“This is not Uniqlo or H&M!

This is a billionaire’s extravagant extravaganza splurge ie a

how to spend your billions away in hedonist luxuries in the fawning glories of Venus”

This is for people who have no hang-ups on materialism and the joys of materialism

FINEST CLOTHES – the cat’s pyjamas and cat’s whiskers or bee’s knees

1. Askandyaboutclothes.com * self confessed clothes lover and clothing expert

2. Bownbespoke.com Francis Bown * An Anglophile waxing lyrical about all things

English and English attire

3. Atailoredsuit.com*

4. Cigaraficionado.com for bespoke & G Bruce Boyer * Boyer is the doyen, maven and
first fob publisher before even the advent of Alen Flusser

5. Styleforum.net

6. Stylesalvage.blogspot.com

7. The Londonlounge.net *

8. Robbreport.com * for selection of finest products

9. Departures.com

10. Monocle.com has good articles in every magazine

11. Theluxurytravelshow.com

12. Askmen.com

13. Luxist.com

14. Denimology.com *

15. Selvage.wordpress.com

16. Japanesedenimjeans.com

17. Blueingreen.com * the best jeans store in USA sited in San Francisco

18. Selfedge.com

19. Denimgeek.com

20. Jeanculture.com
 21. Repeattofade.blogspot.com

22. Denimnews.blogspot.com

23. Thelibrary1994.com

24. eBay.com on Kiton, Brioni, Oxxford etc

25. valetmag.com on clothes care suggestions

Suit & Jacket

Good suits have surgeon’s cuff or working buttonholes, buffalo horn buttons or corozo
horn, mother of pearl buttons, 2 ply super 120’s wool at minimum, genuine horsehair
canvas handmade construction, non-padded shoulders, floating canvas, boat-shaped chest
pocket, flower holder constructed in the lapel as boutonniere, supple rolled lapel, knitted
back as Neapolitan construction

1. Kiton K50 Ciro Paone – this is the king of menswear

2. Brioni Escorial & Vanquish II founded by Nazareno Fonticoli – the Queen of

menswear and the best haberdasher who also fitted the protagonist in James Bond
movies notably Pierce Brosnan

3. Oxxford Clothes – USA’s finest menswear suiting the Presidents

4. Cesare Attolini Napoli – the original Neapolitan suit

5. Gianluca Isaia Napoli – cutting edge re-styled Neapolitan suit

6. Belvest Napoli shirt jacket – the lightest suit

7. Fray Napoli – excellent for both suit and shirts

8. D’Avenza (Carrara)

9. Orazio Luciano (ex-Kiton tailor)

10. Schiatti

11. Davide Cenci – also good for their sportswear

12. Ermenegildo Zegna Napoli Couture – the finest of Zegna and the only product worth
buying from Zegna

13. Luciano Barbera

14. Canali Exclusive – more affordable excellent close fitting shoulder style
15. Arny’s Paris Corbusier coat – the finest blouson

16. Corneliani

17. Chester Barrie – defunct and was the English Brioni

The best bang for the bucks is the Neapolitan tailors Attolini, Belvest, Fray, Isaia etc.
who incorporate the finest workmanship of Napoli tailors who are known as the finest in
the world

