Dates confirmed for NYC 14/15 november
UPDATE: Circumstances have forced me to revise my planning for the next few months, leading to my NYC visit being postponed.I duly apologize to those people who have shown an interest in my work. For more info, please read the post just above. Thank you.
My visit to New York City next month is confirmed. I’ll [...]
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Armholes: The dreaded scye!
Much talk goes on about something called scye, or armhole. This is an aspect of Bespoke coats that is extremely important, both for the comfort as well as for the appearance of the wearer.
Please have a look at this photo:
This is an old Ready-To-Wear coat of a well-known Italian producer that I’ve taken apart for [...]
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Are you a Bespeaker?
A small selection of my personal stock, just to wet your appetite
As I’ve explained elsewhere on this blog, the word bespoke originated in the 17th century. Back in those days, a tailor would have a stock of fabrics available for his customer to choose from. Nowadays this rarely happens anymore. For a tailor to keep [...]
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