$699.00 USD
A women’s work suit in sharkskin: Super 120s worsted wool with a fine two-tone weave, a single-button jacket and tapered trousers, cut to your measurements on a canvas front and tried first as a free cotton test suit.
Already know what you want? Browse women’s bespoke tailoring or message us. Every piece is custom made to your measurements, with a free test garment first.
Follow these simple steps to ensure your custom garment fits you perfectly. All you need is a flexible measuring tape.
Measure across your back from the edge of one shoulder to the edge of the other, keeping the tape flat.
Measure from the edge of your shoulder, along the outside of your relaxed arm, to your desired sleeve length.
Measure around the armhole where the sleeve joins the body. Pass the tape from the top of the shoulder, under the armpit, and back to the starting point. Keep the tape comfortably snug. Measure over a lightweight shirt or close-fitting clothing, keeping your arm relaxed at your side.
With muscles relaxed, measure around the fullest part of your upper arm. Keep the tape snug with room for one finger.
Wrap the measuring tape around your wrist bone, where a watch would sit. Keep the tape snug but not tight. Leave room for one finger between the tape and your wrist for comfort
Measure from the highest point of the shoulder, next to the neck, over the fullest part of the bust, and straight down to your desired garment length. Continue to the desired hem for the garment you are ordering, whether it’s a shirt, jacket, blazer, coat, or full-length coat.
Measure around the base of your neck where a collar would sit, keeping the tape level with room for one finger.
Stand straight with your arms relaxed. Wrap the tape around the fullest part of your bust, keeping it level and snug with room for a finger.
Measure around the narrowest part of your waist, typically above the belly button. Keep the tape level with room for one finger.
Stand with your feet together and measure around the widest part of your hips and seat. Keep the tape level with room for one finger.
Measure around your waist where you normally wear the waistband of your pants or skirts. Keep the tape level with room for one finger.
Measure around the fullest part of your upper thigh, keeping the tape snug with room for one finger.
Measure around your ankle or the width of the trouser hem on a well-fitting pair of pants (flat, across x2).
Measure from the top of your waistband down the outside of your leg to the point where you want the trouser hem to finish.
Measure from the highest point of the crotch down the inside of your leg to the same hem point used for the trouser length measurement.
Women’s Measuring Guide
All you need is a flexible measuring tape, a mirror, and ideally a friend to help with the shoulder and back measurements. Wear close-fitting clothing so the tape sits against your body, stand naturally with your weight even on both feet, and keep the tape level and snug with room for one finger. Below is every measurement we may ask for. You do not have to get each number perfect: we send a free test garment before cutting your final cloth, so the fit is confirmed on your body first.
Stand straight with your arms relaxed and wrap the tape around the fullest part of your bust, keeping it level and snug with room for one finger.
Measure around the narrowest part of your waist, usually just above the belly button, keeping the tape level with room for one finger.
Measure around the area where you normally wear your trousers or skirts, keeping the tape level with room for one finger.
Stand with your feet together and measure around the widest part of your hips and seat, keeping the tape level.
Measure around the fullest part of your upper thigh, keeping the tape snug with room for one finger.
Sit down and measure from your natural waist at the front, down between your legs to the seat, to capture the rise for trousers.
Measure from the highest point of the crotch down the inside of your leg to the same hem point used for the trouser length measurement.
Measure from the top of your waistband down the outside of your leg to the point where you want the trouser hem to finish.
Measure across your back from the edge of one shoulder to the edge of the other, keeping the tape flat.
Measure from the edge of your shoulder, along the outside of your relaxed arm, to your desired sleeve length.
With your muscles relaxed, measure around the fullest part of your upper arm, keeping the tape snug with room for one finger.
Measure around the base of your neck where a collar would sit, keeping the tape level with room for one finger.
Measure from the base of your neck down the center back to where you want the jacket to end.
Measure from your natural waist for a skirt, or from the shoulder for a dress, down to your desired hem.
Every garment is made to your measurements with no standard sizing, and a free test garment confirms the fit on your body before we cut your final cloth. Bust, waist, hips, thighs, rise, inseam, shoulders, sleeve, and length, all cut to you.
Questions & Answers
Measurements taken? Browse women’s bespoke tailoring, or message us with your numbers and any questions. We build the free test garment first to confirm the fit on your body, and it is yours to keep.
Free test garment first
Before we cut your chosen cloth, we make a test version of your garment in cotton, cut from the same pattern, and send it to you free. You try it on and tell us what to change. Only after you approve the fit do we make the final piece. The test garment is yours to keep.
See how it works ↓6–8 weeks
This is the full production time across two stages. Your test garment takes 3 to 4 weeks to make. Once you approve the fit, your final garment takes another 3 to 4 weeks. Shipping is tracked and comes after production.
See how it works ↓The Suit
A women’s work suit tends to be bought as a uniform: plain navy or black, worn three days a week, forgotten. A sharkskin suit is a quiet way out of that. From across a room it reads as a solid color; up close the weave shows a fine two-tone texture that shifts as you move, so the suit stays professional without becoming a boring work suit.
This women’s sharkskin suit is cut from Super 120s, 100% worsted wool woven in a sharkskin weave. The jacket closes with a single button at the natural waist over tapered trousers, both made to your measurements, and you wear a free cotton test suit at home before the wool is cut.
Price: $699 for jacket and trousers Cloth: Super 120s, 100% worsted wool, sharkskin weave Lining: jacket fully lined, lining chosen in the selector Fit: slim, standard or relaxed in the selector Test suit: free, yours to keep Care: dry clean
Free Test Suit
A single-button jacket is held closed at one point, so any mismatch between the bust and the waist shows straight away: the front either strains at the button or opens above it. On a test suit we often move that button or adjust the bust shaping, and we keep the button where the front lies flat. The other correction we see often on women’s suits is in the trousers, where a hip that is fuller at the back than at the front needs room added behind and taken away in front.