Tailor

UK

1. Huntsman Savile Row – the most expensive tailor and the most constructed suit on
Savile Row

2. Anderson & Sheppard Savile Row – tailor to Prince Charles and the softest hand on
Savile Row

3. Henry Poole Savile Row – the oldest and most versatile suitmaker on Savile Row

4. Maurice Sedwell Savile Row

5. Dege & Skinner (Savile Row) – honey on your buttonholes!

6. Maurice Sedwell (Savile Row)

7. Norton & Sons Edward Tautz (Savile Row)

8. Gieves & Hawkes No 1 Savile Row – has many ranges of suit to suit various budgets

9. Kilgour French Stanbury (Savile Row) – the most cutting edge stylish suitmaker on
Savile Row

10. Edward Sexton (Savile Row)

11. Douglas Hayward tailor to many suit connoisseurs

12. James & James

13. Tobias Taylor

14. Johns & Pegg

15. Benson & Clegg

16. Stovel & Mason (32 Burlington Arcade)

17. Davies & Sons

USA

1. William Fioravanti New York – the most constructed suit and most expensive
suitmaker in USA

2. Vincent Nicolosi New York featured in GQ magazine – the finest traditionalist

3. Giacomo Trabalza New York

4. Leonard Logsdail New York

5. Harrison James New York – Alan Katzman

6. Jack Simpson

7. Jack Taylor

8. Joe Centofanti

9. Christian Garzia

10. Anthony Gasbarri

11. Tony Maurizio

12. Frank Shattuck

13. Domenico Spano

14. Errico Formicolo

15. Angelo Vitucci at Brioni

16. Chris Despos

17. Cheo Park

18. Edgar Pomeroy

19. Gian de Caro (Chicago) at Gian Caro Sartoria

20. Ventresca

21. Berardi Brothers

22. Paul Becker

23. Vincent Sanitate

24. Michele Savoia

25. La Vera Sartoria Napoletana

26. Martin Greenfield

27. Jon Green

28. Pucci (Chicago)

29. Duende Bespoke Couture

30. Michael Renzi

31. Gilberto Designs

Italy

1. Gianni Campagna (Milan) the man who beat Kiton & Brioni to fit billionaires

2. Signor Bombino (Milan)

3. Alberto Caruso & Umberto Angeloni

4. Caraceni Milan

5. Nervesa Napoli

6. Adriano Christiani Italy

7. Novecento

8. Mariano Rubinacci (Napoli) marianorubinacci.com.it

9. Schiatti

10. Saint Andrews

11. Pal Zileri Sartoriale Abito Privato

 12. Castangia

13. Cantarelli

14. Sartoria Riflesso

15. Vitaliano Pancaldi

France

1. Arturo Cifonelli – the famous square cut shoulders

2. Charvet 22 Place Vendome Paris; the most beautiful storied haberdasher store

3. Guy Rover

4. Lina (Seville)

Hong Kong

1. A Man Hing Cheong Mandarin Hotel – makers of copycat Savile Row suits, can copy
any design

2. H Baromon

3. WW Chan Nathan Road – the most reasonably priced top tailor in HK

4. Gordon Yao

China

1. Trands from listed Dalian Dayang Trands Company founded by Miss Li Gui Lian in
1979 – worn by Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Charlie Munger and many billionaires who
favoured wrinkle resistant travel suits and President Hu Jintao available in Beijing’s
Jingxi hotel!
Germany

1. Regent (Weissenburg, Germany) – an old institution re-awakened & re-modeled for

modern times (read Monocle magazine article)

2. Ladage & Oelke

3. Peter Herschelmann

4. Konen

5. Werner Baldessarini for Hugo Boss

Elsewhere tailoring institutions

1. Knize (Vienna)

2. Staben (Hamburg)

3. Lesser Samuelsohn’s (Canada)

4. Chester Barrie (England) defunct

5. Arnold Brant (Canada)

Young exciting tailors – the prima donnas and nouveau parvenus

1. Richard Anderson UK ex-Anderson & Sheppard tailor

2. Richard James UK

3. Timothy Everest UK

4. Mark Powell UK

5. John Pearse UK

6. Ozwald Boateng UK colourful pop star designs

7. Stephen Seo USA

 8. Garrick Anderson USA

9. Adrian Jules USA

Shirt – the best

Good shirts have patterns which line up, high quality cottons like Sea Island, Swiss and
Egyptian cotton of two ply two fold cottons of high thread count of at least super 160 to 220
from top shirtings makers notably Swiss Italian or English like Alumo Riva Oltolina or
David & John Anderson, rolled collars which resist wrinkles, plackets which stand flat and
do not pucker, mother of pearl buttons, single needle stitching which withstands puckering,
hand rolled two piece collars, cut by shearlings or large scissors, stiff thick butterfly
gussets, lock stitching, wok shaped buttons, rounded shirt cuffs, long tails extra
buttonholes, removable stiff collar stiffeners, quality interlinings, fastenings and fusings

