Francesco Barberis Canonico is the 13th generation in charge of the Vitale Barberis Canonico mill. In conversation about an English upbringing, fabrics built for tailors and a family business that thinks ahead while honouring its past.
Mircea Cioponea, the man behind the shoe blog Claymoorslist, has joined forces with shoemaker Petru Coca to open a bespoke atelier in Bucharest. An interview about Romania's Austro-Hungarian shoemaking heritage and the road to their own workshop.
How is a bespoke shoemaker faring during the pandemic? Bernhard Roetzel meets Korbinian Ludwig Heß in his Berlin workshop and sees three new pairs of shoes, including a cordovan commission.
Jörg Woltmann, Germany's youngest private banker in 1979, bought the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur KPM in Berlin in 2006. An interview at the KPM café about porcelain, the „Kurland“ service and rescuing a piece of Berlin culture.
James Fox, head of marketing at the family-owned Crockett & Jones in Northampton, on running a shoe factory through the pandemic and on the steady demand for classics that has carried the firm through earlier storms too.
After two fittings and a final inspection Bernhard Roetzel collects his bespoke sportscoat from James Whitfield in Berlin. A review of the finished jacket with photos by Tommi Aittala and a closing interview with the Anderson & Sheppard alumnus.
Born in Sri Lanka, based in Düsseldorf since 1997, Ignatious Joseph is one of the foremost shirt designers in menswear. He talks about his style, the legacy of British dress in the tropics and why experience is the only teacher.
Victor Besnard runs his Parisian shirt label around the buttondown collar, the one Brooks Brothers introduced in New York. An interview about the Polo collar, soft-roll construction and why a shirt should last for years.
Frankfurt-based Simon Wegmann founded Wayman Bespoke to deliver bespoke shoes by post, without a single physical fitting. In our interview he explains how he takes the measurements, builds the trial shoe and ships it worldwide.
Luke Adams runs Valet Magazine as a response to sartorial shallowness, with long-form essays on the culture and history of menswear instead of seasonal must-haves. An interview about print, editorial voice and his choices.
Lapo Cianchi, Director of Communication at Pitti Immagine, in Berlin ahead of Pitti Uomo June 2023. He talks about 825 brands returning to Florence, guest designer Eli Russel Linnetz and the special project with Fendi.
From 31 July to 5 August 2023 the World Federation of Master Tailors held its biennial congress in Biella. Bernhard Roetzel talks to Alfredo de Giglio about the WFMT, founded in Brussels in 1865, and the state of the craft today.
