the House Of Gentlemen

This is the blog where THE HOUSE is going to start. An entrepreneurship spirit of how a business idea is going to be created. Thus, the ultimate goal is to become a global brand. A GLOBAL CUSTOMIZATION FASHION WEAR.

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Monday, December 31, 2007

Hugo Boss Comparison





Went to HUGO BOSS outlet lately to look for more inspiration to come out with trendy shirts....the price is extremely overrated. A shirt of the same quality of what I am tailoring for my clients are price much higher..... lol.. mayb I should charged higher haha.. cos mine is tailored theirs is off the shelves..
Ok back to normal.. theirs are branded to say the least........ Is it worth.?
Look at my earlier posting, u shall see some of the shirts pictures which THE HOUSE have come out with ......

Saturday, December 29, 2007

Shirts Ready!!




Wednesday, December 26, 2007

........Handling with Misconception

Lately, some of my friends have commented on my pricing and structure. That means my friends are paying attention to my stuff..

Common question... (Again and Again)
1) G2000, Giodano, or Departmental Stores Sell at 50bucks why yours is S$80???
Pls read my earlier entry ...http://thehouseofgentlemen.blogspot.com/2007/10/next-leap-question-and-answer.html
THE HOUSE IS A TAILORING FIRM, NOT A READY MAKE COMPANY!
Setting price is an aspect of branding and standards. I would prefer setting standard to be sort of like high end tailoring companies or branded retail outlets. Obviously, I can’t match their well know prestige brand. My tactics will be using value added services like customize service, in house service. Not to mention quality fabric and make to measure. I can assure you that no such tailor in Singapore won't charge cheaper than my firm during our promotional period. Between 80 and 100 is still considered cheap in Singapore.

2) Is there discount can it be cheaper??
Yes, I can charge cheaper if you order in bulk. I can't simply reduce jus by making one shirt.. I am not trying to sell massive sales.. I am not David Jones or CK Tang. I want my customer to come back to me cos of quality fabric and workmanship not because I am cheap. ( Is like you buy Japan products for their quality, and Thailand for cheap stuff....LV bags are famous for their quality, so if u want cheap LV bags then u go get it from Thailand. Same reason goes for shirt tailoring, u can get each for S$25 tailored shirts in Thailand)

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Merry Xmas to ALL

Tonight is the first time in my life I am staying at home on Christmas eve.. Watching the cable channel.. at home.. luckily we did have cable channels else I will be bored to death..

Last few days, I manage to get my first ever customer based on recommendation. Word of Mouth really works .. which seems my market plan seems to be on the right track.. I am soooo happy .. Well at least something seems to get going..

Shirts with little details make abit different than those off the shelves.... Trying out on simple details pattern on a shirt below..

Looks like Hugo Boss or Raoul shirts..


The below showcases the differences.. in small details

The above shows cuff with slanted strips instead of the normal straight pattern

Collars that are going straight downwards.. and the back where the strips meets

A little changes comes along with a different 'feel', and only tailored shirts will do on little details...

Ready make clothes off the shelves only wants to boost sales with massive discount.. cos who will care about u after all u might not even be their repeated customers..

FACT: "Understanding Customers"


Thursday, December 20, 2007

一個有夢想的人.... 追夢人

我承認我是一個有夢的人, 一個很想實現夢想的人, 一個拼命追求自己完美的人.
不管成功或失敗我都願意接受, 因為這就是我的夢.

得不到想要的夢是很殘忍的, 是很可怕的..因為這個理由我才會更珍惜失去過的東西

就像愛情的世界里, 得到你想要的愛人是美好的, 得不到卻是很傷心的.
就好像死在戰場上, 流了血, 流了淚. 你所付出的一切卻換來一场空...

我選擇奮鬥在戰場上, 因為我知道我流的血, 流的淚是值得的.

我要完成我的愛情夢, 完成我的職業夢, 完成我人生的夢.

我要奮鬥....


Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Pricing...

