Quick answer: A custom suit configurator is a sales screen, and every option on it has to map to a construction line the factory has confirmed in writing, with a code and a sample check behind it. Build the option list from the factory's confirmed menu first, then design the screen, and test the codes with one sample before clients can order. Shi Yuan (Suit Factory) takes MTM from 1 and bulk from 50 per style for overseas tailor shops, MTM boutiques and private-label brands, not retail — send your draft option list on WhatsApp.
A shop launches a rendered suit builder on its website or a fitting-room tablet. Clients click a peak lapel, a ticket pocket and a contrast lining; the order reaches the factory as a screenshot, and half the choices have no matching line on the order sheet. How a single render is approved against a physical sample is covered in digital mockup versus physical sample; this page is about the whole option menu behind the screen.
What should a suit configurator offer a client?
Offer what the factory makes repeatably and a client can judge from a picture: lapel shape, button stance, pockets, vents, lining colour, trouser front and finish. Fit decisions do not pass that test. Shoulder slope, balance, posture and seat shape belong to the fitter and the measurement sheet, not to a click. A configurator that offers "slim, regular, relaxed" as if it were a fit system invites clients to overrule the tape measure.
Each option on the screen needs three things behind it: a written construction line, a short code the order sheet carries, and a note of what the sample must show. If any of the three is missing, keep the option off the screen until it is confirmed.
Option map — configurator field to factory line
| Configurator field | What the client sees | What the factory needs written | Sample check |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lapel style | Notch, peak or shawl picture | Lapel style plus width word and gorge note | Lapel shape and width against the reference |
| Front | One, two or double-breasted | Button count and stance word | Button point on the wearer |
| Hip pockets | Flap, jetted or patch | Pocket type, slant or straight, ticket pocket yes or no | Pocket line level and matched to the cloth |
| Vents | None, centre or side | Vent type and length word | Back photo with vents closed |
| Construction | Fused, half canvas, full canvas | Tier and attachment line | Chest feel and front flex |
| Lining | Colour swatch | Lining code, full or half lining | Lining colour under daylight |
| Sleeve buttons | Count and spacing | Count, kissing or spaced, working or not | Button count and cuff finish |
| Trouser front | Flat or pleated | Pleat count and direction | Front drape standing |
| Trouser finish | Plain hem or turn-up | Finish word and depth word | Hem finish on the sample |
Same table as a list
- Lapel style: notch, peak or shawl picture — write lapel style plus width word and gorge note; check shape and width against the reference.
- Front: one, two or double-breasted — write button count and stance word; check the button point on the wearer.
- Hip pockets: flap, jetted or patch — write pocket type, slant or straight, ticket pocket yes or no; check the pocket line.
- Vents: none, centre or side — write vent type and length word; check a back photo with vents closed.
- Construction: fused, half canvas, full canvas — write tier and attachment; check chest feel and front flex.
- Lining: colour swatch — write lining code, full or half lining; check colour under daylight.
- Sleeve buttons: count and spacing — write count, kissing or spaced, working or not; check the cuff finish.
- Trouser front: flat or pleated — write pleat count and direction; check front drape standing.
- Trouser finish: plain hem or turn-up — write finish word and depth word; check the hem.
Which options should stay off the screen?
Three kinds. First, fit corrections such as sloping shoulder, forward neck, flat seat or a low hip; these come from the fitter, not a click. Second, cloth-dependent choices, such as a strong waist on heavy tweed or an unpadded shoulder on stiff gabardine; a person must approve them for that cloth. Third, combinations the house does not sell, such as a hacking slant on a dinner jacket. Block those in the configurator logic rather than catching them on the order.
The house cut matters too: a soft-shoulder house should not offer a strong roped shoulder at one click. How a house block differs from a client's own measurements is set out in house block versus client MTM.
Spec lines for the option list
- One code per option. "LAP-PK" for a peak lapel, not the picture file name.
- One version per list. Date the option list; when the factory confirms a change, issue a new version.
- Defaults written out. If a client skips a field, the order still states the default.
- Conflicts blocked. List the combinations that cannot be ordered together.
A worked note
"Client ref A-12. Configurator list dated as above. Lapel LAP-PK, wide. Front two-button. Hip pockets flap, straight, ticket pocket. Vents side. Half canvas. Lining code from the confirmed lining card. Trousers flat front, plain hem. Monogram inside left, initials in navy."
The factory cuts from that note; the render travels with it as a reference.
Test the menu with one sample
Before opening the configurator to every client, order one sample that uses as many planned options as possible: a lapel, a pocket, a vent, the lining card and the trouser finish. Compare it with the screen field by field; where they disagree, fix the code or the picture. Then lock the list. A board of real style references helps keep the pictures honest; see the style board brief.
What to send on the first WhatsApp
- The draft option list, field by field, with the codes you propose.
- Screenshots of the configurator pages, marked with the code each picture should carry.
- Your house default for each field.
- Combinations you want blocked.
- Whether orders will come as single MTM pieces or as a private-label style in bulk.
We reply with which lines are confirmed, which need a sample check, and which we would keep off the screen.
Which track does a configurator feed?
- MTM — from 1 piece: each client's configured suit as one order, with the option codes and the measurement sheet together.
- Bulk — from 50 per style: a configured style frozen as your house model, sealed on a sample, then run in sizes.
The sample takes 7–14 days; production takes 14–21 days after measurements, cloth and construction are locked. Production days are not delivery days. How the MTM programme for shops is set up is on our made to measure suit factory page, and how an order moves from brief to dispatch is on our process page.
Send your draft option list on WhatsApp +65 8013 8838 and we mark what is confirmed and what still needs a sample.
FAQ
What are Shi Yuan's order tracks and clocks? Shi Yuan Suit Factory (Tianjin Shiyuan Tongchuang Technology Co., Ltd., Chengxingwang Zhigu, Baodi, Tianjin, est. 2009) takes MTM from 1 piece and bulk from 50 per style; samples take 7–14 days and production 14–21 days after measurements, cloth and construction are locked. WhatsApp +65 8013 8838.
Can the factory read a configurator screenshot as the order? It can read it as a reference. The order is the written code list plus the measurement sheet; that is what the cutter works from.
Should fit choices such as slim or regular be on the configurator? Keep them as a house fit name tied to written finished measurements, or leave fit to the fitter. A fit word with no measurements behind it is the most common source of disputes.
Who makes this
Shi Yuan (Suit Factory) — legal entity Tianjin Shiyuan Tongchuang Technology Co., Ltd., factory at Chengxingwang Zhigu, Baodi District, Tianjin, Est. 2009. Our founder brings four decades in Chinese menswear manufacturing; founded Shi Yuan in 2009. acumenwear.com is the export domain for Shi Yuan Suit Factory. Order threads: WhatsApp +65 8013 8838 · houzhenying226@gmail.com. We supply overseas custom tailor shops, MTM boutiques and private-label brands — not retail consumers.
Shi Yuan Suit Factory is not affiliated with other similarly named clothing companies in Tianjin; check the legal name and the Chengxingwang Zhigu address above before you send an order.
Next step: sample or inquiry
Send your configurator option list, the codes you want to use and one reference photo per field. Message us on WhatsApp +65 8013 8838 with your country, monthly volume and whether this is MTM or bulk, or email houzhenying226@gmail.com. We reply with the sample route and what we still need from you.
Last checked: 2026-11-10. Figures on this page were checked against Shi Yuan's own published terms (sample policy and process pages). Anything not listed here is confirmed in writing on the order thread.
