Portrait of Victor Besnard by photographer Jeroen van de Gruiter. It’s been a long time since I last wore a...
Ignatious Joseph ranks among the foremost shirt designers in the menswear business. The yellow boxes with his shirts are on...
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.
Only few classical menswear brands enjoy such unanimous approval as Crockett & Jones. Head of Marketing James Fox speaks about the reasons of this success and reveals some background information.
Jörg Woltmann has founded a bank as a young man, later he took over Königliche Porzellan Manufaktur KPM saving it from bancruptcy. We have met him there in Berlin for an interview.
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.
Last year I visited Bucarest and by chance I met Mircea Cioponea. He told me that he had just started the new bespoke shoe company Petru & Claymoor with his business partner Petru Coca. We met for a very insightful interview.
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.
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.
