If you deliver a bunch of shirts at the dry cleaner today, they will most likely put them on a shirt-ironing dummy after washing them. The dummy will then smooth the shirts by steam and hot plates. Prices have dropped at the dry cleaner since the introduction of the dummy. It has become less attractive ...

As you know, I like to check out craftsmen in cities that I visit. Last time, when I was in Potsdam for a fitting at Arnulf’s, I took the opportunity to drop by Massatelier Fasan at Fasanstrasse 28, close to the large avenue Kurfürstendam in Berlin. To my knowledge Fasan the only shop in Berlin specializing ...