Time to comment on my Pricing Structure..
Right now as I have just started out doing .. my pricing structure will be

JUST ONLY S$80 BUCKS for each shirt ..

this promotional price will only last for first 6mths..... till end of MAY 2008

Remember!!!!regardless of whatever design.. whatever fabric u choose

Clients who are interested to get a tailored make shirt ..can book me for time slot via
msn: tiatium@hotmail.com


I will arrage a place where we can meet up and discuss your requirements.... cos I DON"T HAVE A STOREFRONT.. jus my site..

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Shirts use in Fashion Shoot

Last few days ago, The House was having their first ever fashion shoot. The outcome of the pictures is jus average.. so.. after much consideration we decided to have another shoot probably jus the product itself..
I haven get those pictures of the shoot.. and since I can't wait, I start to take pics at home.. and share some of it with my readers.


I came across this article at home.. and decided to take it down n share it with readers... Well this checked shirts is jus a normal shirt to me.. Readers can contact me and I can get this tailored to u at a promotional price. This is more worth than buying off the shelves at >S$100. MONEY BACK GUARANTEE IF THE SHIRTS DOESN'T 'FIT' U!.. msn:tiatium@hotmail.com let me know..
The Outcome










Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Interesting Stuff that I read on another blog

I came across this interesting stuff from Claudia Blog .. After reading this u would say.. come on gals wake up yr fuxxing dream.. lol..

Title: What should I do to marry a rich guy?

I’m going to be honest of what I’m going to say here. I’m 25 this year. I’m very pretty, have style and good taste. I wish to marry a guy with $500k annual salary or above. You might say that I’m greedy, but an annual salary of $1M is considered only as middle class in New York . My requirement is not high. Is there anyone in this forum who has an income of $500k annual salary? Are you all married? I wanted to ask: what should I do to marry rich persons like you? Among those I’ve dated, the richest is $250k annual income, and it seems that this is my upper limit. If someone is going to move into high cost residential area on the west of New York City Garden ( ? ) , $250k annual income is not enough.

I’m here humbly to ask a few questions:
1) Where do most rich bachelors hang out? (Please list down the n ame s and addresses of bars, restaurant, gym)
2) Which age group should I target?
3) Why most wives of the riches is only average-looking? I’ve met a few girls who doesn’t have looks and are not interesting, but they are able to marry rich guys
4) How do you decide who can be your wife, and who can only be your girlfriend? (my target now is to get married)

Ms. Pretty



Here’s a reply from a Wall Street Financial guy:

Dear Ms. Pretty,


I have read your post with great interest. Guess there are lots of girls out there who have similar questions like yours. Please allow me to analyze your situation as a professional investor. My annual income is more than $500k, which meets your requirement, so I hope everyone believes that I’m not wasting time here.

From the standpoint of a business person, it is a bad decision to marry you. The answer is very simple, so let me explain. Put the details aside, what you’re trying to do is an exchange of “beauty” and “money”: Person A provides beauty, and Person B pays for it, fair and square. However, there’s a deadly problem here, your beauty will fade, but my money will not be gone without any good reason. The fact is, my income might increase from year to year, but you can’t be prettier year after year.

Hence from the viewpoint of economics, I am an appreciation asset, and you are a depreciation asset. It’s not just normal depreciation, but exponential depreciation. If that is your only asset, your value will be much worried 10 years later By the terms we use in Wall Street, every trading has a position, dating with you is also a “trading position”. If the trade value dropped we will sell it and it is not a good idea to keep it for long term – same goes with the marriage that you wanted. It might be cruel to say this, but in order to make a wiser decision any assets with great depreciation value will be sold or “leased”. Anyone with over $500k annual income is not a fool; we would only date you, but will not marry you. I would advice that you forget looking for any clues to marry a rich guy. And by the way, you could make yourself to become a rich person with $500k annual income. This has better chance than finding a rich fool.


Hope this reply helps.

Signed, J.P. Morgan

Camera Lights & Ready!!

