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"FacebookPinterestFacebookPinterestFacebookPinterestFacebookPinterestFacebookPinterestFacebookPinterestFacebookPinterestFacebookPinterestFacebookPinterestFacebookPinterestFacebookPinterest\n\nIn the back of the pine-clad shop you'll find the good-fitting and rugged assortment of suit jackets and button down shirting. You'll also find Riki Bryan, the blonde bearded, tattooed shop manager. With a smooth Texan voice and the right way to talk about menswear, Bryan never makes you feel like you're getting into some costume.\n\n Bryan moved out from New York last April to open and run the shop. And with good reason. \"I'm more fitting for S.F. than LES. I'm less buttoned up,\" he says, clad in a vintage Hawaiian shirt and drinking from a coconut while a Studio One compilation plays on the turntable. With Riki's help, FSC was the optimal place for me to get my first made-to-measure suit, that spirit I can easily relate to, having recently traded the fast-paced and buttoned-up culture of the northeast for the golden promises and perpetually mellow lifestyle of coastal California.\n\n I showed up to my first appointment with Riki and local tailor Roberto Hernandez. After chewing the fat on everything from the 13th Floor Elevators to Bay sailing, we talked shape and measurements. Hernandez took a series of 25 measurements and Riki told me the four basic fit options: the Standard, the Slim, The Foreman, and the J4. I chose the Slim.\n\n Then onto fabrics. To narrow down all my options Riki asked me three questions: What do you already have? Nada, aside from a couple of off-the-shelf jackets. Is it for a special occasion? No, but I would want to be able to wear it to a friend's wedding or a girlfriend's brother's bar mitzvah. When will you wear it? Whenever and wherever\u2014no seasonal restrictions, just passable to let me enter any door, whether the Dolphin Club holiday party or a meeting in an ecutive suite. I wanted a suit that I can wear with as little effort and as much comfort as Levi's.\n\n From this Riki gave me three options for the fabric\u2014I ended up picking a versatile 10 oz. dark grey wool fabric, a \"Northern California weight\" Riki assured, one that can be worn without worry from S.F.'s ever-shifting microclimates. This way I could have a versatile suit wearable roughly 10 months out of year for almost any occasion.\n\n Within the other options I went with oxhorn buttons, a 2.5'' lapel with a buttonhole, flap pockets, black stitching for the buttonholes and a black silk and canvas combo for the liner. Riki filled out the card with my choices and measurements and sent it off to be constructed at the famed Martin Greenfield Clothiers in New York. Simple. Done.\n\n A few weeks later I returned, this time to cold cans of Tecate and a Terry Reid record. I tried on my new suit and it felt incredible. The jacket slipped over my shoulders and fit perfectly. Hernandez took a few more measurements for the finishing touches\u2014he marked where the buttons and hand stitched buttonholes would go, measured how much he could take off the waist, sleeve, and pant hem. Less than a week later, I had my suit.\n\n In the end I had a very handsome staple suit, made with beautiful fabrics and subtle details, made by a name I could trust. Ultimately, what sets it apart is not the suit itself but the Freemans experience. This isn't your father's tailor shop\u2014this is for a new generation of prospectors and young professionals that populate this western frontier. \u2014Jay Carroll"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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