In these challenging economic times, one might imagine a grim mood gripping Savile Row. Indeed, last week as I stood on a stoop looking down into the basement of Hardy Amies I spied a pile of discarded moving boxes sitting below a sample sale sign in the window. The couturier had been in the press […]
Chittleborough & Morgan: The Row liveth Read More »
Happy new year and best wishes for 2009. This is my fourth year of developing this blog and it has evolved from its modest origins thanks to other bloggers, a truly international audience of readers and the always entertaining and informative world of online men’s clothing forums. Given yesterday’s post, I thought it might be
Choosing a tailor: Singularity or plurality? Read More »
First, a very special thanks to everyone who responded to the bespoke survey I created earlier this year. If you haven’t filled it out yet, here’s the link to the survey and the related post. In the survey, I asked the following question: Which tailors are you most interested in commissioning a garment from but
Bespoke survey: Who will be your next tailor? Read More »
Asian tailors can be a good option and value – assuming you are local to them (or they visit your city regularly) and you are comfortable with a high level of directed involvement and oversight in the bespoke process. Hong Kong In my recent trip to Asia, my first stop was Hong Kong. I visited
Southeast Asian tailors: A visit to Hong Kong, Hanoi & Ho Chi Minh City Read More »
This is the final, belated installment of the Italy trip I took back in February. My sartorial itinerary in Naples took me along: Via Morelli, Via della Cavallerizza, Via dei Mille, Via Filangieri, Via Chiaia, Via Toledo, Galleria Umberto. Rubinacci Rubinacci seems the most commercially savvy of the sartoria I saw in Naples. It certainly
Naples: Rubinacci, Attolini, Solito Read More »
In the past couple of years, I’ve received more than a few messages, comments or emails from folks interested in becoming a bench tailor, i.e. someone who can cut and sew garments. More specifically, they’re interested in becoming an apprentice to a working tailor. I don’t have much original advice except to approach the best
Becoming a tailor/cutter today: How do I become an apprentice? Read More »
After a few years of mostly reading and posting occasionally to the various men’s clothing forums, I began to feel my interest flagging a bit. This is natural as the number of times we can meritoriously debate a “RTW v. bespoke” thread is limited. But this Styleforum thread, in the waning days of a sobering
2008 thread of the year: Tom Ford, pagoda shoulders, bespoke tragedies and more Read More »
I came across a fellow blogger AstoriaUnderground, who put in a nice mention about visiting Sleevehead. In one of her recent entries, she also mentioned Burdastyle, which is a site dedicated toward “open source sewing” and patterns for women’s clothing. This is an intriguing and brilliant idea I think. It’s a mashup of the open
Open source tailoring Read More »
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