Sene

What Sene does

Sene is a Brooklyn-based custom tailoring business operating from a single showroom at 1892 Fulton St. The company designs and produces custom garments and ready-to-wear pieces with a stated aesthetic specialization in Ankara/African-inspired fashion, and also offers alterations services. Its customer base is individual consumers purchasing bespoke or made-to-measure clothing rather than enterprise or wholesale accounts.

The business model is straightforward custom apparel retail: customers engage directly at the showroom or through the company's digital channels (website and Pinterest) to commission garments, purchase ready-made items, or request alterations. Pricing is bespoke and project-based rather than standardized, consistent with the made-to-measure category. There is no disclosed online configurator, no e-commerce SKU catalog visible in the available data, and no public pricing benchmarks, suggesting that most transactions are negotiated or quoted per order. The company is operated at a micro scale with no disclosed employee headcount and no disclosed capital raises, indicating an owner-operated or very small-team structure.

The offering is differentiated stylistically from generic Brooklyn tailors by its Ankara/African-inspired positioning, but the underlying production model is conventional bespoke craftsmanship rather than a technology-enabled platform. Distribution is constrained to one physical location plus light digital presence.

Name

Sene

Legal name

Sene

Website

https://seneinc.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sene is a Brooklyn-based custom tailor operating a single showroom at 1892 Fulton St, designing bespoke garments, ready-to-wear pieces, and alterations with an Ankara/African-inspired fashion specialty for individual consumers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Tailoring Services

NAICS

Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers (4581)

SIC

Retail-Apparel & Accessory Stores (5600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYCRAGAGAG

Special-Occasion & Formalwear Department Stores

Consumer Products & Retail/General Merchandise & Department Stores/Junior / Specialty Department Stores

Keywords

• Custom tailoring services
• Made-to-measure apparel
• Garment alterations
• Ready-to-wear fashion
• African-inspired clothing

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Custom Tailoring Services: Bespoke custom-designed apparel including suits, jackets, dresses, tops, skirts, shorts, and pants. Pricing determined through individual quotes based on garment complexity and materials.
2. Ready-to-Wear Collections: Pre-designed apparel available for immediate purchase. Includes Ankara Styles and seasonal fashion pieces displayed in the gallery.
3. Alterations Services: Modification and adjustment services for existing garments to achieve proper fit.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Sene is a Brooklyn-based custom tailoring business that designs, crafts, and sells made-to-measure apparel including custom tops, dresses, suits, jackets, skirts, shorts, and pants. It complements bespoke orders with ready-to-wear collections, alterations services, and a specialty Ankara Styles line featuring African-inspired patterns. Customers submit requests online, by phone, by email, or in person at the 1892 Fulton St. storefront, with pricing determined per garment.

Product overview

Sene Tailoring is a custom apparel tailoring business offering a single-service model centered on custom designed clothing and alterations. The business provides made-to-measure garments including custom tops, dresses, suits, jackets, skirts, shorts, and pants, alongside a ready-to-wear collection and alteration services. The company specializes in Ankara Styles featuring African-inspired patterns and designs. The product portfolio includes a Gallery showcasing various pattern collections (e.g., Orisha, Black Diamond, Butterfly, Rainbow, Kimono, Patchwork designs), ready-to-wear items, and custom order capabilities. All garments are handmade in Brooklyn, New York.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Tailoring Services Made-to-measure garment creation including custom tops, dresses, suits, jackets, skirts, shorts, and pants tailored to individual measurements and style preferences for individual consumers.
• Ready-to-Wear Collections Pre-made apparel items available for immediate purchase, showcased in the company's gallery and available at the Brooklyn location.
• Alterations Modification and adjustment services for existing garments to achieve proper fit, including custom fitting consultations.
• Ankara Styles African-inspired custom designed apparel featuring vibrant Ankara patterns and prints, offered as a specialty styling option.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Indochino: Made-to-measure suiting brand offering custom suits, shirts, and jackets online and through showrooms. Directly comparable to Sene's core custom suiting and custom apparel offering, with a far larger scale and digital infrastructure.
• Suitsupply: Specialty retailer of men's suits and custom tailoring with physical showrooms. Overlaps with Sene on custom tailoring and ready-to-wear suiting, but operates globally with a much broader assortment.
• Knot Standard: Bespoke menswear company with showrooms providing custom suits and shirts with in-person fittings. Closely matches Sene's bespoke tailoring service model, though at a higher price point and broader geographic reach.
• Alton Lane: Custom menswear brand offering made-to-measure suits, shirts, and casualwear through showroom-based appointments. Highly comparable in business model to Sene's appointment-driven, in-person custom tailoring flow.
• Black Lapel: Online custom menswear company offering made-to-measure suits, tuxedos, and shirts. Overlaps with Sene on custom suiting and competes in the same value-conscious custom apparel segment.
• Oliver Wicks: Online custom tailoring brand for suits, shirts, and jackets with at-home measurement and virtual fittings. Comparable to Sene on custom apparel products, competing through digital channels rather than a single physical shop.

Broad incumbents

• BHLDN: Special-occasion and bridal wear retailer owned by Anthropologie, offering dresses and event apparel. Overlaps with Sene on custom/special-occasion dresses and formalwear, though operates as a multi-channel retail brand rather than a single bespoke shop.
• Tom James Company: Large established custom clothing company with a direct-sales model for bespoke suits and shirts. Comparable custom product line to Sene, but serves a national customer base through traveling sales representatives rather than a single shop.

Emerging players

• Stantt: Direct-to-consumer custom shirting brand offering made-to-measure shirts online. Partial overlap with Sene's custom apparel offerings, focused on shirts rather than full custom suiting.
• D'Iyanu: African-inspired fashion brand offering ready-to-wear and custom apparel celebrating African prints and designs. Directly comparable to Sene's Ankara Styles specialization, with a stronger e-commerce and wholesale presence.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sene-inc

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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