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Custom Suiting and Separates

Designed in New Orleans, LA

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Welcome to Kilby

We’re a suiting atelier in New Orleans. Every Kilby garment is made by request and custom fit to you.

We offer everything from tailored suits and jackets to shirts, trousers, safari jackets, and overcoats.

ABOUT US
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Made to Measure

During your consultation, we’ll guide you through fabric selection, design, and fit to ensure the final piece reflects your style and fits to your preference.

OUR PROCESS

The Details

Small-batch silk pocket squares, designed in New Orleans and crafted by hand in Italy with the same care as our tailored garments.

POCKET SQUARES

Kilby was founded by James Collier and Kristen Engelsen Collier. They’re joined by collaborator Sonny Mitchell.

Together, they bring decades of experience to helping clients build wardrobes they love.

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View fullsize This month we’ll be making visits to Birmingham, Gulf Shores, and Palm Beach for private fittings. We’re also working on upcoming trips to Lafayette, Baton Rouge, Houston, and some other corners of the South with dates to be announced so
View fullsize NYC & Atlanta… old friends like @philporlier_mtm, new friends from @reda1865, visited brands we love like @pjohnsonworld @aimeleondore @fecastleberry @drakesdiary, got lots of new fabrics like this customizable pinstripe from @hollandandsh
View fullsize Sold out. The Carte Postale collection of silk pocket squares has officially made its way out into the world. Thank you to everyone who claimed one. More soon.
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View fullsize One of our favorite dinner jackets we've made this Mardi Gras season, done in a stunning gold lurex from @hollandandsherryapparel
View fullsize This spring, we’re taking Kilby on the road for a handful of Appointments Elsewhere, private fittings in select cities beyond New Orleans. If you’ve been curious about custom tailoring with a softer shoulder, lighter construction, and a
View fullsize Honored to dress @tromboneshorty for the @grammys ! A custom money green cotton velvet tux with a wide peak lapel and classic black trousers, finished with a covered-placket shirt and a little secret stitched behind the collar. A lightning fast time
View fullsize A few months ago, we were sitting together talking about our dreams for Kilby. A Garden & Gun @gardenandgun feature was at the top of that list. Two days later, they reached out to us completely out of the blue. Still a little surreal, and deepl
View fullsize James wears a tone-on-tone seersucker micro check, finished with a sky-blue handmade Milanese lapel buttonhole. Paired with a pale pink linen button-down. From Lookbook 02.
View fullsize Our New Orleans atelier. We love beautiful clothes, and we make them one by one, designed and made to measure for each client.
View fullsize Sonny wears deconstructed denim, lined only in the sleeves.⁠ White trousers: all-season, always right.⁠ ⁠ From Lookbook 02.
View fullsize The groom wears a KILBY tuxedo, with a double-breasted jacket cut in a wool silk linen weave in the perfect greige, our riff on a classic white dinner jacket. In New Orleans, tuxedos are worn often, and well. With Mardi Gras approaching, this is the