Munich-born master tailor Kathrin Emmer has been cutting bespoke suits in Potsdam for twenty years, for clients from across Germany. A visit to her studio in a quiet detached house near Griebnitzsee, the doorbell sign reads simply Emmer.
Bernhard Roetzel reviews a loafer from Simon Wegmann's online bespoke concept Wayman Bespoke: the trial shoe sent by post, the remote measurement process and the fit of the finished pair, ordered without a single physical fitting.
Bernhard Roetzel introduces Mark Francis of Heron's Ghyll in London to Nathan Hellard of Maison Hellard and has a stand-up collar suit built from the 360 g black linen Palais Garnier in the Nuit parisienne collection.
Bernhard Roetzel first noticed Polish bespoke tailor Dawid Kukliński in a Facebook group called Bespoke Forum and arranged a fitting in Berlin. A report on the linen jacket, the construction and the finished result.
Bernhard Roetzel collects a new pair from Viennese bespoke shoemaker Lucian Maftei at the Campe & Ohff shirt shop in Hamburg. The fourth pair, built on a new Budapest-shaped last with stormwelt construction.
Gaetano Aloisio is widely regarded as one of Italy's finest tailors. In an exclusive interview the Roman bespoke tailor speaks about precision, technical ambition and what Hugo Jacomet meant when he described his style as Roman.
Berlin-based bespoke shoemaker Korbinian Ludwig Heß has launched a wooden shoe-care box stocked with Saphir products. In conversation he explains why sparing application matters and how cream and wax paste complement each other.
Benedikt Fries founded Berlin tie label Shibumi as an online shop eleven years ago. In our interview he explains the Japanese aesthetic concept of restrained elegance and his personal approach to bespoke.
Does a bespoke suit really fit perfectly and last forever? Bernhard Roetzel addresses the most common myths about custom clothing, from the idea of perfect fit to the timeless look and how long a Savile Row suit really holds up.
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.
After two single-breasted coats and three pairs of trousers, Bernhard Roetzel orders his first double-breasted from Salon Hartl in Prague, cut from a lightweight Italian herringbone with pleated fishback trousers.
Darren Tiernan, Senior Bespoke Cutter bei Budd Shirtmakers in Piccadilly Arcade an der Jermyn Street, im Interview über das House-Pattern, den hochgestellten Forward Collar und 36 Stiche auf dem Inch in der englischen Hemdenfertigung.