1. Luigi Borrelli Napoli ready-made shirt

2. Alexander Kabbaz NY bespoke shirtmaker – finest shirtmaker

3. Charvet Paris 22 Place Vendome haberdasher – the finest apparel house in the
world, an old standing menswear institution

Italy – ready-made shirts

1. Luigi Borrelli

2. Kiton

3. Lorenzini

4. Ermenegildo Zegna Napoli Couture

5. Truzzi Florence

6. Fray

7. Marol

8. Barba

9. Nervesa
 10. Siniscalchi

11. Lipioni

12. Radiconcini

13. Luciano Moresco

14. Finamore Napoli

15. Battistoni Rome

16. Pagliuco 1848 (Napoli)

17. Antonio Fusco

18. Albertelli (Rome)

19. Santolmo (Milan)

UK Jermyn Street – ready-made shirts

1. Turnbull & Asser

2. New & Lingwood

3. Emma Willis

4. Hilditch & Key

5. Harvie & Hudson

6. TM Lewin & Sons

7. Hawes & Curtis

8. Coles Shirtmakers

9. Charles Tyrwhitt

10. Emmett

11. Washington Tremlett at Kilgour French Stanbury

 12. Budd Shirtmaker Piccadilly Arcade London

13. Rayner & Sturges

14. Bowring & Arundel Savile Row

15. Interno 8 by Angelo Galasso – Italian flair and creativity

16. Thomas Pink

Paris France – ready-made shirts

1. Charvet 22 Place Vendome Paris

2. Hermes Paris

3. Lanvin

4. Rhodes & Brousse

5. Alain Figaret

USA – ready-made shirts

1. Robert Talbott

2. Ralph Lauren Purple Label

3. H Herzfeld

4. Ike Behar Confianza

5. Brooks Brothers

6. Mark Christopher (NY)

7. Hamilton Shirt Co (Houston)

Shirtmaker
 1. Alexander Kabbaz

2. Emma Willis (Jermyn Street)

3. Carol Konop at Custom Shop

4. Jay Kos (NY) USA

5. Anna Matuozzo (Naples)

6. James Jurney at Seize sur Vingt USA

7. Paris Custom Shirtmaker

8. Mike Athanasatos at Geneva Custom Shirtmaker USA

9. Radiconcini (Rome)

10. Anto Sepetjan (NY) USA

11. David’s Shirts (HK)

12. Ascot Chang (HK)

13. Takly Custom Shirtmakers (HK)

14. Paolo Gennari (Italy)

15. Emmanuele Maffeis (Bergamo)

16. Eton of Sweden (diamond button shirt – world’s most expensive shirt)

17. Fleischer (Budapest)

Shirting – ask for the Zendaline and Soyella shirtings

1. Riva Italy super 200 two-fold Swiss, sea island, Egyptian, pima, Zimbabwean
cotton, Su Vin cotton (Sea Island & Sujata cotton)

