Thaku's Big • Tall • Short Menswear: The Beginning

In the early 1960's, Thaku Vaswani the Founder and President of Thaku's Big • Tall • Short Menswear had his humble beginnings as a custom tailor in Hong Kong. In 1968, Thaku opened the first store on Central and Camelback in Phoenix AZ. He continued the operation of custom clothier for the hard to fit man.

The hard to fit man came in many different proportions, from the big man to the tall man reaching heights to 6'10". Due to his years of experience as a custom tailor, there wasn't a challenge even when a gentleman who was 5'2" also wanted custom made suits or shirts. Then came the athletic men whose difference from chest to waist was unbelievable; yet this feat was also conquered by the tailor from Hong Kong.

Thaku having had the good fortune of having three sons, dreamed of an enterprising business that the three sons, would carry on his legacy. Today due a lot of hard work and apprenticing under their father, they have a successful business, where the whole family is involved, from the buying to the selling, and most importantly almost every customer is served by one of the family. Many of our customers have been shopping with us for over 25 years.

Despite the extensive array of sizes, we carry in our inventory from a 34 Extra Short to a 70 Portly Long, which are sizes generally never found in one store. We are capable of fitting anyone from the Bar mitzvah young man to the gent who may be 7'4" or to the prosperous looking gentleman weighing at 400 lbs.

The three sons have tremendous expertise at their work, that before a customer has spoken of his sizes, they generally know exactly what size he will need after walking in through the front door of either location. So no matter if he is big or tall or just plain handsomely short, we will fit you well.

Our goal is to fit the hard to fit man with name brands which many times are limited in many cities. Some of our brands include Axis, Corbin, Cutter & Buck, Enro, Jack Victor, Riscatto, Sansabelt, Tallia, Tulliano, and Vira Club. Many of these brands are only in the upper end stores in the country.

We all look forward to either seeing you at our Scottsdale or Peoria locations, or serving you on our website.

Thaku, Kash, Neil, Bob