Industry Custom Clothing Key people Owned by Ravi Daswani Founded 1991 | Headquarters Bangkok Website ravistailor.com | |
Ravi's International is a high-fashion custom clothing company founded in 1991 in Thailand, by tailor and entrepreneur Mr. Ravi Daswani, whose family has been in the clothing business for three generations.
History
On May 10, 1985, at the age of fifteen, Ravi Daswani arrived for the first time in Thailand.
In December 1991, after 6 years of hard labor, he opened his first own tailor shop in the Bangkok Palace Hotel.
In 1997 the company opened a second showroom and moved on to expand sales platforms by launching, in 1998, a fully functional, e-commerce enabled website in Thailand.
Ravis Custom Tailors quickly gained a reputation for producing fine quality wool suits and formal dress shirts for men and women, and by the end of the 1990s, the outfitter employed 60 permanent employees and 80 on a temporary/subcontract basis.
In 2000, the company was split into two separate divisions, with one focused on tapping the local clientele and visitors to Thailand via showrooms and the other focused on the international market using their comprehensive online services.
On February 3, 2001, ravistailor.com " was elected as "Site of The Day" on AskMen, a free online men’s web portal. "
On October 22, 2006, Thetimes.co.uk mentioned ravistailor.com in an article titled "Everything for the girl". "
In 2010, The Bangkok Post published an article about Ravi's International titled "Pioneering firm tailor-made to be a net success". "
Ravis Custom Tailors has been a Member of The Association of Sewing and Design Professionals of America since 2010 and declare themselves to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and do not use sweat shops or forced labor of any kind.
Ravis Custom Tailors is also a licensed manufacturer and vendor for Rotary International and Lions Clubs International
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The founder of Ravis Custom Tailors is an accomplished writer and has written Spoken For - The Art and Glory of Bespoke: A Comprehensive Look at the World of Tailoring and Rediscovering Your Personal Style.