True Body Age is a bespoke men's tailoring house on North 7th Street, Brooklyn. Every garment is hand-cut to your individual measurements by master tailor Edoardo Marchetti — Naples-trained, Savile Row-finished. We make suits, shirts, tuxedos, blazers, overcoats and trousers the old way: by hand, by appointment, one gentleman at a time.
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The atelier was founded in 2016 by Edoardo Marchetti after a decade between Naples — where he apprenticed under a third-generation suitmaker on Via Toledo — and London, where he held the cutter's bench at a Savile Row house specializing in soft-shouldered country tailoring. He moved to Brooklyn to open True Body Age because he believed the borough deserved a bespoke address that did not require a flight to Mayfair or a connection on Madison Avenue.
We work by appointment only. We keep one cutter at the bench, two coatmakers in the back, and a single shirtmaker on the second floor. We do not advertise speed. A first commission takes ten to fourteen weeks from your initial fitting to delivery, and we walk it slowly on purpose — because every step of that timeline corrects an error you would otherwise wear forever.
Each commission begins with measurements, a cloth selection from the library, and a paper pattern drafted only for you. Quoted starting prices reflect the base offering in house cloth; finer mills (Loro Piana, Holland & Sherry, Dormeuil) carry their own surcharge.
A drafted-from-scratch jacket and trouser, full canvas construction, hand-padded lapel, hand-set sleeve, and four working buttonholes worked by needle. Choose from English, Neapolitan, or our quiet Brooklyn-house silhouette.
Drafted to your individual collar, neck, shoulder slope and cuff. Single-needle side seams, mother-of-pearl buttons, removable collar stays in brass. Cottons and linens from Thomas Mason, Albini, and Carlo Riva.
Peak or shawl lapel, satin or grosgrain facing, covered button, jetted pocket, hand-stitched silk braid down the trouser leg. Built for weddings, diplomatic dinners, gala benefits, and the rare evening that earns it.
Single-breasted blazers in hopsack, cashmere, or fresco. Overcoats in covert, polo, ulster, or guards-officer pattern. Cut with the same shoulder language as our suits, in cloths weighted for the New York winter.
Side-tab adjusters or belt loops, single or double reverse pleat, cuffed or plain hem. Cut to your seat and rise — the single most under-tailored garment in the off-the-rack catalog. Standalone or paired with an existing jacket.
Sleeve shortening, taper, seat let-out, lapel re-padding, full re-line, button replacement, moth-hole reweave, trouser cuff re-set. We accept garments built by other houses; we do not accept fused construction.
Bespoke is a sequence, not a transaction. Each fitting catches an error the prior fitting could not see. We do not rush it, because cloth does not forgive impatience.
A 90-minute appointment in the atelier. We discuss the occasion, walk the cloth library, sketch silhouette options, and take twenty-two measurements by hand.
A paper pattern is drafted only for you and stored on file. We cut a calico-cotton muslin (a "baste") and call you back for the first fitting.
The garment is cut in your selected cloth and assembled in the rough. Sleeve pitch, balance, seat, and back length are corrected on your shoulders.
Buttonholes worked, lining set, hems finished, garment pressed. We deliver in a canvas garment bag with care notes and a written commission record.
We keep an in-house library of bunches from the principal English, Italian, and Scottish weavers. A consultation includes an unhurried walk-through with samples drawn for you to handle in daylight at the bench. We carry the seasonal collections from:
Three voices from a body of regular clients we have had the privilege to dress. We do not solicit reviews; these were offered.
Edoardo cut my wedding three-piece in a charcoal sharkskin from Holland & Sherry. Four fittings, no compromise on a single curve, and the trousers held a sharp crease through a long ceremony and a longer reception. I have a closet full of brand-name suits that now feel like rented furniture next to it.
A black-tie commission for a diplomatic event in Washington, on a six-week deadline. The atelier accepted the timeline, drafted a peak-lapel dinner jacket in barathea, and delivered with two days to spare. The shoulder line is the cleanest I have worn — and I have worn a great many.
