Behind the scenes of 3 NYC tailors dressing Wall Street

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.

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

"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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

"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."

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