Behind the scenes of 3 NYC tailors dressing Wall Street

Michael Andrews opened Michael Andrews Bespoke in 2006.
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Wall Street’s tailors keep New York City’s financiers looking sharp and professional.
Some have been tailors most of their lives, while others are comparatively new to the trade.
Here’s an inside look at the businesses that dress Wall Street.

A custom suit is the signature look on Wall Street, and it’s New York’s tailors who keep the city’s bankers, stockbrokers, and lawyers looking sharp.

Some of these businesses have been city fixtures for decades, while others are newer arrivals that have quickly built reputations in the finance world.

Here’s a look behind the scenes at three of the tailor shops that serve Wall Street, and who owns them.

Jonathan Sigmon is the proprietor of Alan Flusser Custom, which he took over from a Wall Street legend.

Since the mid-1980s, Alan Flusser’s shop near East 48th Street and Fifth Avenue has been a fixture for Wall Street clients. Flusser designed the wardrobes of the iconic movies “Wall Street” and “American Psycho.”

When Flusser retired in 2020, Sigmon, who had previously worked for Suitsupply, took the reins.

He described the house style to Business Insider as relaxed and “guided by proper proportions meant to flatter the individual” rather than trends.

Israel Zuber is the second-generation proprietor of LS Mens Clothing.

LS Mens Clothing on West 45th Street and Sixth Avenue is a family business that first opened in 1954.

Zuber has been a tailor since the 1980s.

“I’ve been doing this for 42 years,” Zuber told Business Insider.

In his decades-long career, he’s observed some notable shifts in styles.

“People are dressing thinner,” he said. “They’re dressing thinner in the arms — even the conservative people, the business people.”

The owner of Michael Andrews Bespoke got into tailoring after a career in corporate law.

Before opening Michael Andrews Bespoke, Andrews trained as an engineer and later worked as a corporate attorney. Required to wear a suit daily, he said he struggled to find off-the-rack options that met his standards.

He started having custom suits made, and went on to study tailoring.

Andrews opened his first shop 20 years ago.

Suit shop — Michael Andrews Bespoke has locations in NoHo and Chelsea.
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He launched the business in 2006, and the flagship is store on Great Jones Alley in NoHo, between Broadway and Lafayette. The newer store is on West 20th Street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues.

The company offers in-home appointments across the city and, during the summer months, in the Hamptons.

Suit tailoring books — Michael Andrews Bespoke offers at-home appointments.
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It also has locations in Washington. D.C., Miami, and soon London.

“The vast majority of our clients are either investment bankers, finance guys, private equity, your typical New York finance guy, or lawyers who, to a large degree, service the financial industry,” Andrews told Business Insider.

Rising demand for alterations led the tailor shop to hire more staff.

Suit tailor shop — Tailor shops in NYC saw an increase in demand for alterations in 2025.
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In 2024, Michael Andrews Bespoke employed three new full-time and two part-time tailors.

Rising demand for alterations led the business to hire a further two staff members in NYC the following year, bringing the total to four full-time and three part-time tailors in 2025.

The tailors said they have been especially busy recently, which they attribute to GLP-1s like Ozempic.

“We’ve had dozens of clients bring back entire wardrobes,” Andrews told Business Insider. “For a couple of clients, it’s 20 to 40 pieces that we’ve had to take in because they’ve lost 20 to 30 pounds.”

Sigmon and Zuber also told Business Insider that demand for alterations, mostly take-ins, is growing as Wall Street clients’ waistlines shrink.

As Andrews put it, “the Ozempic effect is real.”

Read more about how GLP-1s are reshaping Wall Street.

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