2. Alumo Switzerland Soyella Duecento & Haussman & Moos Supraluxe

3. David & John Anderson Scotland – my favourite reasonably priced top cottons

4. WISICA Sea Island Cotton sold by Emma Willis and New & Lingwood – the
original Sea Island Cotton
 5. Oltolina Italy

6. TESTA Italy

7. Thomas Mason Gold-line England bought over by Albini SPA Italy

8. Acorn England

9. Hubeross Italy

10. Hammerle Switzerland

11. Albini SPA

12. Gianfranco Fila – the fashionable shirtings of Albini SPA

13. Ashton UK

14. Thomas Oliver & Sons (UK)

15. Tessitura Moda, Fabrini, Canclini

Woolen

1. Moxon Super 210

2. Scabal diamond encrusted woolen and initialed pinstripes and chalkstripes

3. Holland & Sherry

4. Ermenegildo Zegna Gold Trophy

5. Dormeuil Vanquish II

6. Loro Piana Vicuna & Record Bale

7. H Lesser & Sons

8. Carlo Barbera

9. Wain Shiell, Hield, Keith & Henderson, Mofatt Bros, John G Hardy, Taylor & Lodge,
John Cooper

10. Sidi, Botto, Guabello, Vitale Barberis Canonico, Delfino Tallia, Reggiani, Reda, Minova

11. Textile – shatoosh vicuna qiviuk Altai cashmere pashmina alpaca Escorial mohair

Trousers
 1. Zanella

2. Michael Tapia for Dunhill

3. Incotex

4. Oxxford

5. Anderson & Sheppard side buttoned pants

6. Murray’s Toggery Shop Nantucket Reds

7. Kiton

Shoes – think of Bally & Salvatore Ferragamo

England

1. George Cleverley
2. Crockett & Jones
3. Edward Green
4. Foster & Sons
5. Henry Maxwell at Huntsman tailor
6. Tricker’s
7. Poulsen Skone
8. New & Lingwood
9. Tim Little at Gieves & Hawkes
10. Jason Amesbury
11. New & Lingwood antique Russian reindeer leather shoes
12. Jones Bootmaker
13. Gaziano & Girling
14. Shipton & Heneage

Italy Salvatore Ferragamo, Aldo Brue, Fratelli Rossetti, Bruno Magli

1. Alessandro Berluti
2. Silvano Lattanzi
3. Sutor Mantellasi square toed
4. Artioli crocodile shoes
5. Amedeo Testoni
6. Lorenzo Banfi
7. Ballini (Milan)
8. Angelo Gatto (Rome)
9. Raymond Massaro
10. Tanino Crisco
11. Andrea Santoni
12. Fausto Santini
13. Moreschi
 14. Bruno Allodi
15. Salvatore Ferragamo
16. JP Tod’s car shoes (Diego Della Valle)
17. Barrett car shoes
18. Stefano Bemer (Florence)
19. Sergio Rossi
20. Stefano Bi
21. Beltrami
22. Nipmar
23. Peron & Peron (Bologna)
24. Messina (Milan)
25. Casadei, Cresti, Dominici (Florence)

