The 10 Best Tailors in Hong Kong (2026)

W.W. Chan & Sons is the most closely reviewed of Hong Kong's Shanghainese bespoke tailors, and one of the few that still cut and make in the city. Chan Wing-wah, trained in Shanghai's "Red Gang" tradition, began making suits in Hong Kong in 1948 and opened his first shop on Cameron Road in 1960; his son Peter Chan took over in 1982. Head tailor Patrick Chu, with the firm since 1986, leads 12 tailors split between the eighth-floor shop on Queen's Road Central and a workshop in Kowloon. The standard jacket is lightly padded, though the shop adapts readily. Permanent Style put suits from $2,300 in 2020. It suits a first serious bespoke commission at well under half the price of London.

The Anthology is the best known abroad of Hong Kong's newer tailoring studios, built around a soft, relaxed line and a strong fabric selection. Buzz Tang, a Hong Kong creative who studied at the London College of Fashion, founded it in 2018 with Andy Chong, a pattern cutter and tailor whose workshop in mainland China makes the clothes. The cut draws on Florentine tailoring: an unpadded, slightly extended shoulder, wide lapels with a low gorge and open quarters. It offers bespoke, made-to-measure and ready-to-wear from a showroom in Central and a shop at K11 Musea, with stores in Taipei and Shanghai. Permanent Style gave bespoke suits from $4,000 in 2026. It suits clients who want an easy, modern suit and accept making in mainland China.

Empire International Tailors is one of the few Tsim Sha Tsui tailors that still cuts and sews every suit in Hong Kong, in a workshop that clients can watch through glass. Anthony Asaf founded the family business in 1983, and his sons Ummad and Azeem have since joined it. Five veteran tailors, led by head cutter Wai, who began at the age of 12, make fully canvassed suits with a slim, tapered line and lightly padded shoulders, in a structured British or softer Italian cut. In 2024 the firm left a shop of about 150 square feet for a larger showroom on Mody Road. Prices are not published. It suits clients who want a Hong Kong-made suit and are prepared to allow two weeks or more for fittings.

A-Man Hing Cheong is the senior name in Hong Kong tailoring: historian York Lo describes it as the city's oldest continuously running tailoring firm. Founded in 1898 on Queen's Road, it took its present name after a 1931 merger and spent 59 years in the Mandarin Oriental's arcade before moving, around 2022, to the nearby Bank of East Asia Building on Des Voeux Road Central. General manager Poon Ying-ko, who joined at 15, still runs the shop in his 80s. The cut is English and conservative, built on a full canvas in mainly Scabal and Holland & Sherry fabrics, and the clients named in print run from Richard Nixon to Li Ka-shing. No prices are published. It suits a traditional business or formal wardrobe.

The Armoury is a menswear shop rather than a tailor, and Permanent Style credits it with bringing many European makers to Hong Kong for the first time. Mark Cho and Alan See opened it on the Pedder Building's third floor in October 2010; since 2023 it has traded from the fifth floor, at the center of the Pedder Arcade, with a second, appointment-only room at the Carlyle Club in Rosewood Hong Kong. Its own tailoring, made by Ring Jacket in Japan, is sold ready-to-wear, made-to-order and made-to-measure by the shop's staff. Bespoke comes only from visiting tailors such as Liverano & Liverano of Florence. Tatler Asia put suits at $1,300 to $7,100 in 2020. It suits buyers who want a soft Italian or Japanese line without a bespoke commission.

Ascot Chang is a shirtmaker first, one of the few in Hong Kong that Permanent Style rates for bespoke shirts, and its suits are a smaller second line. Ascot Chang trained as a shirtmaker in Shanghai, moved to Hong Kong in 1949 and opened a shop under his own name in Tsim Sha Tsui in 1953; his son Tony and grandson Justin have since run the business. By the firm's account, its suit jackets are fully canvassed in wool and camel hair, with moderate padding, a roped shoulder and hand-padded lapels, and each client's paper pattern is kept. Suits cost from about $1,800 (2020 figure) and take one to two weeks in Hong Kong. It suits a client who already trusts its shirts and wants a quick, fairly priced suit.

Jimmy Chen & Co is a direct link to the Shanghainese tailors who reshaped Hong Kong's trade after 1948, and it still trades from The Peninsula's shopping arcade on Salisbury Road. Jimmy Chen, a native of Pudong, arrived that year and built a business that began at 12A Cameron Road and grew to eight shops; the historian York Lo lists Lyndon Johnson, Clark Gable and William Holden among its clients. Monocle called it one of the city's longest-standing bespoke tailors in April 2026 and reported that its lease in the arcade is secured for life. The firm has no website and publishes no prices, cutters' names or details of where its suits are made. It suits Peninsula guests who value continuity and will check those details in person.

Bonham Strand is a social enterprise as much as a tailor. Jong Lee launched it commercially in 2012, naming it after the Sheung Wan street where it was first based, with the aim of keeping Hong Kong's aging master tailors at work and training young apprentices, including rehabilitated drug users. Reuters counted eight tailors at the firm in 2015. Suits are cut and made in Hong Kong, now at a workshop and showroom on Hollywood Road in Central: a cutter chalks the pattern onto the fabric, and the client returns for at least three baste fittings. The firm publishes no suit prices, and its finished work has had little independent review. It suits clients who want a locally made suit and value the purpose behind it.

Sam's Tailor is Hong Kong's best-known tourist tailor, famous for the photographs of presidents and pop stars on its walls and for a suit made in 24 hours. Narindas Melwani founded it in 1957 on a contract for British Army uniforms, according to the company, and it has traded from Burlington Arcade on Nathan Road ever since. His son Manu, appointed MBE in 2022, and grandson Roshan run the shop; Roshan's videos have built it a large following on TikTok and Instagram. Clients named in the press include Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, David Bowie and Russell Crowe. A two-piece suit starts at about $450 (company figure, 2026). It suits travelers who want a fast, inexpensive suit, and the visit itself, more than refined tailoring.

Jantzen is a Central shirtmaker that also makes suits, valued for speed and price rather than fine handwork. It works from the fifth floor of the On Lok Yuen Building on Des Voeux Road Central and gives 1968 as its founding date. Shirts are the draw: Localiiz (2019) praised the split yoke and long tails, and said a shirt can be ready in two days. For suits it stocks more than 1,000 fabrics and, by its own account, makes them in an in-house factory after a basted fitting; an older HK Magazine listing put a suit at about a week, with two or three fittings. No prices are published. It suits a visitor who wants good-value shirts quickly, with a straightforward suit alongside.