MICHEL'S BESPOKE
MADE IN CANADA
AUTHENTIC BESPOKE TAILORING​
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MICHEL’S BESPOKE offers a private approach to bespoke tailoring, with each garment cut and sewn by hand in our Toronto atelier.
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Through a series of private fittings, we design garments around your measurements, posture, preferences, and the way you intend to wear them.
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Choose from a considered selection of fine wools, cottons, cashmeres, silks, linens, and rare blends. Collars, pockets, buttons, linings, and finishing details are selected with guidance, ensuring each choice serves the garment and the individual.
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Create bespoke shirts, suits, jackets, trousers, and outerwear that move with ease and reflect your character. Each piece is made for you alone.
WEDDINGS
SARTORIAL SPLENDOR
ONE-OF-A-KIND ENSEMBLES FOR THE DAY IT MATTERS MOST​
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Experience the world of MICHEL’S BESPOKE through our comprehensive wedding services.
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From first consultation to final fitting, every detail is considered to ensure you look composed, confident, and entirely yourself on the day, and in the photographs that follow.
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MICHEL’S BESPOKE has been featured in WedLuxe magazine and is a member of the WedLuxe Glitterati.
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Explore the MICHEL’S BESPOKE Wedding Guide for a clear timeline of what to expect.
MICHO
CONTEMPORARY CAPSULE COLLECTIONS
CASUAL CLOTHING FOR SERIOUS PEOPLE
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MICHEL’S BESPOKE presents MICHO, a curated collection of contemporary garments shaped by technical cloth, ease of movement, and considered design. Each piece is designed and made in Canada.
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Explore MICHO online or by private appointment at MICHEL'S BESPOKE Uptown Atelier.
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Shop MICHO online, then arrange a private appointment to review fabric, customise details, and take measurements.
ACCESSORIES
​A HABERDASHERY OF ALL THINGS LUXURY
FINISHING TOUCHES FOR A CONSIDERED WARDROBE​
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No detail is incidental.
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Our accessories are selected to complement the garments we make and the men who wear them. Ties, socks, pocket squares, fragrance, and seasonal pieces bring texture, colour, and character to the wardrobe without overwhelming it.
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Explore a curated selection of hand-cut ties, socks, fragrance, and accessories, chosen for material, make, and ease of wear.
COMMUNITY & CAUSE
STYLE WITH SUBSTANCE
WE DRESS LEADERS, AND STAND WITH THEM.
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Many of our clients lead well beyond personal style. Through longstanding partnerships with charitable organisations and philanthropic events, MICHEL’S BESPOKE contributes to causes that support health, youth, community, and justice.
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Our role includes in-kind support, bespoke auction experiences, and participation in the events our clients champion. It is one way we honour those who lead with conviction and care.
MICHEL KARKAR
MASTER TAILOR
MICHEL KARKAR IS A VIRTUOSO TAILOR, DEDICATED TO CREATING MASTERPIECES THAT MEET EACH CLIENT'S COMPLETE SATISFACTION
Born in Beirut, then known as the ‘Paris of the Middle East’, MICHEL KARKAR has dressed discriminating gentlemen since the 1970s. Learning the essentials of bespoke tailoring under the tutelage of expert craftsmen in the cosmopolitan Lebanese capital, before honing his skills in Europe and North America. In 1990, KARKAR launched his signature atelier, MICHEL'S BESPOKE, in uptown Toronto where his refined approach and old-world elegance attracted a devoted clientele.
In 2013, PAUL DI PALMA, a then 23-year-old New Media graduate with a bachelor in Fine Arts, was hired to oversee the company’s website and social media. Immediately fascinated by the luxury and craftsmanship of bespoke tailoring, he embarked on an intensive, three-year mentorship under KARKAR that taught him the infinite particulars of sartorial refinement.
Scrutinizing DI PALMA'S designer but off the rack wardrobe, KARKAR would point out inferior details—second-rate fabrics, shoddy stitching, a lack of seam allowances, cheap buttons. Shadowing KARKAR on his appointments, DI PALMA observed KARKAR'S clientele at the showroom and in their homes; marvelling at their custom wardrobes, the finer quality of natural fibres, a subtle platinum pinstripe woven into a suiting fabric, the sumptuousness of a Vicuna overcoat, and overall, the unique personalisation of each garment tailored to reflect an individual’s character.
As their association expanded, KARKAR taught an eager DI PALMA everything he knew about the business while creating several bespoke pieces for him. Inspired by their superior quality, fit, and craftsmanship, and enthralled by the charm and creativity of the process, by the four-year mark, DI PALMA was conducting his own fittings while bringing in a younger clientele. In 2017, DI PALMA invested in Michel’s Bespoke, opening an elegant satellite showroom in Toronto’s THOMPSON HOTEL, where he introduced the business to a new, downtown client base.