A FAMILY OF ARTISANS

Trend Custom Tailors’ family is representative of The Canadian Mosaic, which includes: European-born masters and founders, Asian-born chemisiers and couturiers, as well as an East Indian master embroider.

Trend Custom Tailors’ family is representative of The Canadian Mosaic, 

which includes: European-born masters and founders, Asian-born

chemisiers and couturiers, as well as an East Indian master embroider.

A FAMILY OF ARTISANS

Trend Custom Tailors’ family is representative of The Canadian Mosaic, which includes: European-born masters and founders, Asian-born chemisiers and couturiers, as well as an East Indian master embroider.

Trend Custom Tailors’ family is representative of The Canadian Mosaic, 

which includes: European-born masters and founders, Asian-born

chemisiers and couturiers, as well as an East Indian master embroider.

A FAMILY OF ARTISANS

Trend Custom Tailors’ family is representative of The Canadian Mosaic, which includes: European-born masters and founders, Asian-born chemisiers and couturiers, as well as an East Indian master embroider.

Trend Custom Tailors’ family is representative of The Canadian Mosaic, 

which includes: European-born masters and founders, Asian-born

chemisiers and couturiers, as well as an East Indian master embroider.

“A couturier must be an architect for design, a sculptor for shape

a painter for color, a musician for harmony, and a philosopher for temperance.”

Cristóbal Balenciaga

© Trend Custom Tailors, 306 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, Ontario,
M5A 2S1, Canada

Spiridon Allagas

Mr. Allagas was born in Greece in a small city known as Kalamata South Greece, in the region of Peloponisos. He was trained in tailoring by Pericles Marianos and Aristedis Stamonlis at the age of twelve. Mr. Allagas came to Canada in 1969 and began employment with Paul Riviere. As one of the original founders of Trend, Mr. Allagas still contributes to its philosophy and preservation of Trend's trade, through instruction of the younger tailors in training.

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Marsha Ali

Marsha Ali hails all the way from Trinidad and Tobago. With an administrative background, she acts as a personal assistant to Don as well as the head administrator and production manager.

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Don Fabien Lee

Mr. Lee was born in Trinidad and came to Canada in 1991. In 1994, he achieved a BSC Degree (Bachelor of Science for Home Economics), majoring in Textile Manufacturing and Design at the University of Western Ontario. In 1998, Mr. Lee earned a BAA Degree (Bachelor of Applied Arts) from Ryerson University. From 1994-2000, Mr. Lee worked on a seven-year apprenticeship with Mr. Battista and Mr. Allagas at Trend Custom Tailors. During this time, he was recognized with many awards for his work.

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Deepak Solanki

DEEPAK SOLANKI Our resident, master embroider hails from the village of Navsari, in Gujarat, western side of India. Deepak came to Canada as a 3rd generation master from India. He embarked on mastering his art at the age of 16, founded Sai Embroidery in 1995 and now he continues his trade as Trend Custom Tailors' in-house master embroider.

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Yan Yuni Qun

Yan Qun was born in Guangdong, China and first arrived in Toronto in 1999. Our senior seamstress has been perfecting her craft for 17 years and has been apart of our family for 10 of those years. She is passion, precise and dedicated.

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Tom Batista

The Late Mr. Battista was taught the tailoring trade by Giovanni DiMario, beginning at the age of twelve, in the town of Civitanova Del Sannio in Central Italy, in the region of Molise. He came to Canada in 1958, and began his first job at Richmond Clothes doing sleeve hanging and general operations. While working at Richmond Clothes, Mr. Battista was promoted to Assistant Foreman and helped produce suits for celebrities such as, The Beatles. He also worked in the tailoring field for W.K. Cook, Sheffeilman, Parkmaner, Paul Riviere and Tip Top. Mr. Battista put the culmination of his experience together, and founded Trend Custom Tailors in 1972. His vision continues to be the inspiration for the atelier.

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Jun Ada Ho

Jun Ho is a China-native who came to Canada in 1986. sewing and couture-making is something she has always been accustom to as she would perform alterations, repairs and make garments straight out of her home before coming to Trend. She became a diverse and talented member of Trend Custom Tailors in 2006 and has been adding her creative touch to suit jackets and overcoats ever since.

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Charlotte Li

Miss li was born in Hong Kong and at an early age decided that making clothing would be a calling in life...sewing her own clothing at an early age and honing her interest in fashion became a driving passion for her immigration to Canada in 2011 and her continued education in the field of fashion design . Having completed her 3 year course in fashion art and design at Seneca College 2015-2018 she continued her education in bespoke tailoring through the teaching program at TCT. She joined the team of TCT upon her completion under the tutelage of Mr. Don Fabien Lee and the rest of the Bespoke team in 2018. She continues to develop and contribute greatly to the diversity and skill of that reside within the house and shows great promise as the young future of a house to bring Bespoke tailoring to the new generations in the Canadian diaspora.

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Pelin Yin

Peilin Yin has born in Sichuan China and came to Toronto in 2018. And began her studies for Digital Painting and Expanded Animation at OCAD University, and soon after graduation she finds a home at Trend. As a young artist, Peilin uses Her abilities to aider her skillset of the team. As a multidisciplinary artist in trested In preserving the heritage of the house and using her intuition in animation and digital areas of web design and social media to give visibility to the works she feels so strongly from here at Trend Custom tailors.

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