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An Interview with Tailor SHI Jingwei

Post author:FU Pei
Post published: July 19, 2026
Post category:Classic Menswear
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Wee and I have known each other for many years, and he has handled hundreds of times more shoes than me. After he opened the Shanghai branch of Coller, a Hong Kong custom-made shop, he also tried it. Coller’s positioning is still very interesting, the outpost of young Asian tailors in Europe. Then, he changed from manager to tailor, which surprised me very much.

Of course, the manager needs some professional knowledge, but becoming a craftsman is not a commercial choice at least. So, why?

Get to know Shi Jingwei with me. This is the first time that we have interviewed him since we met for so many years.

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Visit Bill & Tailor Shanghai

Post author:FU Pei
Post published: April 29, 2026
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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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Visit HMH Studio

Post author:FU Pei
Post published: January 18, 2026
Post category:Classic Menswear Culture
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HMH is a classic menswear bespoke studio, located on the Bund in Shanghai. More than a year passed before I made time to follow up and visit again.

HMH was originally in Ruikang apartment, but later the landlord took it back for his own use and moved to Riverside Building, separated from Ruikang apartment by a post and telecommunications museum.

Just a short section of Suzhou River, from west to east, is located the Fujian Road and Bridge, Henan Road and Bridge, Sichuan North Road Bridge and Zhapu Road and Bridge with the same long history … The old and the new are mixed and unique.

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DINGTAI Shanghai

Post author:FU Pei
Post published: January 2, 2026
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DINGTAI is a very famous bespoke tailoring house founded in Beijing.

DINGTAI seldom targeted suit enthusiasts, but even W.W.Chan Shanghai can’t match the turnover.

LIU Fuhan, the founder of DINGTAI, does a lot of sharing in Red. His sharing is the most grounded in this circle I have ever seen, and he can say everything he knows. Why can you do this? Because of self-confidence, because he knows that DINGTAI doesn’t need to rely on information difference to make money.

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Lancer Suits in Reda Fabric

Post author:FU Pei
Post published: October 30, 2024
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Let’s talk about the price first, 9800 RMB for a set of two-piece suit, the entry price of Lancer, because the fabric is Reda.

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Visit GentleMaker

Post author:FU Pei
Post published: August 5, 2024
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I have known for a long time that the owner of this coffee shop featuring shoeshine. I had the oppoturnity to have conversation with Don in Nanjing and at the China Trunk Show in 2021. Even the runner-up in the shoeshine competition is a shoeshine professional in this store.

Until last month, I was lucky enough to come to this unique shoeshine coffee shop in Shanghai, China.

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Stile Renaissance, Dormeuil Super Brio

Post author:FU Pei
Post published: July 5, 2023
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I believe my readers all know Stile Renaissance, which is regarded as the purest Florentine style bespoke tailoring house in Shanghai. For Chinese bespoke tailoring, style is nothing more than the owner himself very appreciates and then gradually imitates. Stile Renaissance’s initial imitation was Liverano & Liverano, arguably the most well-known Florentine store.

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Lancer Bespoke可能是你完全不会错的选择

Post author:FU Pei
Post published: June 7, 2023
Post category:Classic Menswear
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Lancer不会错？

Lancer的衣服是很好，但如果不是你喜欢的风格，那不就错了吗？

Lancer的衣服是很飘逸，版型不错的，但如果做工一般，卖个样子，这个价格，不就错了吗？

可是这些问题，都没有说到点上。

你怎么定义定制店的？

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Is Wiracetas Bespoke?

Post author:FU Pei
Post published: May 25, 2023
Post category:Dress Shoes
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Wiracetas is a Shanghai based dress shoe brand that I only came into contact with last year. It operates a physical store for several years in Shanghai already, and the founder Qiu Wuping is a super veteran of the industry. More than ten years ago, in the era when it was easiest to make money in everyone’s mouth, he made a fortune by making Goodyear shoes.

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2023 China Trunk Show, Yearn Shoemaker

Post author:FU Pei
Post published: April 6, 2023
Post category:Dress Shoes
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The strongest player in the west, a handmade shoe brand from Chengdu, was once again in Shanghai this year and exhibited at the 2023 China Trunk Show.

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