Jan Kielman bespoke – new website

jan kielman bespoke

Jan Kielman Bespoke – new website Last year, during my trip to Warsaw in June I have interviewed owner of Jan Kielman Bespoke Shoemakers – Mr Maciej Kielman – and published it here on the blog. Kielman is a renewed Polish shoemaker, said to be the best one, with years of experience. They have very recently launched a long awaited …

Suitsupply summer collection – favourite items

suitsupply summer collection

Suitsupply summer collection 2015 – favourite items I always wonder which season is better for menswear retailers and why. Is it winter with overcoats and gloves or summer with, actually, much less items to wear. Most men probably wear their suits all year long and do not own a separate set of summer suits made of tropical fabrics. Number of …

Redwood and Feller – bespoke tailors in London

Redwood and Feller – Bespoke tailor in Pimlico, London Pimlico and West London is not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about English tailoring, that’s for sure. Savile Row has over the years built such a strong identity in the tailoring industry that is almost impossible to imagine a good bespoke tailor to be based anywhere else. However, …

New Joseph Cheaney store London

cheaney shoes

New J. Cheaney store in London Jospeph Cheaney is a well known shoemaking brand founded in 1886 in Northampton. Last Autumn they opened their new flagship store on London famous Jermyn Street. It has been a home to shoe and shirt and menswear accessories for years (since 17th century) and is now of the London’s best places to buy high quality …

Turnbull and Asser at LC:M

Turnbull and Asser at London Collections: Men 2015 In the middle of my Pitti 87 series I would like to share a London Collections: Men post with you so that we are not overwhelmed by Italian tailoring ;). Turnbull and Asser was the only collection I have seen during this year’s London Collections. If I wanted to describe it in …

Pitti 87 – Lubiam

lubiam pitti 87

Pitti 87 – Lubiam Another brand I wanted to show is Italian menswear clothing specialist called Lubiam. Lubiam has been founded by Luigi Bianchi in 1939 even though he has owned a menswear store since 1911. The location of the premises of the first shop was his home town – Mantova, in North Italy and this is partly where the name …

Pitti 87 – GTA Manifattura Pantaloni

Pitti 87 GTA Manifattura Pantaloni I must admit this is the brand I have never heard of before. Trousers making brands are not the most popular in the clothing market, the only well know that produces RTW trousers is Incotex. Therefore I got interested because rich colours on the display caught my eye. GTA Maniffatura Pantaloni is an Italian brand, formely …

Pitti 87 – Lardini

lardini pitti

Pitti 87 Lardini Day 3 Day 3 at Pitti was basically all about meeting friends, both new and old, taking photos, networking and socializing.  I also focused a little bit more on visiting brands and taking proper photos, not only with my phone. In the following weeks I will show you brands I visited and those I like most. Today I start …

Pitti 87 – part 2

Beshoes event florence

Pitti 87 – part 2 Day 2 Day 2 was very difficult, probably for everyone at Pitti. It was Wednesday so the day after the first night out. It was quite obvious that people had good fun the night before as the fair was relatively empty by midday. The ones who arrived, either for work or just because they were …