Maftei in Vienna keeps a fairly low profile although the company has been making bespoke shoes for a couple of decades. I ordered a pair shoes to find out how they create the perfect fit.
Portrait of Victor Besnard by photographer Jeroen van de Gruiter. It’s been a long time since I last wore a...
Jermyn Street is the synonym for the English shirtmaking tradition. There, or more precisely at Piccadilly Arcade, bespoke shirts are cut on the premises of Budd Shirtmakers. We have met the shirtmakers at a trunkshow in Germany a while ago, now we spoken to them on the phone for this interview.
Three young men become friends while they serve at the German armed forces. They have the idea to jointly found a...
How are bespoke shoemakers dealing with the restrictions affecting social life? We spoke to Berlin based bespoke shoemaker Korbinian Ludwig Heß and saw the latest shoes he made.
Over the years a close relationship develops between customer and tailor, sometimes even friendship. Is that a good thing?
The history of EdMeier Munchen has begun in 1596. Presently Peter Eduard and his sister Brigitte Meier are running the business, they represent the 13th generation of their family.
Ignatious Joseph ranks among the foremost shirt designers in the menswear business. The yellow boxes with his shirts are on...
Custom clothing is simply clothing that is made one at a time. Or is it? There are many legends about made-to-measure suits and clothes. We present the most common myths and get to the bottom of them.
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.
Since the pandemic, there has been debate about the extent to which men’s fashion has changed as a result of...
Some German bespoke tailors and shoemakers deserve to be discovered outside their country. Before we present them we give an introduction into the specifics of the German bespoke scene.
