Northcliff Tailors. Fourth and Fifth, Linden. [Since YEAR — to confirm].
Bespoke. Alterations. Outfitting. Walk in Tuesday to Saturday.
Northcliff Tailors has stood on the corner of Fourth Avenue and Fifth Street, in Linden, for [since YEAR — to confirm with the owner]. One door, one window, one workbench inside. The same hands cut your jacket as press your trousers.
Most of our work comes from the next few streets. People walk over from Northcliff, Greenside, Emmarentia, Linden itself. A few drive in from further out because they were sent by a neighbour. The shop has never advertised. We do not plan to start.
We do three things, and only three things. Bespoke garments cut to your measurements. Alterations to clothes you already own. Outfitting, which is the older word for sitting down with somebody and working out what they should wear and from what cloth.
TUE · WED · THU · FRI 09:00–17:00 · SAT 09:00–13:00 · CLOSED SUN, MONPrices are confirmed at the first fitting because every garment is different. The shop quote is the price you pay.
Jackets, suits, shirts, trousers, made to your measurements from cloth you choose with us. Three fittings on a jacket, four on a full suit. The work takes time. The fit is the point.
FROM R____ · PHONE FOR QUOTESleeves shortened. Waists taken in or let out. Trouser hems, jacket vents, shirt collars, dress straps, zips replaced. The thing that makes an off-the-rack jacket finally fit. Ready in three to seven days.
FROM R____ · WALK IN WITH THE GARMENTA conversation more than a transaction. You tell us the occasion, we work through what you should wear, from what cloth, in what cut. Useful before a wedding, a court appearance, a new job, a long-haul trip. No charge for the conversation.
BY APPOINTMENT OR WALK-INTuesday to Saturday, in shop hours. No appointment needed. Bring the garment, or the occasion you are dressing for. We will look at it together and talk you through what the work is and what it costs.
We measure, mark, pin. For bespoke, you will come back for a second and third fitting while the garment is being made. The dates are confirmed at the first visit, not later.
When the work is genuinely done. We phone you when it is ready. Try it on in the shop before you take it home. If there is anything not right, we fix it then.
The shop runs on a Singer treadle machine, an industrial Brother for heavier work, a steam iron, a long cutting table, and a tailor's dummy that has stood in the same corner for years. The cloth comes from a handful of mills we have used since the start. None of this is for show. It is what does the work.
Bring a jacket and we will tell you whether it can be saved, whether it is worth saving, and what it will cost. The honest answer is usually shorter than people expect.
The shop has been on this corner for years. Walk past Linden Park on Fourth, cross over Fifth, the door is on the right. Free street parking on both streets. A bell over the door. The kettle is usually on.
We are at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Fifth Street in Linden, Randburg, 2195. The shop is the cream-painted building on the south corner, under the jacaranda. Street parking on Fifth.