Bernhard Roetzel orders a double-stitched one-piece in the Haferl style from Munich specialist Schuh Bertl. The distinctive feature: the leather insole actively supports the foot, with no removable orthopaedic insert.
Three years after the first visit, Bernhard Roetzel returns to Milanese shirt tailor Alessandro Siniscalchi for new fittings and new shirts. Nothing has changed in the studio: hand-stitched throughout, the fit refined at every fitting.
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.
Wegen Corona verschoben, nun in Hamburg: Bernhard Roetzel probiert den Probierschuh von Maftei. Was bedeutet es, dass ein Schuh „passt“, und warum ist die Anprobe für Schuhmacher noch schwieriger als für Schneider?
After more than 20 years Bernhard Roetzel has ordered trousers with belt-loops again, made by Salon Hartl in Prague. A look back over three decades of trouser cuts, from narrow flat-fronts in Hanover to pleated styles on the Pitti Uomo.
During Pitti Uomo in January 2024 Bernhard Roetzel watches Pascal Zimmer of Luxembourg, of the outfitter Basics and Bespoke, try on his bespoke shoes by Vivian Saskia Wittmer. On the fitting as a small ceremony between maker and customer.
Bernhard Roetzel collects his bespoke suit from Dawid Kukliński in Berlin, cut from a mid-grey Holland & Sherry covert in the now-discontinued Dakota bundle, a cloth he had wanted to wear for more than twenty years.
Bernhard Roetzel presents three suits for early summer 2020: a grey single-breasted from Anton Meyer in Hamburg, cut from Vitale Barberis Canonico worsted, plus two lighter pieces that also work casually.
Erste Anprobe für Bernhard Roetzels Sportsakko bei James Whitfield in Berlin-Moabit, mit Maske und erstem Stadtbesuch nach Monaten. Mit dabei: Marie, die James als Schneiderin ausgebildet hat und seither bei ihm arbeitet.
Over years of fittings, customer and tailor often grow close. Sometimes the relationship turns into friendship. Bernhard Roetzel weighs whether that is good for the work or quietly gets in its way.
