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Luca Avitabile: Like Father, Like Son

Neapolitan shirtmaker Luca Avitabile shares some thoughts on his family business, his formula for the perfect bespoke shirt, and why it isn’t always right to listen to your father

From American Oxford to Giza 87: in search of the perfect white shirt

Our resident style columnist, Aleks Cvetkovic, ruminates on the backbone of any well-dressed man’s wardrobe – the age-old white shirt

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Domenico Mazzarelli: The Shirtmaker Who Should Have Made Wine

Mazzarelli’s shirtmaking workshop in Puglia is an Italian menswear gem. We visit Domenico to explore his approach to his craft, his commitment to quality, and his other love – fine wine

Understanding Texture and Tone

There’s no escaping the fact that menswear is changing, as more brands move towards tonal collections and softly textured fabrics. Our style columnist, Aleks Cvetkovic, is on hand to help with a crash course on tonal and textured shirts

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Stenströms’ Creative Director Talks Shirts, Craftsmanship and Quality

Peter Jüriado joined Stenströms over 25 years ago and worked his way up through the ranks. We chat to him about Sweden’s oldest shirtmaker, how Stenströms is moving with the times, and his own personal relationship with our fabrics

Whiter than white: the ‘60s look in ‘A Single Man’

Despite its sober tone, Tom Ford’s late-noughties masterpiece has earned a place in cinema history as one of the best-dressed movies of its decade

All hail the business casual shirt

With traditional office dress codes on the wane, Aleks Cvetkovic makes the case for the ‘business casual’ dress shirt

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A Rising Star of Japanese Craftsmanship

Japanese menswear is famous for its flawless attention to detail. In Nagareyama City, Chiba, Minami Shirts takes this obsession with precision to an all new level

Sawanoi Sake: A Lifetime in the Making

We visit one of Okutama’s oldest Sake breweries – family owned and run for 23 generations, no less – to understand the philosophy that informs this most precious of Japanese libations

Yasuto Kamoshita’s archive shirts collection

The Japanese designer, creative and authority on men’s style gives us special access to his unique personal archive

We’ll say one thing for ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ – they’re always well dressed…

Charlie Thomas examines Michael Caine and Steve Martin’s sartorial one-upmanship in one of the most charming movies of the 1980s

Arnold Wong’s Mythical W.F. Mealli Jacket

We meet with Hong Kong-based vintage aficionado, Arnold Wong, to learn a little more about his most precious possession and his approach to men’s style

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Why we think you should be an Anthologist

The Anthology’s co-founders, Buzz Tang and Andy Chong, are building one of the most exciting international tailoring brands of today. We sat down with them to explore the brand’s roots, its philosophy on bespoke, and its approach to fine shirtmaking

Milad Abedi on Stockholm and Gothenburg

One of our favourite men’s style photographers talks to us about how he approaches his work, and brings his insider knowledge to bear on two Swedish cities he calls home

Casablanca: a lesson in ivory eveningwear

There are many claimants to the best Black Tie looks in movie history, writes Charlie Thomas, but nothing quite beats Bogart’s pitch-perfect ivory dinner jacket

Thomas Sandell: Designed for life

One of Sweden’s foremost architects and product designers, Thomas Sandell of Sandell & Sandberg, shares some life lessons he’s accrued over the course of his 30-year career

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Budd Shirtmakers – Making The Case For Tradition

Budd Shirtmakers might only be a small shop in London’s West End, but it’s a British shirtmaking institution. We sat down with one of the house’s bespoke cutters, Darren Tiernan, to learn a little more about Budd’s winning formula

An Ode to The Overshirt

Our style columnist, Aleks Cvetkovic, explores what makes the humble overshirt such a popular menswear staple – and why you should try one, if you haven’t

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Swann Custom Shirts, a Shirtmaker Built For Today

Swann might be a small boutique in Paris’s VIII Arrondissement, but co-founders Thibault de Drouas and Vincent Colin are making a mark on modern French menswear

Pierre Mahéo’s favourite parka

In this series we ask stylish men to talk us through a precious piece of vintage menswear. Here, Pierre Mahéo, founder and Creative Director at Officine Générale, talks to us about his design philosophy, his approach to brand building and the story behind his favourite coat

Pulp Fiction: Why we can all learn a thing or two from Uma Thurman’s white shirt

It goes without saying that the white shirt is a wardrobe staple, but in cult movie classic Pulp Fiction, it becomes an icon. Our film correspondent, Charlie Thomas, explains why…

Bold as brass

We meet one of New York’s foremost jazz musicians, trumpeter and pianist, Keyon Harrold. He re-flects on his early career, honing his craft, and what it takes to find your voice as a musician today

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Geneva Custom Shirts: Old School Talent in New York

We visit Gene Athanasatos, cutter and owner at Geneva Custom Shirts, a New York menswear institution and a testimony to honest, old-school craftsmanship

An artist’s guide to London, with Jonathan Lawes

In the first of a series of city guides, we meet with Jonathan Lawes, the South London printmaker who brings you his guide to some of the capital’s least known gems

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Turnbull & Asser’s Quiet Evolution

Aleks Cvetkovic sits down with Turnbull & Asser’s Creative Director, Becky French, to get the inside track on how one of Jermyn Street’s oldest shirtmakers is freshening up its act

Beyond Blue and White: Some fresh thoughts on formal shirts

In the first of six columns Aleks Cvetkovic thinks through some colourful alternatives to a wardrobe filled with conventional blue and white

Michael Hill on his father’s cardigan

Clothes that stand the test of time often have a story to tell. In ‘Well Worn’ we ask stylish men around the world to talk us through a precious piece of vintage menswear. Who better to start with than the Creative Director of Drake’s, Michael Hill?

Colour, depth and darkness: tailoring in The Great Beauty

Sure, the colourful Italian tailoring in Paolo Sorrentino’s Oscar winning film The Great Beauty is good looking, but the genius of the movie lies in its wardrobe’s deeper meaning, as Charlie Thomas explains

A letter from the Albini family

The Albini family takes a moment to introduce our new editorial platform, and to welcome you to the world of Thomas Mason

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What’s coming next for @lucaavitabile, then? The good news is that despite the disruption wrought by 2020, the atelier is busy and his signature products remain as popular as ever. He’s in the process of expanding his e-commerce offering and has started to develop an overshirt model, too. It seems that Luca is at ease with his place in the world, and his craft.⁠
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@lucaavitabile is most exacting in his approach to fabric. “I’d say that the quality of the fabric accounts for maybe 80 per cent of the first impression of a good shirt – it’s the same with everything in menswear. My favourite Thomas Mason cloth is the Hampton twill collection for this reason; they make-up beautifully and they’re nice and smooth without being too delicate.”⁠
Read the full interview at the link in bio.⁠
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@lucaavitabile’s work is all about balance. His shirts are fitted but not too fitted, and there’s a healthy mix of machine finishing and handworked details like the front placket, buttonholes and set-in sleeves. Every client will go through a basted fitting ahead of placing his first order, and Luca’s collars are also meticulously fine tuned. As you might expect, there’s an art to getting these right too.⁠
Discover more about Avitabile’s bespoke philosophy at the link in bio.⁠
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