Baytok Bespoke Tailoring

I’ve been coming to Baytok for 14 years. I travel to receive this service. Great service, great guy.

Baytok is Washington’s best tailor, but this shop is not for everyone. If you obsess over hand-​sewn buttonholes, Carlo Barbera jacketings, and Apparel Arts nostalgia, then Baytok is your man. Nothing is outsourced. Everything is handmade. The detailing is impeccable. If you are seeking quick alterations on the cheap, look elsewhere. If you are seeking a new zipper for your Zara prom dress, don’t darken Baytok’s door. This shop was built for the the old boys, and remains dedicated to the art of making (and wearing) clothes.

Baytok knows what he’s doing.

As an avid bargain hunter, I’ve never purchased an item of clothing for over $ 100. On the occasion of my completion of grad school, however, I splurged and purchased a black-​tie event appropriate BCBG dress. It was a bit big, however, and needed tiny alterations, so I went to a place that looked so fancy it would be sure to be done right.
All that needed to be done was minor adjustments of the straps, as the dress was slightly big on me so was flaring in the chest and in the back. When I dropped the dress off, I indicated to the confused assistant to just do the repairs by the seams as I didn’t want the stitches to show on the body of the dress. When I arrived to pick it up, however, he had autonomously decided to take in the chest v-​neckline instead by an inch, rendering the bodice a deformity that dug into my chest. When his boss instructed him to undo the mistake and put simple darts at the bottom of the back of the straps, I return and he has made giant darts in the middle of the straps. To top it off, he ruined the taffeta sewing and resewing all over the front. :(((IDIOT!
The owner offered no apology, defense or recompense, simply ran away and hid downstairs while his clearly incapable assistant tried to perform another Frankenstein operation on my poor dress.
You SUCK, Baytok’s! WAY TO RUIN MY ONE NICE DRESS on the eve of a special event. I hate you!

An old world tailor. In my opinion he is the best tailor in DC.