I commission a rotating set of twelve dress shirts every spring — six poplin, four oxford, two end-on-end. Edoardo's shirtmaker drafts the collar exactly to the way I knot a tie, and the cuffs hit the watch crown without fuss. The pattern has been refined three times across four years; this is what it means to be properly fitted.
Naples (2007 – 2013) · Savile Row (2013 – 2016) · Brooklyn (2016 – present)
Edoardo was born in Salerno and apprenticed at fifteen in a third-generation suit house on Via Toledo, Naples, under the elder Cavaliere of the firm. He spent six years at the cutting bench learning the soft Neapolitan jacket — the unstructured "spalla camicia," the curved barchetta breast pocket, the inside lapel rolled past the second button.
In 2013 he took the cutter's bench at a Savile Row house specializing in country tailoring and soft-shouldered town suits, where he learned to draft the heavier English silhouette and the discipline of the four-fitting commission timeline. Three winters in London is, he says, "where you learn what an overcoat is actually for."
He moved to Brooklyn in late 2015 and opened True Body Age on North 7th Street the following spring, with one shirtmaker, one coatmaker, and a single trial commission booked for May. The atelier has grown carefully since — one additional coatmaker, a shared front-of-house apprentice — and remains intentionally small.
Edoardo is at the bench Tuesday through Saturday. Every commission's pattern carries his initials in the corner of the brown paper.
A bespoke garment is built for a moment. Below are the moments our clients commission for most often — not as a menu, but as a sense of how we plan a timeline and a cloth around a date that matters.
Three-piece, two-piece, or morning suit for the groom; coordinated commissions for the wedding party. Plan sixteen weeks out from the ceremony date for comfortable margin.
Tuxedo with a shawl or peak lapel for galas, charity balls, opera openings, and the rarer formal dinner. Plan twelve weeks out from the event.
A pair of dark worsted suits, a discreet pinstripe, and a rotation of cotton dress shirts. The standard executive wardrobe foundation, refreshed every two to three years.
Sober charcoal or midnight-navy two-pieces for attorneys, judges, and arbitrators. Cut conservatively, faced for ease of movement, and built to be worn often without showing it.
Hopsack blazers, glen-check odd jackets, country tweeds. The most-worn piece in any well-kept wardrobe; we recommend at least one in navy and one in a brown earth tone.
Soft-shouldered Neapolitan jackets in linen and linen-silk-wool blends, paired with custom trousers in cotton or fresco. The least formal of our regular work, and often the most-worn.
A coordinated commission of two to three suits, one tuxedo, an overcoat, and a dozen shirts — built to travel and to be worn under varied climates. Quoted as a single project.
A grandfather's suit, a great-uncle's blazer, an heirloom overcoat. We re-line, re-cut, and refit inherited garments where the construction allows it; the bench has handled more than fifty such commissions.
Every garment that leaves the bench is recorded twice: once on the paper pattern, which carries your name and the date of the cut; and once in the commission ledger, which records cloth bunch, lining, button choice, vent, lapel, pocket detail, and any in-progress note worth keeping. Both records live on file at the atelier under your name.
If you commission a second jacket five years from now and ask for "the same shoulder, but a touch more drape through the chest," we will draft from the original pattern and the ledger note will tell us exactly which version of "the same shoulder" you are remembering. The archive is the difference between bespoke as a one-off purchase and bespoke as a relationship.
Patterns are stored indefinitely. Ledger entries are retained for as long as the relationship continues, plus seven years. On a written request, we will photograph and ship the pattern to a tailor of your choosing in any city, anywhere.
For commissions of four or more — wedding parties, corporate principals, families ordering together — Edoardo travels to your suite, hotel, or office anywhere within the five boroughs and the greater tri-state area. We bring the cloth library in a pair of trunks, set up a temporary fitting bench, and run measurements on site. Travel beyond the metro region is quoted privately.
Inquire by EmailUse the form to request a consultation. We reply within one business day with two to three appointment options. The first consultation runs ninety minutes; bring (or describe) the occasion, any existing garments you want to reference, and a sense of cloth weight and color you are drawn to.
