Vienna is rich on tradition  Vienna is charming, I must say. Trams, old-fashioned cafes and wienerschnitzel make you in good mood. Architecture and museums also impress. And then you have a large amount of classic men’s clothing stores and bespoke shoemakers. The latter hand-welt shoes to your feet’s measurements. In short, Vienna menswear shopping is ...

Monsieur Larsen in Paris I stumbled upon the information a few years ago. I retired journalist from the town of Pandrup in Northern Jutland wrote me about a local tailor, who went to Paris in his youth. The tailor had later become a very famous tailor in the very famous city. Lars Larsen (1871-1945) was ...

Knize and Charvet Along with Charvet at Place Vendôme in Paris Knize in Vienna is arguably the most renowned sartorial outfitter today. I’m not sure how well its business model fits modern consumer habits but in terms of old-wordly European brand power the shop is a giant. The visionary Adolf Loos Partly, this is due ...

I came across Götrich, bespoke tailor in Stockholm, first time 10 years ago, when I was searching every corner in Scandinavia for bespoke tailors. Along with A. W. Bauer Götrich was the only classic tailor left in Stockholm, I concluded. That number still holds up I think. The situation has changed though. Bengt and Christer Götrich, the ...

I was invited to the annual All Guilds Show at Moltke’s Palace in Copenhagen. It is a marketing effort to promote tailors, goldsmiths, hat makers, and furriers, which like in most Western countries have a hard time making a fair business. Luckily the guilds have a strong patron in Princess Benedikte of Denmark, the sister of the ...