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...exceptional." Customers don't seem to mind; the firm's client base has soared since the suits were introduced. Next, Brandelli plans to revamp the Savile Row store and its offerings. The idea, he says, is to make sure that the firm uses only the world's best craftsmen, regardless of geography. "Everything you buy at Kilgour will be made where it should be made," he says. "That is what defines true style...
...Vila were the father of the industrious craftsmen responsible for this table, he would be a very proud man. It took two full days to perfect the stencils for the beer mug centerpiece and align the white silhouettes used to ensure perfect cup placement. The table is also equipped with five detachable legs that ensure easy set-up, and it occupies a prominent spot above the fireplace when...
Then he gently emphasized, in a homespun analogy that drew on his affection for craftsmen and construction, the importance of compromise: "When a broad table is to be made, and the edges of planks do not fit, the artist takes a little from both, and makes a good joint. In like manner here, both sides must part with some of their demands...
...German Economy and Labor Minister Wolfgang Clement says the Meisterbrief is a means of "market-access restriction" and its abolition will provide a "strong impulse for start-ups and employment." The German economy needs all the strong impulses it can get, but analysts and craftsmen doubt that abolishing the Meisterbrief will provide them. Clement wants to do away with the qualification for 62 of the 94 professions that require it. Higher-risk trades such as heating engineering and plumbing would retain the Meisterbrief, but for the rest, 10 years of job experience would allow anyone who had successfully completed...
...experts to clean and restore the 14 staterooms now on view to the public. Says Christian Benedik, the art historian responsible for the renovations: "We wanted the rooms to look just as they did in 1822, and that was expensive, and difficult, because there are only a few craftsmen and -women who are familiar with the different techniques. But it was marvelous to see them come to life." Designed by Josef Kornh?usel in the 1820s according to an elaborate French classicist style unique to Central Europe, the rooms feature jewel-colored silk wall coverings specially made by the prestigious Venetian...