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Interview with Alan Bennett
‘I am 63 this year and I am the owner of Davies and Son. I went to a local school and left at age 15 with no qualifications. Fortunately, I got an apprenticeship with Huntsman who sent me to a...
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Interview with James Cottrell
‘I am 61 years old and the owner and cutter of Welsh & Jefferies. When I was 16 years old I started as an apprentice in Kilgour, in Savile Row, and trained there for 5 years. I have 3 daughters who...
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Interview with Carina Eneroth from Skomakeri Framåt
‘I was born 1964 and I am a Bespoke Shoemaker. I have a 2-year high school education as a tailor, 3 years as a repair shoemaker’s apprentice and 3 years as a bespoke shoemaker’s apprentice. I have two...
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Anatomy of the Barbour Beaufort wax cotton jacket
J. Barbour and Sons is Great Britain. It would be pointless to list the company’s three royal warrants, vast selection and many well-designed clothes as all of these are mentioned time and again...
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Anatomy of the Valstarino jacket
Valstar is an Italian maker with a penchant for outerwear, best known for their A-1 flight jacket version, Valstarino, born in 1935, and first made of leather. In its previous life, the company was...
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Interview with Frederik Andersen from A.W. Bauer
VR: Your age and occupation? FA: I’m 39 years old and I’m the head cutter and co-owner of A.W. Bauer bespoke tailors. My title says head cutter, but nowadays my schedule includes much more than that....
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Quality hygiene from D.R. Harris
D.R. Harris is a very English chemist and perfumery that has served the discerning St. James and Mayfair clientele in London since 1790. The company is London’s oldest pharmacy and still family-owned....
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The Tautz lapel
Edward Tautz founded his eponymous tailoring business in the West End London of 1876, later on renamed as E. Tautz&Sons. He learned the trade at Hammond&Co., who specialized in sport and...
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Handmade MHS18 Hairbrush from Kent Brushes
I blame that Roetzel guy. Ever since reading his Gentleman book in my impressionable youth, I haven’t shaken off the image of Kent’s very proper, very oval hairbrush, even though my hair cannot be...
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