Beyond the public health impact, the current pandemic has also disrupted the global economy at all levels from ordinary citizens to the world’s largest companies. But it has become clear that some of the hardest hit economically are small businesses, especially craft-related ones. For me, a key question is how to support craft in this coronavirus …
I enjoyed reading this excellent New York Times piece summarizing the current state of Panama hats, which, contrary to its name, originates in Ecuador. The finest versions of this classic hat are made near the town of Montecristi. Traditional weaving of Panama hats involves no machines – just hands, eyes and enormous focus. The author …
I was very pleasantly surprised to learn that Stanford Magazine’s article on my work in Sicilian tailoring has just won an award for feature writing – the 2020 Circle of Excellence Award by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Congratulations to the editorial and creative team of Kathy Zonana, Deni Bechard, Timothy Archibald …
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In my article “7 rules on becoming a better bespoke customer” I included a quote from menswear author Bruce Boyer on what you should look for in a tailor. If you have any passing familiarity with his writing, it should be abundantly clear that he has far more to share on the topic. I am …
In 2017, I discovered a tailoring circle in the small southern Sicilian town of Ragusa. My trip was initially prompted by coming across the name of Giuseppe Schembari. His signature appeared on a certificate for the jury-reviewed Forbici d’Oro selection for Sicily in 1986. This certificate was hanging in the workshop of Giovanni Cinturrino, a …
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I had the pleasure of meeting with Erik Mucska this weekend in the lovely city of Prague. Erik handles sales, marketing and customer service while his brother and father oversee the tailoring part of Slovak tailor Maximilian Mucska. I originally visited the Bratislava shop in 2016 and remain impressed with their ability to construct both …
Check out my interview with Ville Raivio of classic menswear website Keikari. I really enjoyed answering Ville’s thoughtful questions about my background, what I’m doing now and the journey – both sartorial and non-sartorial – that led me to where I am now.
As I noted in Sartorial Honolulu part 1, sartorialism and tropicalism are by no means polar opposites. But pairing the two requires a bit of an effort. Otherwise, if you have your sartorial blinders on, you’d skip the place. The key to finding interesting examples of sartorialism is paying attention to the underlying work that …
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