Custom Clothing Delivered to Sweden

Delivery to Sweden and EU import charges

Your outfit is shipped from Pakistan to your address in Sweden. Production time, the delivery method and the shipping cost are all confirmed in your written quote before you approve anything.

Because the parcel comes from outside the EU, EU import rules apply. Since 1 July 2021 all goods imported into the EU are subject to VAT, and it is paid either through the seller’s registration in the EU’s IOSS scheme or when the parcel is imported, as the European Commission’s guidance on low-value consignments explains. From 1 July 2026, the EU also applies a temporary customs duty of €3 for each category of goods on low-value consignments (up to €150) from outside the EU, until 1 July 2028, and the previous €150 duty exemption has been abolished; see the Commission’s announcement and the Council’s decision.

In Sweden, imports are handled by Swedish Customs, Tullverket, and VAT goes by its Swedish name, moms. With us, the moms, the flat EU duty and any courier handling fee are already included in your quote, so there is nothing extra to pay when your parcel arrives. If a courier ever asks you for payment on delivery, contact us before paying anything. Our guide to ordering from Europe covers the same EU rules, while neighbouring Norway is outside the EU and has its own page and its own rules.

Swedish sizes, centimetres and the words you will see

Swedish shops use continental EU sizes, so a 36 or 38 on a label is not a UK size, and two brands can cut the same number quite differently. No label tells us where your kameez should fall or how long your sleeves are, and those lengths matter more once winter layers go underneath. Measure yourself in centimetres with the size guide and our measuring guide, and give us the lengths you actually want. UK, EU and US dress sizes for a kameez explains why a label is never enough.

In Swedish, clothing made to measure is måttsydda kläder, a tailor is a skräddare and a seamstress is a sömmerska. Whether you have seen the outfit called a salwar kameez, a shalwar kameez or simply a Pakistani suit, it is the same thing: a kameez, trousers and usually a dupatta. Our custom stitching page explains everything we make.

Long winters, warm rooms and midsummer light

Swedish winters are long, dark and cold, more so the further north you go, yet homes, offices and lecture halls are kept warm. That makes layering the key: a kameez that is comfortable at a desk and still slides under a heavy coat on the walk home. A mid-weight cambric or linen, lined if the fabric is thin, often works better indoors than the heaviest cloth, while khaddar, karandi and marina come into their own on the coldest days. Our winter fabrics guide compares them, and slim sleeves and trousers with room for a thermal layer are worth adding to your notes.

The Islamic calendar moves about eleven days earlier each year, so for the next few years Eid al-Fitr falls in February or March, when an Eid outfit in Sweden needs to be warm as well as festive. Plan backwards from the date with our Eid outfit timeline. Summer, by contrast, is short and bright, and around midsummer the evenings barely get dark; one or two lawn suits or a cotton co-ord cover it.

Ordering works the same way anywhere in the country, from Stockholm to Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala or Umeå. The Europe overview covers other destinations, and when you are ready, request a quote.

Abayas and kaftans for Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö

We make abayas to measure for Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala and every other part of Sweden. Choose one of our abaya designs or send a photo, in nida, crepe or chiffon and any colour. For a Swedish winter, ask for a closed front, a lining and enough ease to wear a warm layer underneath; what to wear under an abaya covers both heat and cold.

Kaftans and jalabiyas are made the same way, and a jalabiya can be made in velvet for the dark months. Maxi, evening and modest dresses are cut to your measurements too, with long sleeves and a lining if you want them, which helps when a midsummer evening turns cool.