France

1. John Lobb at Hermes

2. JM Weston riding boots
3. Pierre Corthay
4. Aubercy shoes www.aubercy.com/uk
5. Bexley www.bexley.com

Hungary

1. Lajos Balint
2. Laszlo Vaz Budapest

3. Georg Materna

4. Rudolf Sheer

5. Ludwig Reiter

6. Benjamin Klemann

7. Axel Himer

8. Stefano Bemer

USA

1. Alden cordovans

2. Roman Vaingauz for Vincent & Edgar

3. Perry Ercolino NY
 4. Oliver Moore

5. Enzo Bonafe

6. Egidius Vogel NY

7. Harai

8. Henri Bendel Belgium shoes

9. Alen & Edmonds

10. Florsheim

11. Bass Weejuns penny loafers

12. Paul Sperry topsider

13. Sebago deck shoes

14. Scott Emmerich boots for Arnold Schwarzenegger

15. Cole Haan Nike Air shoes

Japan

1. Hiro Yanagimachi

2. Sanyo Yamacho

3. Il Migyo

4. Ethos Club

5. Yoshinoya Ginza

6. Yamachoujirushi Honpo

7. Hallmarks

8. Guild of Crafts

9. Ginza Yoshinoya

10. Otsuka M-5

 11. Regal Tokyo

Spain

1. Carmino Albadalejo (Madrid)

2. Yanko

3. Lotusse

Belt

1. Roland Iten

2. Hermes

3. JW Cooper silversmith

4. Vogt

5. Clint Orms western belt

T-shirt – think of Lacoste, Ralph Lauren, Fred Perry

1. Avon Celli knitted shirts

2. Robert Talbott Orylag shirts

3. Martin Carstaphen sea island cotton polos

4. John Smedley sea island cotton

5. Etro polo shirts

6. Loft T-shirts

7. Napoleonerba organic cotton polos

Crazy T-shirts

1. Attus Apparel

2. Last Exit to Nowhere

 3. Hendrix Shirts

4. Beard & Bangs

5. Yellow submarine

6. Lola

7. Hardrider NYC

8. Zachary Prell

9. Alternative Apparel

10. Kid Dangerous

11. Tankfarm

12. The Great Wall of China

13. Zen by Robert Graham

Leather bags & accessories

1. Hermes Paris

2. Goyard Paris (printed leather)

3. Connolly London (soft leather)

4. Tom Ford NY

5. Martin Dingman USA

6. Tanner Krolle UK (Gladstone bag)

7. Bill Amberg UK

8. Karl Seeger Offenbach Frankfurt Germany (cashmere leather)

9. Loewe Madrid (nappa lambskin leather)

10. Asprey London

11. Louis Vuitton Paris (monogram leather)

12. Bottega Veneta Vicenza (latticed leather bag)

13. Valextra Milan

 14. Globetrotter luggage

15. Sandstorm Kenya luggage

Leather Jacket

1. Zilli

2. Schedoni for Ferrari

3. Ross Langlitz

4. Jeff Hamilton varsity jacket

5. Belstaff biker jacket

6. Avirex bomber jacket

7. Loewe lambskin jackets

8. Tom Ford leather jackets

Gloves

1. Hermes

2. Connolly, Schedoni, Loewe

3. Andean

4. Dents

5. Serafini, Romanoguanti, La Crascia, Madova

Socks & Handkerchief

1. Ovadafut

2. Gold toe sea island cotton socks

3. Moxon Altai cashmere socks

4. Pantherella (England)

5. Dore Dore

6. Mountain High Hosiery

7. Falke Rohen (Koln Germany)

 8. Red & Blue (Milan)

9. Boileau (Paris)

Tie

1. Stefano Ricci una sola 7 fold ties

2. Tino Cosma 8 fold tie

3. Eugenio Marinella worn by Presidents, a small atelier with great substance, custom made
ties

4. Robert Talbott, USA’s premier tie maker

5. Bvlgari, 7 fold ties

6. Arny’s Paris

7. Cravates d’Atelier

8. Charvet, haberdasher extraordinaire located at the landmark 22 Place Vendome

9. Hermes

10. Mariano Rubinacci

11. Charles Hill

12. John Comfort

13. Richel

14. Countess Mara

15. Prochownik

16. Ralph Lauren Purple Label

17. Seaward & Stearn

Outerwear

1. Loro Piana Storm System

2. Allegri overcoat

3. Valstar Milano blouson valstar.it

 4. Arny’s Paris Corbusier Coat blouson

5. Barbour Macintosh

6. Burberry trenchcoat

7. Crombie chesterfield coat

8. Normandy & Monroe windbreaker

9. Tibett duffel coat

10. Cording’s fisherman coat

11. Mettez Tyrolean coat

12. Aquascutum raincoat

13. John Partridge husky coat

14. Bardelli shearling jacket

15. Henri Lloyd sailing jacket

16. Du Petit Matelot suede blouson

17. Paul Stuart alpaca bear coat

Blouson

1. Valstar, the original prototype

2. Du Petit Matelot suede blouson

3. Arny’s Paris Corbusier Coat

4. Allegri

5. Loro Piana

6. Belstaff motorbike attire accessories

7. Normandy & Monroe

8. Bardelli
 9. Alfred Dunhill

10. Brioni

11. Kiton

12. Bel Barcelona

Tuxedo & accessories

1. Favourbrook waistcoat

2. Budd Marcella shirt

3. Alfred Thurston white catgut braces, Trafalgar suspenders

4. Hermes hand-rolled pochettes

5. Irish linen hankies

6. Poulsen Skone tuxedo pumps

7. Max Girombelli Duca Sartoria smoking jacket

Spectacles www.eye-wear-glasses.com

Top countries are Japan, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Iceland, Norway,
Switzerland and Italy. Specialized materials like buffalo horn, real tortoiseshell, leather,
bamboo, sheet metal, acetate, bird feather, corozo shell, wood, titanium, solid gold etc.

