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23 January 2019
The French Chapter: Ardentes Clipei
Bespoke review of a suit featuring some typically French details
Ardentes Clipei is a Paris-based tailoring house – whose name litterally means “Burning Shields”. It has been founded by R Keep reading
Artisans
14 November 2018
The Milanese Chapter: Four Shirtmakers
I gave four Canclini cottons to four shirtmakers. This is what happened
So this was my genius plan: to commission a made-to-measur Keep reading
Artisans
4 November 2017
The Sardinian Chapter: Berrettificio Demurtas
The flat cap is not only Sicilian or British
I meet Giovanni Demurtas in his workshop in Jerzu (NU), t Keep reading
Artisans
23 July 2017
Miserocchi Shoemaker
The history behind the driving loafers
France, 1930s saw the birth of the very first driving loafers, but they did not meet with success amongst the public; after the war, the patent was bought by the Mostile shoe-makers in Vigevano, Italy, and car shoe Keep reading
Artisans
11 May 2017
The Roman Chapter: Sartoria Habitus
The Young Romantics of the bespoke tailoring scene in Rome
Gabriele, Bernardo, Lucia and Eleonora. Four young people between the ages of twenty and thirty meet in the class of a course organised by the Accademia dei Sartori. Keep reading
Artisans
4 May 2017
The Sardinian Chapter: Orbace
The Sardinian woolen cloth by Mario Garau and Franca Carta
Orbace is a Sardinian wool obtained from the longest, thickest filaments of the sheep during combing (carding); it is waterproof, durable and resistant, thanks in part to the process Keep reading
Artisans
21 April 2017
The Polish Chapter: Zaremba bespoke
An international flair, auteur blood flowing through his veins and a praiseworthy attention to proportions
A Polish book on the best tailors in Europe namechecks a certain “Zaremba tailoring house”, indicating 1894 as the year it was founded. Today headed by the young 35 year-old Keep reading
