It took almost two years from start to finish. Finally, in May I could pick up the tuxedo at Volkmar Arnulf’s workshop in Potsdam. The tuxedo is a very classic tuxedo, a new year’s eve tuxedo. Design style is a double breasted two-button shawl collar with one-pleat high-waist trousers with side-adjusters. Shoulders are extended a ...

What captures a suit and an attire the better way? Photo or video? On the web we usually prefer a photo. We feel it is easier to check details and see how things fit. A video can distract us from the suit itself. Truth is that we will meet suits in action (people walking) or ...

There is no World’s Best Tailor. It would be a bit like saying that there is a World’s Best Artist, and we know we cannot decide on that convincingly. We don’t have the measure. You realize the subjective situation within bespoke tailoring, when you have tried bespoke tailors from different countries. They will differ in ...

When I was in Berlin last time, Bernhard Roetzel took me to Purwin & Radczun. They are one of three or four bespoke tailors in the Berlin area. Purwin & Radczun is a young firm founded in 2011 by Martin Purwin, who has been in the clothing trade for many years, and Boris Radzcun, a ...

I’ve read about “soft tailoring”. Steven Hitchcock, for instance, uses the concept as a catchphrase. “Hard tailoring” or “structured tailoring” are harder to come by, probably because the result doesn’t sound very comfortable. It can be though. You have an example above. The suit, made by Volkmar Arnulf, is pehaps the most comfortable double breasted suit that I own. ...