1. Masunaga Toki

2. Kio Yamato (Japan www.kioyamato.com) Kio means pure and clean & Yamato means
great peace! (also O & X)

3. Frederic Beausoleil (France)

4. Bevel

5. Booth & Bruce

6. La Font

7. T2 Swiss Flex lightweight eyewear

8. Waza from Japan

9. Lunor (Germany www.lunor.com)

10. Fred (Paris 1936 www.fred.com)

11. Silhouette (Austria www.silhouette.com)

12. Luxottica (Italy www.luxotticagroup.com)

13. Marchon (USA 1983 www.marchon.com) makers of Airlock, Flexon, Emilio Pucci etc

14. Morgenthal Fredericks

15. Kata

16. DITA Frames

17. Derek Lam acetates

18. Theo Amsterdam

19. Reykjavik Eyes

20. Lindberg by Paul-Jorn Lindberg collaborated with architect Hans Dissing using titanum

21. OGI Eyewear

22. Leigh Hendrick Cosentin

23. Prism Glasses London

24. Robert Marc New York

25. Martin Margiela

26. Kirk Originals Covent Garden

27. Cazal 607 Vintage

28. Rye & Lye Italy futuristic retro

29. Freudenhaus by Stefan Flatscher (Munich)

30. Chrome Hearts

31. Kazuo Kawasaki

32. Face a Face from France

33. Oscar & Fitch New York

34. Gotti
 35. Serengeti glasses

36. Pucci

37. Icon

38. Bjorn eyewear

39. Dilem eyewear France

40. Traction Productions (Paris) creation of Thierry and Victor Gros

41. Gold & Wood (Paris) by Maurice Leonard

42. Triton Sunglasses

43. Flair from Germany

44. ETE eyewear with bird feather ostentation

45. Ermenegildo Zegna

46. Cartier

47. Bvlgari

48. Tag Heuer

49.

CUTTING EDGE INNOVATIVE EYEWEAR

1. ic Berlin! By Raplh Anderl sheet metal screwless eyewear the pioneer

2. Infinity by Stefan Preutz of Sweden from Polaris Eyewear

3. Mykita from Berlin Germany by Philipp Haffmans and Harald Gottschling

4. Linkskin eco friendly screwless eyewear from France

5. Clic magnetic hingeless innovative eyewear from Norway

6. You’s from Netherlands – affordable light plastic fancy eyewear

7. Orgreen of Denmark
 8. Morpheus sunglasses from www.MatrixEyewear.com

9. Swissflex eyewear at www.people-s.co.kr flexible & exchangeable temples

10. REM eyewear thin lightweight eyewear

11. Alain Mikli futuristic design eyewear STARCK

12. Japonism – coloured titanium eyewear

Jeans – fantastic fit, real indigo, selvage one piece, copper rivet, raw denim, weight, seams,
Su Vin cotton, Zimbabwean cotton, ring yarn, rope dyeing, painted not printed, knitted,
hand loomed, black seed cotton,

USA

1. Levi’s vintage & bespoke 1947 model

2. Wrangler, Lee Rider,

3. PRPS by Donwan Harrell

4. R by 45RPM Su Vin Ai Denim – one of the most expensive connoisseur jeans

5. Henry Duarte Bespoke Jeans

6. SBU Jeans Rome

7. Kicking Mule Workshop

8. Laguna Beach Jeans California

9. Rising Sun & Co by Mike Hodis original manufacturing vintage jeans

10. Seven for all Mankind (Jerome Dahan)

11. Citizens of Humanity (Jerome Dahan)

12. Earnest Sewn

13. Earl Jeans

14. G-Star raw denim

15. J Brand Boutique by Jeff Rudes & Susie Crippen

16. William Rast for Justin Timberlake

17. 575 Jeans by Frank Mechaly

18. Akademiks

19. Antik Denim

20. Nudie Jeans

21. Rogan

22. Rag & Bone

23. Paper Cloth & Denim

24. Dylan George by Danny Guez

25. Stitch

26. Monarchy

27. HA-67

28. Gridlock

29. Rockstar by Frank Mechaly

30. Siwy Denim by Michelle Siwy

31. Mavi – Turkish brand

32. Cohesive

33. Chip & Pepper

34. Revel Seven

35. Adriano Goldschmied Premium

36. Marlow

37. Red Engine

38. Level 99 Jeans

39. APO – bells and whistles choice

40. Secret Circus – most expensive jeans made

41. APC

42. Paige Premium Denim or PPD

43. Kohzo jeans

44. Denim Design Lab

45. Denim for Immortality

46. Simon Miller

47. Acne

48. Rivet de Cru jeans (Paracuso)

Japan (see Blue in Green shop)