If you prefer the telephone, the line answers Tuesday through Saturday, 11am to 7pm Eastern. If you prefer email, write to the atelier address below — Edoardo reads it personally each evening.
True Body Age Tailoring, LLC
88 N 7th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Williamsburg, second floor (buzzer 2A)
Tuesday — Saturday
11:00am to 7:00pm Eastern
Closed Sunday & Monday
Holidays observed; please call ahead.
Telephone: (718) 555-0193
Email: atelier@truebodyage.org
Privacy inquiries: privacy@truebodyage.org
Six small habits that will extend the life of any commissioned suit by years. We supply the same notes in print at delivery; here they are in advance.
A soft horsehair clothes brush in long, gentle strokes lifts dust and surface fiber before it embeds into the cloth. Two minutes on the shoulders, lapels, and trouser fronts. This single habit reduces dry-cleaning frequency by a factor of three or four.
The hanger should match the shoulder span of the jacket within a centimeter and have a contour that follows the natural curve of the canvas. Wire and thin plastic hangers collapse the shoulder line; we supply a branded hanger with every jacket commission.
A wool jacket needs twenty-four to forty-eight hours of rest between wears so the fibers can release the moisture absorbed during a day of wear and recover their natural memory. Owning two or three rotating suits extends the life of each one substantially.
Most "clean me" instincts are actually "press me" instincts. A skilled hand-press at the atelier or by a trusted local presser refreshes the line of the garment without subjecting the cloth and canvas to the harsh solvents of conventional dry cleaning. We offer hand pressing at the atelier by the garment.
Phones, wallets, and keys left in pockets distort the cloth permanently over time. The pocket bags are sewn flat to the garment for a reason; what you carry is meant to be removed before the suit is hung. A small valet tray on the dresser is the practical solution.
An annual press, button check, and lining inspection at the atelier — included free for any garment built here, and offered at a modest charge for garments we did not build — catches small wear before it becomes structural. Drop the garment in any Tuesday through Saturday; ready in seven to ten days.
We do not pursue press, but we are grateful when it finds us. A short selection of independent mentions in the trade and lifestyle papers across the past three years.
"A quietly serious bespoke house on North 7th Street; the soft Neapolitan shoulder and the Brooklyn sensibility coexist on the rack as if they had always belonged together."
"The kind of small atelier where the cutter actually cuts; you do not see this often outside of Mayfair, and rarely in New York at this price point."
"True Body Age has become a de facto address for diplomatic and legal-sector black tie in the New York region; the work is conservative in the best sense."
Short editorial pieces written by Edoardo across the past year. Read at leisure; bring questions to the consultation.
If the shoulder is wrong, nothing further down the jacket recovers it. The shoulder declares the silhouette before the wearer speaks, before the lapel registers, before the sleeve pitch reads. We spend the largest single portion of cutting time on the shoulder — angle, slope, length, and the soft Neapolitan "spalla camicia" gather where requested.
We offer three shoulder languages at the atelier: a structured English shoulder with a clean roped sleevehead for gentlemen who want presence in the room; a Neapolitan natural shoulder with the sleevehead inset slightly inside the seam for those who prefer a softer line; and our quiet Brooklyn-house version, which sits deliberately between the two and has become the most-commissioned of the three.
Whichever shoulder you choose at the first consultation, expect to revisit it at the forward fitting. The pattern paper does not lie, but neither does the cloth on your actual frame; small corrections of two or three millimeters at the shoulder seam are routine and welcomed.
Most gentlemen who own three or four bespoke suits are still wearing off-the-rack shirts. This is the most common gap in a wardrobe, and the most rewarding to close. A made-to-measure shirt corrects the four points that off-the-rack will not: the collar height around the neck, the shoulder-to-shoulder span, the cuff length to the watch crown, and the side seam under the arm.
For the price of two or three department-store shirts, you can have one made to your collar, your cuff, and the way you actually move. We recommend starting with three: a white poplin, a blue end-on-end, and a slim-stripe oxford. After a master pattern is on file, repeat orders can be telephoned in.
