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Review: Sleevehead’s Guide to Sicilian Tailors

Torsten Grunwald has written a nice review of my guidebook (review in English) to Sicilian tailors on his English blog, The Journal of Style, as well as his Danish language blog (review in Danish). Coincidentally, Torsten vacationed some years ago in Sicily and came across a couple of tailors in Catania and Siracusa but decided …

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Review: Sleevehead’s Guide to Sicilian Tailors

I’m pleased to announce that Gentleman’s Gazette recently reviewed my guide to Sicilian tailors and am delighted that Raphael reached out to me to review it. Raphael is the fellow behind Gentleman’s Gazette and moreover he has actually been to Sicily. Needless to say, his passion for clothes speaks for itself. Likewise, Raphael’s review of …

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Sicilian tailors: What’s next after the Neapolitans?

I came across this September 2010 Irish Times article on Sicilian tailors. The article makes an astonishing claim, which, if true, speaks to a wonderful sartorial state of affairs in existence half a century ago. In postwar Italy, the author of the article estimates there were approximately 100,000 tailors serving about 85 per cent of …

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MRketNY 2010: The business of menswear

MRketNY is a US menswear tradeshow featuring leading makers and suppliers of men’s clothing selling to independent stores and larger accounts. From my perspective it was a very well-organized show and bustling with appointments and foot traffic the day I visited.  I enjoyed visiting many of the booths and chatting with owners, sales reps and …

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