1. Edwin

2. Big John original

3. Sugar Cane dungarees

4. Momotaro the most expensive selvage jeans

5. Takumi

6. Original Fake

7. Triple Works Denim Goods

8. Samurai

9. Evisu Hidehiko Yamane Private Collection

10. Evisu Scott Morrison

11. Red Ear Paul Smith Japan

12. Mizra Vintage Jeans

13. Unused

14. Red Monkey Jeans by Martin Ksohoh & Yoropiko

15. SelfEdge

16. WJK Eyefunny

17. Iron Heart 21oz heavyweight twill jeans IH-634S model

18. Studio d’Artisan

 19. Buzz Rickson

20. Naked & Famous

21. Denime

22. Dry Bones

23. Flat Head

24. Kato jeans original manufacturing process of rope dyeing indigo

25. Skull Jeans by an Alchemist

26. Real Japan Blues

27. Real McCoy’s

28. Kapital Japan Jeans low priced selvage jeans

29. Atelier LaDurance

30. WESC – We are the Superlative Conspiracy gold threads

31. Enishi Yoshi raw denim

32. Somet

33. Oni

34. Left Field

35. Warehouse

36. Pherrow’s, Spellbound, FOB Factory, Fullcount, Tasuki, GoWest + Go Hemp, Dope &
Drakkar, RJB, Vintage Blue, MWS, Efu Shokai, The Steam Locomotive, Free Rage,
UES, Baku, Kyoden, 405AS1, Two Moon, Blue Corn, Kriff Mayer, G-Pan Center Sakai,
Del Bombers, Hinoya, Klax-On, Jelado, Bye Mr T, Jakson Matisse, Ueno Shokai, First
Arrow’s, Wesco Japan, Paddle, Tenjin Works, Phigvel, Fake, Berberjin, Gold Gate,
Losthills, Stich Japan, Marvin’s, Goemon Neighbourhood Porterhead etc

