Cloth first
We buy from mills we have visited: Biella for worsteds, Huddersfield for flannel, and a small linen weaver outside Milan. Nothing is chosen from a swatch book alone.
The house
A tailoring house built on one idea: the suit should disappear.
Baguta was founded in New York in 2016 by two cutters who were tired of suits that photographed well and wore badly. We make a small number of models, refine them slowly, and fit them properly.
Craftsmanship
What we mean by made properly
Half-canvassed bodies, hand-set sleeves, and a finishing standard that survives more than one season.
One block, many bodies
Every suit starts from the same house block, then is adjusted to the wearer. The result is consistency without uniformity.
Repair, not replace
We keep the patterns and the cloth. A Baguta suit can be re-cut, re-lined, and re-finished years after it leaves the atelier.
The atelier
Fittings take place at 18 Mercer Street, New York. The room is quiet, the mirror is honest, and the appointment lasts about an hour.
- Address
- 18 Mercer Street
New York, NY 10013