Obsessives: Carlo Brandelli
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007The creative director of hip Savile Row tailor Kilgour explains his fascination with the mysterious British art of "keepie-uppie"
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The creative director of hip Savile Row tailor Kilgour explains his fascination with the mysterious British art of "keepie-uppie"
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Finding this tucked-away Paris boutique is only half the battle. Once inside, be prepared to offer yourself up to the whims of a very...comment dit-on?...French sales staff.
To say that walking into Vuitton's recently opened flagship is like
entering another world isn't an
overstatement. In fact, it's precisely
the point.
After more than 150 years in
business--selling to everyone from the Duke of Windsor to Karl Lagerfeld--France's most storied luggage
purveyor still has a few tricks
up its sleeve.
Ten years after its founding, Colette's brand of carefully edited eclecticism pervades the retail world--and yet no one does it better than the Paris
original.
Hundreds of fabric swatches, up to 18 custom measurements per customer, endless attention to detail--a trip to Charvet is as much about the experience as the shirts.