This time of year he's busy taking in and letting out tuxedos and evening gowns to be worn at holiday galas. He rarely makes suits from scratch anymore. Not enough people request them. He'll send the measurements for his clients' suits to New York City, where shops are set up like assembly lines. When the suit comes back, Bosco makes alterations and adjustments of style.
People pay that kind of money only for weddings and funerals.
Figure in the time he must devote to working on other things, alterations and the like, and a customer may have to wait a few weeks for a suit. Most people don't want to take the time. It used to be different. Bosco left his native Italy in 1957 at the age of 18 to move to Brazil. He lived in Brazil for more than 11 years.