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.
James Whitfield is as far as we know the only genuine Savile Row tailor running a bespoke business in Germany. We’ve...
Lightweight overcoats are perfect companions for every type of outfit. We present our selection from the current collections.
South Tyrolean Michi Klemera is the founder and Managing Director of the men’s fashion label Luis Trenker. We met him...
The new label Manheimer Berlin offers modern ready-to-wear clothing in a highly wearable fit. A young label with mature aspirations.
Some claim that German bespoke tailors are usually white haired gentlemen who have been making the same type of suit for their customers for 40 years. A visit to Germany's most talked about bespoke designer Maximilian Mogg in Berlin shows clear evidence that this is not true.
Torsten Grunwald, blogger from Denmark. His checked, lightweight Teba jacket is perfect for hot June in Florence. Not to wear...
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.
Sandals are a very controversial type of shoe even though styles are available that fit into the classical wardrobe.
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.
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.
I had my first hands-on experience with seersucker jackets and suits in the late 1980s in German second hand stores....