In December 2021, we published an interview with Simon Wegmann, founder of Wayman Bespoke. I had met him at a...
In terms of sheer numbers, there is perhaps no city that matches up to Florence when it comes to bespoke shoe makers. However, only one of them is female. This superwoman exists and she is German.
The Ludwig Reiter shoe manufactory produces ready-made shoes, so there is no custom-made production in the sense that shoes are...
The Berlin-based bespoke shoemaker has been offering a small collection of hand-welted ready-to-wear shoes for some time now. Now you...
Just a few minutes from the town hall in Schauenburger Straße is the Hamburg hat store run by the Falkenhagen...
Portrait of Victor Besnard by photographer Jeroen van de Gruiter. It’s been a long time since I last wore a...
Markus Scheer looks like a medical practitioner in his trademark white lab coat. But he is an intellectual craftsman. He runs Vienna’s oldest and most prestigious bespoke shoemaking business.
Shortly after I was introduced to Heron’s Ghyll at Pitti Uomo in June 2023, I was sent new fabric samples...
The first time I heard of Oxxford Clothes was about 30 years ago. When I first visited New York City...
Francesco Barberis Canonico is the Creative Director of Vitale Barberis Canonico, one of Italy’s oldest and most respected mills. And one of the most elegant men I know.
Over the years a close relationship develops between customer and tailor, sometimes even friendship. Is that a good thing?
I first became aware of László Budapest a few years ago at the New Heritage trade fair in Munich. I...