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Hardcover edition of SGST3 is now available
Dust jacket of Sleevehead’s Guide to Sicilian Tailors & Artisans. Photo credit: Juhn MaingHappy new year to all. The hardcover version of my guidebook Sleevehead’s Guide to Sicilian Tailors is now...
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Sleevehead’s Guide to Sicilian Tailors – 3rd Edition
The latest update of Sleevehead’s Guide to Sicilian Tailors has finally landed as an e-book. This is the third edition of SGST3 which was first published in 2011. I did not think that I would write a...
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2023 update – new edition of Sleevehead’s Guide to Sicilian Tailors
(Clockwise from top): View from Enna, my Teba jacket at Sartoria Maltese and the owner Alessandro at Di Grazia Ristobar in Catania It’s been some time since my last blog post! Time to catch up and...
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The more formal side of casual: what should I wear at a Sicilian wedding?
Early in 2022 I had the unexpected pleasure of receiving an invitation to a Sicilian wedding in mid-June. I accepted, and, needless to say, it was a marvelous experience. Since this was my first time...
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The geopolitics of luxury revisited
Photo credit: https://creativemarket.com/ilynx/3813733-Vector-map-of-Ukraine Nearly two years ago I wrote about the increasing likelihood of a geopolitical shift disrupting the upward growth curve of...
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Big luxury – is the luxury industry becoming the next big tech?
Louis Vuitton men’s store in Tokyo. Photo credit: Superfuture It might seem premature to float the idea of “big luxury”. After all, luxury and technology are two vastly different industries. And why...
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An homage to English outerwear – Aquascutum
Given our digital age, this should be good times for older, heritage brands. After all, it is easy for consumers to spot a brand from the distant or not so distant past and post about it in social...
View ArticleSleevehead Briefing on Alfred Dunhill
I’m pleased to announce that the first Sleevehead Briefing has been published and the topic is the quintessential English menswear brand Alfred Dunhill. This is a follow-up to my recent article and...
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NYC tailor Nino Corvato retirement
Tailor Nino Corvato. Photo credit: iItaly.org Earlier this year I learned that longtime NYC tailor Nino Corvato retired and sold his business to fellow tailor Pedro Tapia last year. This came as a bit...
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An homage to Alfred Dunhill – the world’s first modern luxury brand
On or about December 1910 human character changed.Virginia Woolf, Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown (1924) Founder Alfred Dunhill. Source: Nick Foulkes, Dunhill by Design (2005) History is rarely a linear...
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How to understand Sicilian tailoring through food
Many thanks to Tim Mureau for forwarding this video by Paul Hollywood. The video is not only a wonderful introduction to Sicilian food such as cannoli, cassata, arancini and street food but also to...
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Interview – Sartoria Italiano
This is the second in a series of interviews with the Sicilian tailors who participated in the 2020 Trofeo Arbiter tailoring competition in Milan. They were the largest representative body to...
View ArticleArtisanal longevity, or how to sustain an artisanal business for the long haul
How would you achieve an artisanal longevity measured in centuries or even millennia? I found the answer to this question in an excellent New York Times article on the remarkable phenomenon of...
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Interview – Pippo Arrigo
2020 has been a challenging year for the world of tailoring and tailored clothing. The pandemic has certainly seized the headlines this year but there have been bright spots in tailoring – Sicilian...
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The geopolitics of luxury and end of low-risk globalization
Political map of the world. Source: Guideoftheworld.com The age of globalization has been an enviable growth engine for the luxury industry spearheaded by Western luxury giants like LVMH, Richemont...
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How to support craft in the wake of COVID-19
Beyond the public health impact, the current pandemic has also disrupted the global economy at all levels from ordinary citizens to the world’s largest companies. But it has become clear that some of...
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Flying safely without a coronavirus vaccine
An essential part of what I do is traveling, specifically flying. I fly domestically in the US to meet customers for Sicilian Reserve and abroad to Sicily to meet with artisans whom I write about on...
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State of the art – Montecristi Panama hats
Panama hat. Source: Wikipedia I enjoyed reading this excellent New York Times piece summarizing the current state of Panama hats, which, contrary to its name, originates in Ecuador. The finest...
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Stanford Magazine award for article on Sleevehead
Perfectly Suited image for Stanford Magazine article on Sleevehead and Sicilian Reserve I was very pleasantly surprised to learn that Stanford Magazine’s article on my work in Sicilian tailoring has...
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Bruce Boyer on becoming a bespoke customer
Bruce Boyer in New York City. Photo credit: Juhn Maing. In my article “7 rules on becoming a better bespoke customer” I included a quote from menswear author Bruce Boyer on what you should look for in...
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