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Maybe the "Adlon Kempinski" ( http://www.hotel-adlon.de ) will come close to your expectations. The original "Hotel Adlon" was inaugurated in 1907 and was a very famous hotel during the first decades of the last century until it was destroyed during WW2. It was then rebuilt about ten years ago. It i...

What a wonderful article! Thank you so much for your endless work.

jagdriver

I was recently asking myself the same question and this led me to some more general thoughts about how much the colours and materials of different leather items should math. At this opportunity I very much like to share my thoughts with the LL members: As a general rule I would say, that an elaborat...

Dear Bespoken2

Maybe you should try the following link:

http://www.sautter-lackmann.de/lager/ti ... ?bn=292585

It looks like they have the books (volumes I-III) available at a resonable price.

With best regards

jagdriver

I would second uppercase's advice, having wasted a good deal of money on Zegna and Brioni MTM. Henry Poole visits Hamburg several times a year. The schedule of visits is posted on their website. Dear aus_md you have spoken of your MTM clothes as a waste of money. May I ask you, if this is more beca...

I have just been visiting Henry Poole's web-site and yes, he is visiting Hamburg a few times a year. As far as I can see, he is the only SR tailor to visit Germany at all. By the way, is Germany really such a less-developed country in terms of elegant clothing? :? Well, what I could not clearly make...

May I add my favourite dress items to the list? shoes: a pair of Crockett & Jones oxford full brogues from the "handgrade collection" finished in antique tan very soft leather, perfect slimfit, and most elegant silhouette jacket: a 3 button Brioni sports coat with side vents made of a dark grey-blue...

Dear uppercase

Your advice of skipping MTM and going straight to bespoke is definitely worthwhile considering.

Now, can anyone tell me, if there is a good tailor working in the north of Germany and, if so, what the characteristics of his style are?

Sincerely Yours

jagdriver

Gentlemen, The time has come for me to change from RTW to a first made-to-measure suit. As I am rather small and quite slim, hitherto several changes had to be made to my RTW items, which often spoiled the clothes proportions. Can I expect to take a major step forward by commissioning a MTM suit? Re...