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Charvet shirt. At the company’s Place Vendôme haberdashery—considered the world’s first shirt shop—customers have their choice of thousands Double of fabrics. charvet.com NAPLES EXPOSURE Neapolitan suits, jackets, and shirts exude sprez- Some of the best men’s custom tailors zatura, a sophisticated nonchalance—which in can also fit the feminine form. no way equals cutting corners. Rubinacci Women might recognize Rubi- nacci from its bow-bearing loafers, but the brand is built on bespoke tailoring. Third- generation scion Luca serves as global ambassador for the brand, which now s bespoke tailoring is has ateliers in London, Milan, and Tokyo. a trade that predominantly caters marianorubinacci.net A to men, well-dressed women are Kiton This tailoring institution sets the often at a loss about where to go to standard for quality control. Kiton cul- get a precisely cut shirt or suit. Hillary tivates talent at its prestigious in-house Clinton aside, even the most stylish school and deploys top graduates in its and deep-pocketed ladies are still 42 stores worldwide. At each of these ­making do with off-the-rack blouses ateliers women can have suits, shirts, and blazers, holding their breath as and even dresses fitted to their specifi- they find out whether they fit in the cations. If you don’t have time for the shoulders and bust. But equality does turnaround, you can shop the ready-to- exist. Here we compile the top tailors wear collection, helmed by Giovanna that skillfully craft for both sexes. S.B. Paone, daughter of Kiton founder Ciro LONDON Paone. kiton.it/en Savile Row is synonymous with tailor- ing, but long-established­ houses have NEW YORK CITY Although New York is America’s had to evolve to survive. Nowadays fashion capital, advanced prac­ there are even a few female tailors on the block. titioners of the art of bespoke ­tailoring are surprisingly hard to Huntsman Katharine Hepburn and Eliza- come by—though they do exist. beth Taylor stopped in at this Savile Row shop, established in 1849, for their tweeds Tinker Tailor Co-founded by former and country attire. In the ’40s, Huntsman Moda Operandi president Aslaug Mag- combined two classics, creating a one- núsdóttir and Cleo Davis-Urman, Tinker button hybrid of a tuxedo jacket and a Tailor is the first digital custom atelier. riding coat. h-huntsman.com PARIS The site, which already counts such mod- Edward Sexton Together with the late Tommy Those who hold court among the Chanel ern swans as Leandra Medine, Hannah Bronfman, Nutter, Sexton opened the iconic Nutters on the tweed jackets and YSL le smoking suits master- and Yasmin Sewell as clients, allows users to alter Row. There he cut suits for Twiggy and Bianca fully stand out. runway looks (labels have included Giambattista Jagger. Stella McCartney (whose dad was a Cifonelli Karl Lagerfeld once said he could rec- Valli and Suno) or design their own garments regular) apprenticed with Sexton. When she was ognize a Cifonelli “Cigarette” shoulder 100 meters from preexisting mock-ups. tinkertailor.com appointed creative director of Chloé, in Paris, away. Founded in Rome in the 1880s and run by Martin Greenfield The Brooklyn clothier got Sexton consulted to ensure that the tailoring fourth-generation Cifonellis, cousins Massimo and its start in 1977 as a manufacturer for fashion was up to par. He now sees clients in his private Lorenzo (the duo made Hermès bespoke suits for designers who wanted 100 percent hand-tailored Knightsbridge studio. edwardsexton.co.uk more than a decade), the house balances moder- pieces in their collections. These days Martin Henry Rose Currently tailor in residence at Self- nity with its legacy: It made tuxedos for Marlene Greenfield creates made-to-order garments for ridges, Savile Row and Stella McCartney alum Rose Dietrich and Josephine Baker. cifonelli.com brands (most recently blazers for Gwyneth Pal- caters to women (Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Charvet Jane Birkin, Catherine Deneuve, and trow’s lifestyle site, Goop) as well as individuals. Iman are clients) more than most. henryrose.co.uk Kate Moss are just a few who have buttoned up a greenfieldclothiers.com•

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