For menswear tailors
Bomble for Bespoke Menswear Tailors
Bespoke suiting lives or dies on the details — the right measurements, the right fittings, the right cloth, the balance still owed. Bomble keeps all of it on one record so a commission never slips between the cutting table and the final press.
Updated 19 June 2026
The short answer
Bomble is a production workspace built inside a working couture house, and the way it tracks bespoke work maps cleanly onto a tailor’s book: full body-measurement profiles per client, orders that carry fitting dates and a deposit against the balance, a custom production pipeline from cut to finish, and a cloth inventory that knows what each commission consumed. It was born for gowns rather than two-piece suits, so it does not ship tailor-specific jargon — but the bones of bespoke work are the same, and they are exactly what it was made to hold.
The pains of running a bespoke book
A bespoke commission is not one job; it is a relationship that unfolds over weeks. There is the consultation, the cloth selection, the first cut, the basted fitting, the forward fitting, the finish — and a client who expects you to remember every figure and preference without being reminded. Hold three or four commissions at that level of detail and a notebook stops being enough.
The places it goes wrong are predictable. A measurement gets retyped wrong onto a new order. A second fitting is booked but never makes it into your week. The balance after the deposit quietly never gets chased. A length of cloth is cut and nobody updates what is left on the shelf. None of these are dramatic on their own — they are the slow leaks that cost a tailor margin and reputation.
- Measurement profiles scattered across cards, phones and memory, retyped per commission.
- Multiple fittings per suit that have to be remembered, not surfaced.
- Deposits taken at the order but balances that drift past the final fitting.
- Cloth bought and cut with no running view of what is actually left in stock.
- Repeat clients whose history and figures you have to reconstruct each time they return.
A measurement profile that follows the client
Every client in Bomble carries a full body-measurement profile — 22 stored measurements in centimetres, grouped by anatomy in the interface so you read them the way you take them rather than as a wall of numbers. Bust, waist, hips, shoulders, back width, sleeve length, shoulder-to-elbow, bicep, wrist, neck, total height and more are held against the person, not the order.
That means a returning client’s figures are already there the day they walk back in, and any order can carry per-order overrides when a commission needs a deliberate departure from their standing measurements. Alongside the numbers sits the rest of the relationship: phone, WhatsApp, address, a VIP tier, the year they became a client, a photo and free notes for the preferences that never fit a field.
- 22 stored measurements per client, grouped by anatomy and reused on every order.
- Per-order measurement overrides when a single commission needs to differ.
- Client tier (VIP), source, “client since” year and notes to hold the relationship.
- Incomplete-client detection so a half-filled profile does not surprise you mid-cut.
Fittings, deposits and the work in between
Each order holds the fitting dates for that commission, and the dashboard raises a “fitting today” alert so the schedule comes to you rather than the other way round. Deadlines carry overdue and due-soon flags, and Rush or Priority can mark the commissions that cannot wait.
On the money side, an order records its price total and the deposit paid against it, with the outstanding balance recalculated as payments land. You can log each payment with its method and date, and a payment-reminder message — carrying the balance — is one of the built-in client templates. Between fittings, a custom production pipeline carries the suit through your own ordered stages, each with a per-order status of not started, in progress or done.
- Fitting dates per order with a dashboard “fitting today” alert.
- Deposit-paid tracked against price, with the balance recalculated live as payments come in.
- Overdue and due-soon deadline flags, plus Rush and Priority markers.
- A custom pipeline of your own stages, each with a per-order status and an optional QC gate.
Cloth on the shelf, work on the books
Cloth is capital sitting on a shelf, and Bomble’s fabric inventory treats it that way: each cloth carries its composition, supplier, cost per metre and stock in metres, with in-stock, low and out-of-stock badges and a reorder threshold so a favourite suiting does not run out mid-commission. Stock value is calculated from metres on hand, and receiving new stock is a single action.
When cloth is used on a commission you log the metres against that order, which feeds a fabric-consumption report and keeps the shelf count honest. The same connected record then answers the questions a busy tailor rarely has time to work out by hand — on-time delivery rate, revenue by collection, top clients by what they have actually paid — each available on demand with a date range and a PDF export.
- Cloth inventory with composition, supplier, cost per metre and stock in metres.
- In-stock / low / out badges, reorder thresholds and low-stock alerts.
- Per-order usage logs feeding a fabric-consumption report.
- Reports on demand — on-time rate, top clients, revenue by collection — with PDF export.
With Bomble
Why bespoke tailors get on with Bomble
- A 22-point measurement profile stored per client and reused on every commission, with per-order overrides.
- Orders that carry fitting dates, deadlines, Rush/Priority flags and pickup-or-ship delivery.
- Deposit-paid tracked against price with a live-recalculated balance and per-payment records.
- A custom production pipeline from cut to finish, with per-stage QC, responsible team and per-order status.
- Cloth inventory with cost per metre, stock levels, reorder alerts and per-order consumption logs.
- Built-in client messages — fitting ready, order ready, payment reminder — by email and WhatsApp deep link.
- On-demand reports with PDF export: on-time delivery, top clients, revenue by collection, fabric consumption.
Frequently asked questions
- Can Bomble store full measurement profiles for bespoke suiting?
- Yes. Each client carries 22 stored body measurements in centimetres — including shoulders, back width, sleeve length, shoulder-to-elbow, bicep, wrist and neck — grouped by anatomy and reused on every order, with per-order overrides when a single commission needs to differ.
- How does Bomble handle multiple fittings per suit?
- Fitting dates are stored on each order, and the dashboard raises a “fitting today” alert so the schedule surfaces to you. Built-in “fitting ready” messages can be sent to the client by email or a WhatsApp deep link.
- Does it track deposits and the balance owed?
- Yes. An order records its price total and the deposit paid against it, and the outstanding balance is recalculated as payments land. Each payment is logged with its method and date, and a payment-reminder template carries the balance to the client.
- Can I track my cloth stock?
- Bomble’s fabric inventory holds composition, supplier, cost per metre and stock in metres, with in-stock, low and out-of-stock badges, reorder thresholds and low-stock alerts. Metres used are logged per order and feed a fabric-consumption report.
- Is Bomble actually built for menswear tailors?
- Bomble was built inside a working couture house, so it does not ship tailor-specific jargon. The bones of bespoke work — measurement profiles, multi-fitting orders, deposits and balances, cloth stock and custom production stages — are exactly what it was made to hold, and they transfer directly.
- Can my workshop see their own work without seeing the money?
- Yes. Bomble has granular per-user permissions and built-in roles. You can invite teammates by email and scope each person to their own orders, with financial figures hidden unless their role allows it.
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