Apprentices?
The lovely Charlotte enjoying a well-deserved break and a nice cappuccino. Did I mention I make the best suits coffee in Europe?
Every now and again I receive an email from a (not necessarily) young appassionado, asking if I can take them on as an apprentice.
Usually, these folks are very serious and tell me they would [...]
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Cinco razones para que un sastre haga su ropa
Usted elige la tela, el estilo y la forma de una prenda personal, única y elegante. Absolutamente nadie tendrá la misma, y no hay nada más exclusivo en el mundo
Usted experimentará el lujo de la atención individual de un artesano que hará verse y sentirse increible.
Usted puede escoger, a su conveniencia, [...]
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Summarising for new readers
For the last twelve years I’ve been working as a bespoke tailor. Bespoke is an old English word which means: Made exclusively for you, the way you want it, to your sizes. It stems from the time when tailors would stock cloth on the premises. When a customer ordered [...]
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Three reasons why I don’t care much for fashion
I’ll let the images do my talking….
Now, having said that, watch this space, for the next post will rock your world. I hope.
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Hand-finished shirt
My first ever client, yonks ago, ordered a few shirts a while back. It just so happens he lives in the neighbourhood nowadays, and he orders things from time to time. This shirt is made from cloth by Acorn. They make some of the best shirting cloth in the world. This one is a 2-ply [...]
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Red Silk Velveteen Jacket
A lovely jacket in silk velveteen from one of my english suppliers.
Photoshop, anyone? Yes, I’ve tweaked the colours a bit because this is about the most difficult cloth to shoot. I mean, it’s already difficult to take a good photo of a ‘normal’ cloth, but this is just impossible. My uncle Bert, who is a [...]
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Two good reasons why I live in Salobreña
1: We get amazing sunrises here.
2: Sometimes, aliens come to help make them.
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Be Smart: Buy a Bespoke Suit! And then what? Then you’ll be even smarter!
No, seriously. I am not kidding. A few days ago I read an article on a dutch news-site (http://www.nu.nl/wetenschap/2175534/merkkleding-maakt-vrouwen-slimmer.html) (in case you understand dutch) which reported on a scientific study that has recently been performed in The Netherlands. In this research, a group of women was given a G-Star jacket to wear, and were then [...]
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Renamed: Another one of my teacher’s expressions.
[EDIT: I found the original title: "Quotes from the master: A good tailor has any cutter in his pocket" a little bit too heavy, so I changed it. Small edits in the text below as well.]
Ok, I hope the title of this post causes some curiosity. As I’ve said before, my teacher mr Dahoe, used [...]
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Long time running
The empire of my forebears. The text reads: Specialty: Overcoats and fabrics
Sometime in the second half of the 19th century, a young man by the name of Heinrich Stall, loaded a few spools of tapestry yarn onto a wheelbarrow and set out from Germany, on foot, to The Netherlands. After some lengthy trekking and a [...]
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