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Visit Bill & Tailor Shanghai

Bill & Tailor reads very much like B&Tailor, the most famous custom shop in Korea.

I’ve always been a little curious about such a name. Foster & Son, for example, means that when starting a business, or later, my son joined the business, so & means harmony. So B & Tailor is B and another tailor? Is that how Rubinacci started? Rubinacci is a playboy, a connoisseur and a product experience. The real tailor is Vincenzo Attolini.

Bill & Tailor Here, Bill is undoubtedly Tailor, and of course, Cutter. And he can be regarded as a serious W.W.Chan, and I always had contact with him when I was trying on W.W.Chan’s body. His master is the most respected inclusive Mr. Hai in China.

After the closure of W.W.Chan in Shanghai, Master Bao and his son opened Tailor Bao, and Bill also chose to open his own shop, Bill & Tailor.

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Read more about the article An Interview with CHEN Bo, The Founder of Artisan Bobo

An Interview with CHEN Bo, The Founder of Artisan Bobo

This is a real veteran of the industry, but not many people know it after starting their own business. Although we had WeChat several years ago, we didn’t communicate much. In SuitRide 2025, I visited his booth and found some very retro shoes.

Come and learn the story of Chen Bo with me.

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Read more about the article An Interview with Vito ZHANG, the Founder of Sartoria Vito

An Interview with Vito ZHANG, the Founder of Sartoria Vito

The tailor who came back from Milan seemed to dominate China, first Zhang Xiao, then ZHANG Renjie (founder of Sartoria Solari), the former in Musella Dembech and the latter in Yuki Inoue. Now, after two years of staying up late with Yuki Inoue to make clothes, Vito ZHANG (ZHANG Weize) have returned to China with pure Milan style, and opened their own independent workshop, Sartoria Vito, in Nanjing.

Let’s learn his story together.

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Read more about the article WS Chelsea Boots

WS Chelsea Boots

After I went to Guangdong and visited several shoe factories, I published several articles in succession about Ray Kwok, Johnny Works and Peter Qu, and found a commonality, that is, Chinese shoemakers, or any manufacturing industry, are really constantly improving their products. Their intention is not to kill their peers, but the products should be better and better.

This is in line with my argument all the time. This market segment (welted shoes) is not a big money, nor is it an upward trend. Who enters this line must be the one who really love shoes, such as me!

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Read more about the article An Interview with ZHANG Chunhai, Co-founder of LiiYuan & Hiiwen

An Interview with ZHANG Chunhai, Co-founder of LiiYuan & Hiiwen

LiiYuan & Hiiwen is the top bespoke tailoring house in Wuhan and even China. It tops at aesthetics as well as handwork. LI Yuan, as the manager, has more exposure to customers, ZHANG Chunhai, is known as Teacher Zhang, and only a few people who have LiiYuan clothes know. What is the division of role between them? What kind of identity and role is Teacher Zhang in LiiYuan & Hiiwen?

Let’s get to know this real craftsman.

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Read more about the article Shiyi, Wuhan

Shiyi, Wuhan

Is the craftsman who makes full-custom suits and leather shoes making them for you in a suit and tie?

Rouge Road, Wuhan, my mother told me that in her impression, this is a street that made clothes in Wuhan in the 1980s. It is not limited to suits, or even more accurate. Women’s clothing is the main force.

Today’s protagonist, the shop is on this street, Shiyi (meaning Pick Art).

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