Gender Neutral Suits: Custom Clothing for Nonbinary People

In addition to serving our male and female communities, we feel it's important that we distinguish ourselves as providing our services to androgynous and gender non-conforming people as well. At Watson Ellis, one of our main priorities is to offer premium custom suiting options to everyone, that includes our gender-nonconforming communities. We're not saying this to fill some kind of niche or be politically correct either. We're saying it because we are truly striving to create an equal opportunity company and environment that makes everyone feel totally welcome. 

When it comes to thinking about custom wear as a gender-nonconforming person, it's important to keep in mind that at Watson Ellis we can truly match the fit of your suit to your body image preferences. For instance, we can accommodate for busts, or not, and we can even conceal your curves (if you wish) without making you look like a box! OR if you are a trans female, there are certain tricks we can do to accentuate the hips and narrow the shoulders. 

(Pictured: all suits we have actually made ourselves at Watson Ellis)

Of course, these body shape generalizations are exactly that - generalizations arrived at after years of experience fitting men’s and women’s bodies. In reality, we know that every body is beautifully unique, which is why we have to assess your fit in person. 

In terms of design for gender-nonconforming people, it's also important to note that from the ground up we have built Watson Ellis as a androgynous company. We love androgynous clothing in general - that is, clothes that don't fit neatly into either polarized gender categories. In terms of our style and fabric guides, we don't separate the fabrics / buttons / trim into what is more feminine or masculine. By design, everything we have works for both sexes. In our view that's how it should be - no more fashion rigidity, and much more fashion fluidity. 

So if you're a gender-nonconforming person in the market for a custom suit, tuxedo, shirts or winter coat, please consider Watson Ellis. We love to think (and will stand by it) that we not only make the best custom wear in NYC, but the best androgynous custom wear as well. What you will find at Watson Ellis, as a gender-nonconforming person, is a welcoming, judgment-free (unless we're talking style judgments, that is) environment where your style choices and creativity in custom design are enabled to flourish. Please consider scheduling an obligation-free call to chat with Melissa, our designer and founder, and better familiarize yourself with our process.