Recently I posted identical AskAndy and LondonLounge threads concerning the rightful possession of the design or pattern of bespoke garments and apparel. Below is an excerpt of my post: Perusing the bespoke section on the Grenson website, I came across the notion that the last is the customer’s “personal property”. This raises some intriguing questions […]
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In my web journeys, I have come across two other Viennese tailors: Malowan and Netousek. Malowan According to a 2003 Welt am Sonntag article, Malowan is described as being located on the Opernring and founded in 1823 by Maria Malowan, a shirtmaker whose detailed work was highly prized by ‘higher society’. In 1968 the business
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A week after I had posted my “definitive” (ahem) introduction to Knize below, I came across this excellent Welt am Sonntag article on former imperial luxury goods purveyors including Knize. Some fascinating tidbits from the article and elsewhere: Knize trivia Knize is pronounced “Knische” (apparently arising from the pronunciation of the family name Kníže in
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Despite living in the age of Google with ostensibly ubiquitous access to information, I have been often surprised by the lack of information regarding bespoke tailors – specifically, by the lack of a visual record on the cut and silhouette of the major tailoring houses that survive today in England, Italy, Austria and elsewhere. When
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A rather heated topic on AskAndy and StyleForum has led me to post this entry, which I also posted on the Ask Andy thread. The issue at hand: a tailor and his dissatisfied customer. What are some of the lessons learned on both sides of the sartorial aisle? If I were a customer, I would
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This is an open call for participation in the wikipedia definition of Savile Row. A wiki is “is a web application that allows users to add content, as on an Internet forum, but also allows anyone to edit the content.” As it stands, one of the pillars of modern’s mens style suffers from a particularly
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As a continuation of my last post, a trip to London should include a visit to Jermyn Street shirtmakers – Hilditch & Key, Harvie & Hudson, Turnbull & Asser being the most well-known. I found this list of London shirtmakers to be fairly comprehensive. Personally, I would also try to make it over to Budd
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Last week Chris Lydon of Public Radio International conducted an radio interview of Savile Row tailor Thomas Mahon. An MP3 file of the 52 minute interview was archived on RadioOpenSource.org and can be downloaded by following the link above. An interesting interview but Lydon could have conducted a better flowing and more engaging conversation with
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