The term "bespoke" has been thrown around in fashion for years.  Today, some marketers treat it as a mere buzzword to a symbol of exquisite craftsmanship, particularly in the realm of custom tailoring, but the term "bespoken" was first used in 1607 to mean "ordered, commissioned, arranged for.” 

I keep the old office turning it into an alterations room saving me endless trips to my alteration tailor near the flat iron building and I move into a larger office a five floors down.

I start experimenting with Tweed, I make 3 piece tweeds up for myself expecting people to buy just the sport coats but they love the suits!

I moved into my first shop/studio in Union square which was about as big as my changing room is now, you may remember it. Some good times and long hours in that office.

I had a go at putting a ready to wear collection together with my friends Ferdinand van Alphen (Marketing Svengali) and James Henry (Director of Photography).

The concept was 1930 and 40’s inspired clothing, looking at the chore jackets of today the look is a bit ahead of its time in many respects. We didn’t manage to get the Last Pilot off the ground but we had some great lunches in Eataly (spelled correctly) that we probably couldn’t really afford.

A nice idea, I still wear some of the military style shirts - handmade in Manchester, England.

I had won the American tailors over (somewhat) and started making suits indistinguishable from Savile Row in style and quality but produced locally in Queens and New York.

This was the first suit I made for REEVES under my own name in New York.
Of course it was a sample of sorts and I had to have it made for myself to iron out the kinks.

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