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Time-honored (and time-consuming) as it may be, this kind of handiwork still carries a whiff of the cutting edge here at Brioni, the Italian luxury suitmaker known for dressing everyone from James Bond to Nelson Mandela. The Dutch-born Ter Meulen is one of 12 design students from London's Royal College of Art (RCA) who arrived in Italy this winter for a crash course in tailoring at the company's factory in Penne, a town of 12,000 tucked into the rolling hills of Abruzzo...
...have to start from the beginning," says school head Luciano Morelli. "Most of them can design the suit but can't make...
...Meulen, who hopes to have her own line of formal wear one day, says a week of made-in-Italy experience will go a long way. "I've realized that tailoring is essential to design," she says. "You understand here how much work goes into a suit, seeing how a garment is constructed. You can design the weirdest shape you want, but you must also know what should go where." So as for il taschino, Ter Meulen now knows not only where it goes but how to get it there...
...YORK CITY Design Within Reach's easy-to-use Maillard coffee press ($120) is perfect for busy city dwellers...
LONDON Art and Cook's medieval-looking citrus reamer ($19.99) is coveted for its edgy design...