When the right fix would change the look, such as an added dart in a clean front, we explain it and you choose: the fit that follows your body exactly, or the line in the photos exactly.
What Is Sharkskin
Sharkskin in wool is a weave, not a material. A sharkskin suit is made of worsted wool woven with alternating light and dark yarns, which builds a tiny stepped pattern on the face of the cloth. That pattern gives sharkskin wool its two-tone luster: the suit looks lighter or darker depending on the angle of the light.
| Made of | Here, 100% worsted wool in Super 120s: smooth, firm yarns spun from long fibers. |
| The look | Solid from a distance, textured close up, with a soft sheen rather than a shine. |
| Wear | A firm, tightly woven cloth that holds a crease in the trousers and resists bagging at the knee. |
| Season | A breathable worsted that wears comfortably year-round in heated and air-conditioned offices. |
Sharkskin suits were a fixture of 1960s menswear, which is why most pictures you will find are of men. The cloth itself has nothing masculine about it, and in a women’s cut it gives a plain work suit more depth than a flat worsted.
The Cloths
These are close-up photos of the actual cloth, so you can see the two-tone weave before you choose. Choose your color in the selector; here are four of the shades on offer.
Slate Blue
A gray-blue where the two-tone effect shows most clearly.
Gray
The classic sharkskin shade, light and silvery in daylight.
Dark Gray
A darker gray for formal offices and interviews.
Black
Reads almost solid black, with a faint texture in the light.
The Cut
| Single button at the natural waist | Marks the narrowest point, so the jacket looks shaped even when worn open. |
| Flap hip pockets and a chest welt pocket | The traditional business suit pockets; the flaps can be tucked in for a cleaner line. |
| Center vent | As the suit back view shows, the vent lets the jacket sit flat over the hips when you sit and move. |
| Four-button working cuffs | Real buttonholes at the sleeve, sewn once your sleeve length is confirmed on the test suit. |
| Tapered trousers | Flat front, slanted pockets, a plain back with no back pockets, and a leg that narrows toward the ankle. |
For a softer weave with a similar sheen see our women’s wool and silk suit, and for a black suit with a little cashmere our women’s black pant suit.
At Work
| Daily office | With a fine knit or a plain blouse, the work suit women can wear three or four days a week without it looking repeated. |
| Presentations and interviews | Dark gray or black sharkskin with a white shirt reads formal and composed. |
| Separates | The jacket over dark trousers or a skirt; the trousers with a sweater on quieter days. |
A working suit for women gets harder use than almost any other garment: daily sitting, commuting and pressing. A tightly woven worsted on a canvas front is what lets this tailor made women’s business suit keep its shape through that. In our experience cheaper suits fail the same way, first the cloth wears or loses its color, then the front and shoulders slip out of shape.
Full Spec
| Cloth | Super 120s, 100% worsted wool in a sharkskin weave; color in the selector |
| Jacket | Single-breasted, one button at the natural waist, notch lapels 2.5 to 3 inches, rounded front hem |
| Jacket construction | Hand-basted canvas front, front darts, armholes stitched by hand, hand-finished buttonholes |
| Pockets | Horizontal hip pockets with flaps, chest welt pocket, two interior pockets |
| Back and sleeves | Center back vent; four-button working cuffs with kissing buttons |
| Buttons | Black horn, hand-stitched and reinforced |
| Trousers | Tapered, flat front, zip fly, button waistband, slanted front pockets, plain back, 1.75 inch belt loops |
| Trouser details | Grip waistband lined in cotton inside; front lined to the knee, extended to the hem on request; 3 inch blind hem finished by hand |
| Fit | Slim, standard or relaxed, then adjusted on the test suit |
| Test suit | Free, cotton jacket and trousers, yours to keep |
| Production | 3 to 4 weeks for the test suit, 3 to 4 weeks for the final suit |
| Delivery | 5 to 10 days after each dispatch, by trackable courier |
| Care | Dry clean the jacket; trousers dry clean recommended |
About Baron
Founded in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2000, Baron Boutique has spent over 25 years creating bespoke garments with a focus on artisanal craftsmanship, dramatic design, and collector-quality tailoring. From cinematic-inspired coats and formalwear to handcrafted cashmere pieces, every garment is made with precision, individuality, and attention to detail.
Today, Baron Boutique operates internationally from Dubai while all bespoke tailoring and garment production remains rooted in the Kathmandu workshop where the brand began.
Our customers come back because the fit is right and we answer emails. Every garment is made by a human tailor whose name we know.
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Choosing the right fit is essential in creating your custom suit. It determines the silhouette and how your test garment will feel before final tailoring.
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Women’s Suit Fit Guide
A suit is judged in seconds and worn for hours, so the fit has to be right in both senses: sharp enough to command a room, and comfortable enough to sit, reach, and move all day. The good news with a custom-made suit is that fit is not a gamble. There are no standard sizes to squeeze into, you tell us the fit you want and your measurements, and we cut the jacket and the trousers or skirt to your body. Before we cut your final cloth we send a free test garment, so the fit is confirmed on you first.
This guide explains the three fits we offer and the points to check so your suit sits the way you want it to.
Step One
Step Two
Every suit is made to your measurements with no standard sizing, in the fit you choose. A free test garment confirms the shoulders, bust, waist, and length on your body before your final cloth is cut, and the test garment is yours to keep.
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