Larry Custom Tailor

My Larry is so nice. He is an old school tailor and has been making suits for people like Jackie Gleason back in the day. It was a bit hard convincing him To do a «European fit» as opposed to traditional but once physically put the pants on and showed him he did it exactly like I wanted. I had him hymn and taper my pants and he did it the right way. He took equal amounts of both the inseam and outer edges that way the crease in the middle. The quality looks great and and he did all of this within a few hours. His shop is very small and basic but his attention to detail made up for it.

Really nice guy but I got my selvedge raw denim hemmed there (specifying to preserve the red chain stitched hem) and it’s a nightmare of a hem.
The red chain stitch was discarded in lieu of two different colored threads (gold and blue), there are loose threads everywhere, the inseam isn’t stitched properly into the hem, and he sewed the selvedge shut.
Attached pictures of the hem job. Since the chainstitch has been discarded, I have to take it to a denim specialist now. I hate leaving bad Unilocal reviews for small business owners, but I really would like to prevent someone else to receiving service like this.

Larry is one of the kindest people you will ever meet. And he did an incredible job fixing my suit, despite being butchered by a previous tailor, in time for my wedding.
Very honest, very talented, highly recommended.

I had a jacket altered here– sleeve length, shoulders, back– a complicated job! The work is superb and well priced. Larry is an amazing tailor with 30+ yrs of experience. This was a Hugo Boss jacket with lots of small details that he matched perfectly. I am really pleased and plan to send my husband here for all his suiting needs also!

I don’t know much about Larry’s business, his typical client base, or even much about his prices (he let me decide how much to pay him, which I can’t even speculate if that’s his usual practice or because we just got along so well).
What I do know is Larry is a charming, affable, old-​school tailor. By «old-​school» I mean he knows how to sew like your grandmother did — where quality and longevity in your garments matter, and you can see the care given in every stitch.
When you enter his humble, pocket-​sized workshop, the lackluster space may make you doubt your decision. But as you scan the custom made suits and intricate works in progress, and as Larry wastes no time fitting, adjusting, scrutinizing, you can’t help but feel like you’re in good hands and compelled to share stories about your family while you stand there.
I had just purchased a suit jacket at the Express in Herald Square and needed the sleeves to be hemmed ASAP (I had an important event the next morning). By a stroke of luck I ended up at Larry’s, who said he could have it ready in time. I came back at 10 am and there was my jacket. Larry hinted that he had to work late to finish it but he didn’t seem to mind; I can tell he takes pride in doing a thorough job.
I looked at the carefully hand-​stiched seems and the new button placement on the sleeves — perfect. I tried to give him $ 60, but he only took $ 40. Maybe this is expensive for your usual tailoring job at the corner dry cleaners. Maybe this is cheap considering I just had a custom suit-​maker hem my bargain Express jacket overnight. Either way, a good job is always a good deal.