---
type: Video
title: "$170 Tailored Suit In Pakistan 🇵🇰"
description: Having a suit made in Lahore for his brother's wedding — 45,000 rupees asked, 30,000 paid, three to four days' turnaround, and Harry's own verdict that he paid for convenience.
tags: [pakistan, lahore, tailoring, shopping, haggling]
timestamp: 2026-08-06T12:00:00Z
resource: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUMZd2SxcCg
video_id: vUMZd2SxcCg
upload_date: 2021-12-15
duration: 738
---

# $170 Tailored Suit In Pakistan 🇵🇰

Harry has his brother's wedding coming up in January, so he has a suit made in
[Lahore](/places/lahore.md) — at a tailor inside his own hotel, which is the
whole reason he chose it.

The negotiation is the useful part, and so is what he concedes afterwards. He
opens knowing nothing about what a suit should cost in
[Pakistan](/countries/pakistan.md), is quoted 45,000 rupees, argues that he
could beat that in England, and settles at 30,000 — about $178. Then he says on
camera that it is a lot of money anywhere and a great deal of money here, that
he probably went the wrong way on it, and that what he actually bought was
convenience: perfect English, five minutes from his room, and a fitting he
didn't have to plan.

**The detail worth carrying: the men he was negotiating with were the owners,
and they told him staff are not permitted to give any discount at all.** The
price only moved because the people who could move it happened to be standing
there.

*Obs: the tailor is not named — Harry publishes their phone number in the video
description, so under this bundle's rule the business goes unnamed and only the
travel content is recorded. Auto-generated subtitles; ambiguous amounts carry the
unverified marker.*

## Key moments

- [00:30] He goes in admitting he has no idea what a suit costs in Pakistan,
  which is the position the whole negotiation runs from.
- [01:01] Choosing for a hot-country wedding: thin fabric, a navy jacket with
  light trousers or a cream suit, slim fit, with the cut left to the tailor.
- [02:39] **The fabric is made in Pakistan**, and the suit made in Lahore; one
  cloth he is shown is described as Italian.
- [03:40] The shop has been running about twenty years and claims to be the
  oldest suit-makers in the country (from video – unverified).
- [05:14] **45,000 rupees asked.** Harry counters at 25,000, is told
  off-the-shelf suits run about 30,000, and argues he can buy cheaper in England
  — the reference price he actually has.
- [06:46] **30,000 agreed**, about $178, described as a special price for a
  YouTuber. Harry says out loud that the comments will tell him whether he did
  well.
- [07:16] **Only the owners can discount.** The two men he has been dealing with
  turn out to own the shop, and they tell him plainly that staff aren't allowed
  to give anything away.
- [07:47] **Three to four days' turnaround**, a deposit up front and the balance
  on collection. He wants to carry it home rather than have it shipped.
- [09:21] His honest summary: he paid for convenience — five minutes from his
  hotel room, fluent English, no arranging — and knows that is what he paid for.
  A tailor he had found earlier in Lahore spoke no English, which he is careful
  to say is his problem and not the tailor's.
- [10:53] The finished suit, worn with a shirt bought off a market stall because
  the tailor couldn't source the linen he wanted.

## Extracted pages

- [Lahore](/places/lahore.md)
- [Pakistan](/countries/pakistan.md)