Our shirtmaker works on the second floor of the atelier, single-needle throughout, with split yokes when the cloth has direction, mother-of-pearl buttons fastened with a cross-stitch, and removable brass collar stays. Monogram on the placket or the hem is offered without surcharge.
Every commission is drafted, cut, and supervised by Edoardo from start to finish. The atelier does not subcontract the pattern, and we do not run more than the bench can carry well.
Cloth is quoted at the merchant's wholesale price plus a transparent handling figure. You may bring your own cloth at any time; we will simply waive the cloth line on the invoice.
Every jacket we build is full canvas, hand-padded at the lapel, with a hand-set sleeve and worked buttonholes. We will not sell a fused garment under our label, regardless of the price point.
Faults in cut, stitching, or construction are repaired free for twelve months. We have repaired exactly four such faults in three years; we say so because the number is small, not large.
Your paper pattern lives at the atelier, indexed under your name. If you move cities, we will photograph and ship the pattern to a tailor of your choice on written request.
If we cannot meet your date, we will say so at the consultation rather than at the third fitting. We would rather lose a commission than deliver a rushed garment under our name.
True Body Age Tailoring, LLC ("True Body Age," "the atelier," "we," "us," or "our") operates the website truebodyage.org and the bespoke tailoring atelier at 88 N 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, store, and disclose information about visitors to our website and clients of our atelier.
We collect information you submit to us directly through the consultation request form on truebodyage.org, including your name, email address, telephone number, garment type of interest, occasion, deadline, budget range, cloth preferences, preferred fitting times, and any free-text notes you choose to share. We also collect server-side log information automatically (IP address, browser type, referring URL, page-view timestamps) for security and basic analytics.
If you become a client, we record body measurements during your consultation (chest, waist, seat, sleeve length, shoulder, neck, inseam, outseam, rise, and approximately a dozen finer points). These measurements are filed under your client record at the atelier and are used solely to draft and adjust your garments. We do not share measurement records with any third party. Measurement records are retained for the lifetime of the client relationship and may be deleted at your written request to privacy@truebodyage.org.
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We do not sell, rent, or trade personal information. We share information only with the following categories of trusted partners, and only as strictly required to deliver our service: a payment processor (for invoiced commissions), an email-delivery provider (for appointment confirmations), and our cloth merchants (only the bunch reference codes you select, never your personal details). We do not share your measurement record under any circumstance.
If you are located in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, you have the right to: access the personal data we hold about you; request correction or deletion of that data; object to or restrict processing of your data; receive a portable copy of your data; and lodge a complaint with your supervisory authority. To exercise any of these rights, write to privacy@truebodyage.org. We will respond within thirty days.
If you are a California resident, you have the right under the California Consumer Privacy Act to: know what personal information has been collected about you; know whether your personal information is sold or disclosed (it is not sold); say no to the sale of personal information (we do not sell); access your personal information; request deletion; and not be discriminated against for exercising any of these rights. To exercise any of these rights, write to privacy@truebodyage.org.
Consultation-form submissions that do not progress to a commission are retained for twelve months and then deleted. Client records (including measurements, commission history, and invoicing) are retained for the duration of the relationship plus seven years for tax and warranty-claim purposes, after which they are securely destroyed.
We use industry-standard administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your information, including TLS encryption in transit, encrypted-at-rest databases, access controls limited to the atelier principals, and secure offsite backup. No internet transmission is fully secure; we do not guarantee absolute security and you submit information to us at your own risk.
truebodyage.org is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under the age of 16. If you believe a minor has submitted information, contact privacy@truebodyage.org and we will delete the record.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "last updated" date at the top of this document will reflect any change. Substantive changes will be communicated to active clients by email.
For any privacy question or to exercise any right described above, write to:
True Body Age Tailoring, LLC
Attn: Privacy
88 N 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211
privacy@truebodyage.org
These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern the use of truebodyage.org and the commissioning of bespoke tailoring services from True Body Age Tailoring, LLC, a New York limited liability company with its principal place of business at 88 N 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211. By using this website or commissioning a garment from True Body Age, you agree to these Terms.
