After having a placeholder for the longest time, Knize & Comp have finally rolled out a website. And it’s a handsomely designed one at that. It’s quite a delight to see photos of the Loos designed interiors and exterior. There are also stunning examples of their house styles in lounge/business suit (Anzug), blazer (Blazer), morning […]
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In my blog entry on Trabalza a few months ago, I remarked that he had an interview around the time I visited. I came across this recent link to an archived radio interview, which apparently is the interview in question. Enjoy!
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Kilgour is a longtime Savile Row tailor that happens to offer an alternative product to the traditional bespoke model (cut, sewn and finished in the UK). Actually they offer two alternatives – ready to wear and “entry-level bespoke”. An interesting tidbit surfaced recently on the latter. It appears that the overseas half of Kilgour’s entry-level
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After more than a year of research and steady progression up the menswear food chain (from RTW to MTM), I recently decided to take the plunge into bespoke. I looked at local tailors and would have preferred to start there but I wasn’t quite able to find the right cut or silhouette that I felt
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Today I decided to drop by Mr. Trabalza’s workshop on La Cienega just north of Melrose. It’s tucked away among other local businesses on this busy street in West Hollywood. A lady answered the door and walked to the back workroom and brought out the tailor. I didn’t have an appointment but wanted to see
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Back in April 2005, I wrote a “marketing 101” entry for bespoke tailors and thought a recent discussion thread I created would be a useful sequel. A few weeks ago I posted a marketing related thread on AskAndy about the web as an underutilized marketing channel for tailors, shirtmakers and other bespoke artisans. I listed
Marketing 201 for tailors: Pourquoi le web site? Read More »
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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