After a very good walking tour of the Garment District led by Mike Kaback, I spent some time at Mood Fabrics on 37th St earlier this week. The store was actually the last stop of the walking tour which is very convenient. I last visited Mood about a year ago and picked up two tie […]
Before completing the second edition of SGST, I visited Palermo a couple of times last year to meet tailors. On one of these trips, I stumbled upon this sliver of a necktie shop just off of Via Roma between the main train station and Teatro Massimo. Beyond RTW ties, I also learned they also make
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I was not able to see Signor Zacco on my most recent trip to Palermo this month. But he was among the the first Sicilian tailors I visited and profiled in my book back in 2011. Zacco is the rare solo bench tailor is first and last one to touch each jacket that leaves his workshop.
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Based on my experience, Sicilian tailors tend to convey much less of their impressive heritage than their sartorial cousins further north in Italy and on the continent who convey the idea of a grand tailoring house. As I wrote in SGST, Sicilian tailoring heritage and hospitality are often materially expressed in far humbler terms – “The
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Just one more week left before Sicilian Reserve says arrivederci to launch pricing of bespoke tailoring. This is pretty incredible value for heritage tailoring on par with Savile Row and Naples. You can read more about it here.
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Black swans are the rare exceptions to the norm and defy conventional wisdom. So why do I consider Sicily the “black swan” of bespoke tailoring, the last secret left for sartorialists? To learn why, watch my new video below:
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Join us for a special NYC event on October 27 from 6pm to 7pm in Union Square. This is an informal opportunity to discover Sicilian bespoke tailoring in person. In particular, you will: Learn why Sicilian tailoring is the best kept secret in bespoke Meet the talented tailor behind Sicilian Reserve Enter to win a
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