True Body Age provides bespoke and made-to-measure men's tailoring, including suits, dress shirts, tuxedos, blazers, overcoats, trousers, and alterations of garments. All garments are produced by hand at our Brooklyn atelier under the direction of master tailor Edoardo Marchetti.
Initial consultations are by appointment. A consultation does not constitute a commission; no obligation arises until you and the atelier have signed a written commission record specifying garment, cloth, silhouette, and price.
Standard lead times are: ten to fourteen weeks for a first bespoke suit; six to eight weeks for shirts after a master pattern is on file; eight to twelve weeks for tuxedos and overcoats; two to three weeks for alterations. Lead times are estimates and are subject to cloth availability, fitting cadence, and seasonal volume. Rush production may be available at a surcharge.
A 50% deposit is collected at cloth selection and is non-refundable once cloth has been cut for your commission, because the cloth is committed to you specifically and cannot be returned to the merchant. Cancellation before cloth is cut is fully refundable. The 50% balance is due at the delivery fitting. Accepted payment forms include credit card, bank transfer (ACH or wire), and certified check.
A standard bespoke commission includes the consultation, a baste/forward fitting, a second forward fitting (if required by the cutter's judgment), and a delivery fitting. Adjustments identified at any of these fittings are included at no additional charge. Adjustments requested after the delivery fitting that arise from changes in the wearer's measurements over time, alterations made by another tailor, or post-delivery damage are billed at our standard alteration rates.
We accept third-party garments for alteration subject to construction inspection. We do not work on fused-construction (glued canvas) garments. Alterations are quoted on inspection and are billed in full at delivery. Garments left unclaimed for more than ninety days after completion may be charged a storage fee.
Every bespoke garment is warranted against fault in cut, stitching, or construction for twelve months from delivery. Warranty repairs are performed at no charge. The warranty does not extend to fair wear, accidental damage, dry-cleaning damage, or alterations made by a third party. After the warranty period, we are happy to repair our garments at standard alteration rates.
We supply care notes with every commission. Hand pressing, brushing, and proper rotation extend a bespoke garment's life by years; we recommend dry cleaning only when strictly necessary. Damage caused by improper cleaning is excluded from warranty.
All website content, photography, copy, the True Body Age name, and any visual marks are the property of True Body Age Tailoring, LLC and may not be reproduced without written permission. Patterns drafted for individual clients are retained on file at the atelier and are licensed for the production of garments commissioned by that client; the underlying drafting work product remains the intellectual property of the atelier.
You agree not to: scrape the site by automated means; submit false information through the consultation form; attempt to compromise the security of our systems; or use the site for any unlawful purpose.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, True Body Age Tailoring, LLC and its principals will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the website or any commission. Our total liability for any direct damages connected with a commission is limited to the amount actually paid by you for that commission.
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless True Body Age Tailoring, LLC from any claim arising out of your use of the website or a breach of these Terms.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles. Any dispute arising under these Terms shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Kings County, New York, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.
Before filing any formal proceeding, the parties agree to attempt good-faith resolution by direct discussion for at least thirty days. Failing that, the parties may proceed to mediation through a mutually agreed mediator in Kings County before any litigation.
We may modify these Terms from time to time by posting an updated version on this page. Continued use of the site or commissioning of new work after a change constitutes acceptance of the modified Terms.
If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force and effect.
Because every bespoke commission is built individually for a single named client, the following provisions apply specifically to bespoke and made-to-measure garments and supplement the general clauses above:
Wedding parties, family commissions, and corporate group orders are scheduled under a single principal-client contract. The principal client is responsible for collecting deposits and balances from individual party members and for coordinating fitting attendance. The atelier will not invoice individual party members separately under a group commission unless explicitly arranged in writing in advance.
For traveling-tailor visits within the New York metropolitan region, transportation is included in the commission price for parties of four or more garments. Travel beyond the metro region is quoted privately and may include lodging and per diem charges. Cancellation of an off-site visit within seventy-two hours of the scheduled date may incur a fixed travel-cancellation fee.
True Body Age Tailoring, LLC
88 N 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Telephone: (718) 555-0193
Email: atelier@truebodyage.org
Registration: NY-LLC-77302985