Articles tagged "tailor"

Dude Reviewed - Taji

More photos - Altre fotoDuring a recent trip to the New York I visited Mr Taji in his showroom of Manhattan, on Madison Avenue. Taji, nome de plume for Tacettin Seker, is a forty-three –year-old Turkish tailor Keep reading

Superman Blue

More photos - Altre fotoDetails of the blazer: Super 150's Zegna fabric, three-rolled-two buttons, peak lapels 11cm-wide, closed armohole, double stitching, two patch pockets, boat shaped breast pocket, only one layer of light canvas inside, t Keep reading

A Conversation with...Fabio Sodano

26 years old and a lot of dreams

The inteview - L'intervista26 years old. Few for some. A lot for him, who has a bunch of projects and dreams to realize. Fabio Sodano at 18 years old joins the Kiton tailoring school in order to learn the basics of the craft. Afterwards he w Keep reading

A Conversation with... Antonio Liverano

With the humility of the true masters, the expertize gained during many years of work and the will to inform young people about the sartoria, the Master Antonio Liverano welcomes me in his atelier of Via dei Fossi 43r, Florence. Con l Keep reading

A Conversation with... Gennaro Formosa

Gennaro Formosa, 45, opens for me the doors of his Sartoria in Vico Cavallerizza a Chiaia 37. Today he runs the family business and loves to talk about his father Mario, his life in the sartoria and for the sartoria. After having worked with Quintano Keep reading

A Conversation with... Gennaro Annunziata

During my last trip to Naples, I had the pleasure of paying a visit to Sartoria Chiaia-Napoli located in the elegant Piazza Trieste e Trento, next to iconic landmarks like the Teatro San Carlo, Galleria Umberto I and the historic Gambrinus Café. Chi Keep reading

A conversation with... Salvatore Ambrosi

I meet Salvatore Ambrosi in his workshop of Via Nicotera 103, right behind Piazza del Plebiscito, in a working-class neighbourhood beside the rich Chiaia. Salvatore's shop is a shock to the eye. It's decorated with such sim Keep reading

A Conversation with... Valentino Ricci

Dear readers, today I share with you a pleasant conversation I had with the classy Valentino Ricci, co-founder at Sciamát (Persian word, meaning checkmate). From their website: "In 2002 Valentino Ricci, young lawyer, along with his wife Silvana, his Keep reading

Sharing sartorial knowledge

Some days ago I spent a pleasant afternoon along with Santo Barillà, incomparable style and savoir-faire mentor, and other friends like Gianni Fontana of The Style Buff, Antonino Barillà (Santo's son) e Ken Takehara. Useless to say that I have Keep reading

A conversation with... Luca Rubinacci

Who: Luca Rubinacci, 31, creative Director at Sartoria Rubinacci. Chi: Luca Rubinacci, 31, Creative Director della Sartoria Rubinacci.Keep reading - Continua a leggere[img]tumblr_mfaryp Keep reading