The Journal — Power Dressing

Commissioning a custom suit as a woman is not a niche or unusual request. It is simply the act of obtaining a tailored garment made to your specific measurements, in fabric you have chosen, with the construction and details that serve how you actually dress. The process at Vestium NY is straightforward — and for women who have experienced how poorly RTW tailored clothing typically fits, it is also clarifying.

The women's tuxedo is not a formal suit with a bow tie. It is a specific garment with its own history and vocabulary, one that has moved from the avant-garde to the standard of confident formal dressing for women over the past century — slowly at first, and in recent decades with accelerating clarity.