Atelier opened above the chemist on Garth Road in 1962, with a single cutting table, two Singer 31Ks, and a young tailor named Salvatore Rea fresh off the boat from Naples.

Three generations on, the table is the same — though the machines have been joined by a half-dozen others, and the cloth cupboard now holds English worsteds, Italian linens, and a small library of vintage deadstock. We cut, fit, and finish every garment in-house. Nothing is sent away.

We make for Scarsdale, for the wider villages of Westchester, and for a quiet roster of clients who have been coming to us for decades. No franchise. No factory. No rush.

62
Years on Garth Rd.
3
Generations of tailors
48
Hours per bespoke suit
Interior of the Scarsdale Atelier showing wooden cutting table, fabric bolts, and a wall of sewing tools

Recent work,
fresh off the table.

A scroll-through of garments finished in the last quarter. Each piece is cut and assembled in the atelier — never outsourced, never off-the-rack.

N° 01 A charcoal worsted three-piece bespoke suit on a tailor's form

Charcoal Three-Piece

Holland & Sherry worsted, 11oz. Half-canvas, hand-rolled lapel, working cuffs. Cut for a client in Edgemont.

from $4,200 Bespoke
N° 02 A midnight blue dinner jacket with satin peak lapels

Midnight Dinner Jacket

Dormeuil barathea, peak lapel faced in silk grosgrain. Finished for a wedding party of six, October '24.

from $4,800 Bespoke
N° 03 A tobacco linen summer jacket half-finished on the cutting table

Tobacco Linen Jacket

Solbiati linen, unlined, patch pockets. A summer piece for a client in Bronxville — three fittings, six weeks.

from $2,400 Bespoke
N° 04 A vintage 1960s suit being restored on a tailor's form

1962 Suit Restoration

A grandfather's wedding suit, re-canvassed and re-lined. Returned to the original owner's grandson for his own wedding.

from $680 Restoration
N° 05 A navy blazer with surgeon's cuffs hanging in the atelier

Navy Blazer, MTM

Loro Piana hopsack, mother-of-pearl buttons. Made-to-measure from our house pattern block — three fittings.

from $1,850 Made-to-Measure

What we make,
and what it costs.

Four fittings,
one garment.

Step 01

Consultation

An hour at the atelier. We talk occasion, cloth, cut, and calendar. You leave with swatches and a written quote.

Step 02

Cut & baste

Your pattern is drafted by hand. A baste fitting follows in two weeks — the skeleton of the garment, in plain cloth.

Step 03

Forward fitting

The garment, nearly finished. Sleeves set, collar attached. We mark, you move, we adjust. The crucial fitting.

Step 04

Delivery

Final fitting, pressed and bagged. Your pattern is filed in our cabinet — ready for the next garment, years from now.

"A suit is forty-eight hours of someone's life. We try to make them good hours."
Salvatore Rea, founder — 1962

Come by the atelier.

Fittings are by appointment, Tuesday through Saturday. Use the form, or stop by the Garth Road studio during workshop hours. We answer every enquiry within one business day.

Atelier
241 Garth Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583
Workshop Hours
Tue–Fri 10–6 · Sat 10–4 · Sun–Mon closed
Enquiries

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