Men's wear is all about tailoring.
A great tailor is like a great personal trainer - they tailor that suit to your natural physique.
Neither in tailoring nor in legislating does man proceed by mere accident.
People are afraid of you, Arty. Girls are terrified of you. You’re a fifteen-year-old in a bespoke suit, and nobody died.
If a piece is individually made to measure, then it's couture.
The detail that goes into couture stuff is insane. Everything is handmade - every sequin, every double stitch.
I think I get almost every piece of clothing that I buy altered and taken in just to fit me exactly the way it should.
What I've always found about going to a tailor is that it's a little bit daunting. You don't know exactly what it's going to look like, it's hard to know who to go to, and it's still a very expensive proposition.
I never thought that tailoring was something that normal people did; I just thought that it was something that guys who had suits made of Italian silk depended on, and I wish someone had told me what a difference tailoring makes!
Everything I wear is custom made.
The Royal Family doesn't go out shopping for their uniforms: they've got some guy sewing on all the ornaments in-house. You could say I've got my own in-house team as well.
Real luxury is customization.
In designing my bridal collections, I love mixing luxe fabrics, which give the most beautiful texture and dimension to my creations.
Lardini is my go-to tailor. They work with me on a lot of personal things, which is nice.
Everything is customised, from my watches to my phone. I like my things to be different.
It's couture. Everything has to be done by hand. That is most important. That is the crucial element. Without it, that is not couture anymore.
I need to make things mine. It annoys me to buy something that is imposed on me. When I have a suit made, I go to the Sicilian tailor Alessandro Martorana in Turin. I like shorter jacket sleeves and often fold the cuffs up. It's more modern that way.
For me that's one of the great indulgences in life - a hand-tailored suit, and a great pair of handmade shoes.
