How important are in person measurements for bespoke clothing?
I'm a woman and I want to buy some custom jackets/pants/suits. I'm plus size and can't find the quality of fabric I would like in off the rack clothes. I also have a posture issue (artifact of back surgery), and my arms and bust are pretty disproportionate to the rest of my body.
The problem is that there are only two places within about 150 miles that make custom women's clothes. One of them has a ton of pictures on their website-- and every single woman is wearing the same cut of jacket (which would not be at all flattering on me). The other has a reputation for not having great customer service.
I was thinking of trying to pay a local tailor to measure me and then have someone out of state make my clothes, with the understanding that I may need to have a local tailor do some small tweaks at the end. Would that work, or is there value to traveling somewhere to meet in person with my eventual clothier? Not totally opposed but I'm in my busiest time of year for work and it would realistically be several months before I could squeeze in a trip, and I want my new clothes now!!