Shooting for my catalogue starts tomorrow.. Now I am busy getting all the stuff in order ensuring everything is in place.. Can't wait for tomorrow to arrive... Shooting start from 2pm... I need to teach the models how to pose and what image I am gonna look for getting shirts ready for shooting getting almost everything in the right order...

Uncle I am ..

Baby Boy .. but not mine.. is my nephew.. .. Congrats to my brother who have become a father..
Looking at this little kid in our house.. I realize I am getting older..

Thursday, December 6, 2007

Quality versus Mass Making...

I was with my dad shopping for socks while in KL.. KLCC Petronas Twin Tower.. As usual, we always saw some fabric that looks similiar but of lower quality fabric ...... I decided to take a shot of it and show to my readers that we have the same design of what u see in departmental store.. My dad say..' 他们的都是蓝交布'.. .. If you know what I trying to interpret u should know what I mean .. Are you paying for quality or brand??.. .. Its up to consumer to decide paying for S$80+ for a tailored shirt that fits u or .. S$80+ for the brand u think that fits u?





This pic is from my earlier blog entry http://thehouseofgentlemen.blogspot.com/2007/10/house-of-pink.html

Label Sample

Heres a copy of my label which I managed to get it today .. theres some error so i gonna get them to redo and fix that minor problem before it becomes big

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Thoughts...

My thoughts..
When u are about to start something big, people will say lao jiao stuff (critise) at u.. when u make it there people will pour yr lan pa (say nice things at u).... these are the norm in the human world..

I have to admit that I have never been that successful in my life. On the other hand, cos of all these unsuccessful events that happened to make me learn to be a stronger person in whatever things I wanna do...

My failure
Retain in secondary one
I was dame sad at the age of 13... why this dame unlucky thing happen to me. I cried home when I recieved the results from my form teacher..how am I going to face my parents.. face my relatives face my friends..

The real demoralising feeling came when I saw my friends going to the next stage while I am still stuck...

Seeing the one you like yet so far away
This story is really heart aching.. I like this gal her name was xxx .. I beta not say who she is .. she was the first gal in my life that I bought roses to. I remembered the day when I brought the 3 purple roses to her block onthat v.day.. waiting at her block downstairs giving her purple roses.. so paisei holding the roses when the neighbourhood people saw this tall skinny guy standing there holding those roses.. (that time i really bo chee.. but i dunno why jus bringing roses to her place i wu ji.. )

After we graduate from sec sch.. we still remind in contact..... but too bad we always got no time for each other as our path are different.. so when i knew that she got a bf .. heartache la.. ( I know she might read this blog.. but I will wish her all the best 愛一個人不一定要擁有那個人..)

I learnt from this that u have to treasure whatever things u have.. Will always treat the next person to my utimate best..

So u can see 6yrs primary sch.. 6yrs sec sch.. lucky 3 yrs in poly and 1.5yrs uni. if i make it 6 all the way .. wa i really can go heaven beta.

What really matter most in my life now is to treasure what I have now and excel towards my dream.. and proving to myself that I have really done my best. .....
As years goes on, the time will come for me to close my eyes for my soul to depart my aching body resting in the coffin.. thinking of what I have really achieved and done my very best!!

Malaysia Trip from 27/11 to 3/12

In KL
Been here for a week..going and seeing places with my dad. Oh ya.. the best thing in this trip was to visit a tailoring factory at Butterworth near Penang. It was a huge factory...with alot of department. I have never expect a tailoring firm to have such a
big factory that do mass customisation. Heres a pic
It was really an eye-opener...I want to own my own factory one day if i really want to become a global brand..
Malaysia, Batam or even Thailand will be an ideal location for factory as cost and manpower is an advantage.

Well, this coming week will be a fashion shoot.

Been starting to make my own sample book and accepting orders really soon.. Stricly by appointments only.

Poly Mates



Recently, I met up with my poly mates at Rachel birthday party....
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