Selvage Denim – my favourites

1. Sugar Cane dungarees 1947 SC40600

 2. Momotaro X Dania

3. Original Fake

4. Kato by Hiroshi Kato

5. Skull Jeans by An Alchemist

6. R by 45RPM Jomons

7. Heddie Lovu

8. Kapital Natural Indigo Zipang

9. McCoy/McHill

10. Tsuguriya

11. Rising Sun & Co

12. PRPS

13. Red Ear jeans made in Japan

Bespoke Jeans

1. Rogue Territory Custom Jeans (Los Angeles USA)

2. Imogene

3. Willie out of Nashville

4. Henry Duarte

Chinos

1. Carrhatt chinos

2. Bills Khakis chinos

3. CP Company
 4. Stone Island

5. Dockers Galey & Lord’s WWII American Cramerton cloth K1 chinos

Fashion-meisters

1. Comme des Garcons by Rei Kawakubo

2. Yohji Yamamoto Y3 for Adidas

3. Issey Miyake

4. Jill Sander

5. Martin Margiela – the avant-garde master of retrospective modern

6. Paul Smith of Floral Street London

7. Helmut Lang from Germany residing in USA

8. Miuccia Prada Milan

9. Gimmo Etro Milan

10. John Bartlett

11. Neil Barrett

12. Hussein Chalayan

13. Dolce & Gabbana

14. Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton

15. Dries Van Noten from Belgium

16. Raf Simon from Belgium

17. Joseph Thimister from Belgium

18. Ann Demeleumeester from Belgium

19. Walter Beirendonck from Belgium

20. Carol Christian Poell from Belgium

21. Kansai Yamamoto

 22. Alexander McQueen

23. John Galliano

24. Cesare Paciotti shoe designer (Italy)

25. Oliver Sweeney shoe designer

26. Patrick Cox shoe designer

27. Giuliano Fujiwara

28. Werner Baldessarini for Hugo Boss

29. D’Squared2 by Dean & Dan Caten

30. Franco Moschino

Boutique Brands

1. Porter

2. MH1

3. Monarchy Clothing

4. Haversack by Koji Norihide

5. Mr Hare Capote shoes

6. Onvis cheap selvage jeans

7. Original Fake jeans

Super expensive menswear brands

1. Bijan Pakzad Rodeo Drive Beverley Hills

2. Avi Rossini New Bond Street London

Watches – think of Rolex as the iconic watch

 1. Patek Phillipe Calatrava

2. Abraham Louis Breguet double tourbillon

3. De Bethune by David Zanetta & Denis Flageollet www.debethune.ch

4. Vacheron Constantin Tour de’Ille & Quai de’Ille

5. George Daniels the greatest 20th century watchmaker

6. Phillipe Dufour Simplicity

7. Audemars Piguet

8. Francois Paul-Journe Souveraine

9. Roger Dubuis

10. Adolph Lange & Sohne

11. Hublot Black Caviar Bang

12. Louis Moinet Magistralis Lunar

Famous contemporary watchmakers – AHCI (Academy Horology Creators Independent)

1. George Daniels

2. Philippe Dufour

3. Vincent Calabrese

4. Gerald Genta

5. Francois Paul Journe

6. Daniel Roth

7. Vianney Halter

8. Svend Andersen

9. Bernard Lederer

10. Marco Lang

 11. Andreas Strehler

12. Aaron Becsei

13. Kari Voutilainen

14. Dornbluth

15. Stephen Forsey

16. Robert Greubel

17. Antoine Preziuso

18. Alain Silberstein

19. Armin Mantei

20. Peter Voeten

21. Kees Engelbarts

22. David Walter

23. Romain Gauthier

24. Stepan Sarpaneva

25. Volker Vyskocil

26. Clas-Henrik Pihl

27. Roger Smith

28. Peter-Speake Marin

29. John McGonigle

30. Felix Baumgartner

31. Paul Gerber

32. Beat Haldimann

Knitwear

1. Brunello Cucinelli

2. Malo
 3. Catherine Oxenberg qiviuk knits

4. Missoni multi-colours

5. Agnona

6. Lucien Pellat-Finet

7. Loro Piana vicuna & cashmere

8. Piacenza cashmere

9. Pringle of Scotland

10. John Smedley sea island cotton knits

11. Ballantyne of Scotland, S Fisher, N Peal, Johnston’s of Elgin

12. TSE (USA)

13. Limoland

Underwear

1. Zimmerli of Switzerland fine gauge long twisted yarn cotton

2. Hanro

Sportswear

1. Walter Genuin golf shoes

2. Paul & Shark yachting wear

3. Vilebrequin swim wear

4. Kamehameha Hawaiian shirt

5. Tommy Bahama Hawaiian shirt

6. Willy Bogner skiwear

7. Fair & Greene golfwear

8. Bernard Weatherill equestrian

9. Holland & Holland equestrian

Pyjamas
 1. Kiton, Brioni, Oxxford, Charvet, Turnbull & Asser haberdashers

2. Derek Rose

3. Ascot Chang

Perfume

1. Clive Christian no 1 Perfume Imperial Majesty

2. Creed

3. Caron

4. Diptyque

5. Frederick Malle

6. Vetiver

7. Acqua di Parma

8. Czech & Speake

9. Penhaligon’s

10. Molinard

11. Kiehl’s

Hat

1. Herbert Johnson (London)

2. James Lock & Co (London)

3. Alfonso Eudoro optimo Montecristo panama hat

4. George Samuel Bates (London)

5. Worth & Worth (NY)

6. Christy’s, Kelly (NY)

7. Capellificio Cervo (Milan)

8. Jay Lord Hatter’s (NY)

9. Gelot
 10. Borsalino (Alessandria)

11. Motsch (Paris – Hermes)

12. Makins Hat (NY)

Umbrella

1. Swaine Adeney Brigg

2. James Smith & Sons

Pen – check Joon New York at www.joonpens.com/

1. Michel Audiard

2. David Oscarson

3. Michel Perchin

4. Montblanc

5. Namiki

6. Montegrappa

7. Monteverde

8. Omas Marte

9. Cartier

10. ST Dupont lacquer

11. Aurora

12. Delta

13. Krone

14. Marlen

15. Namiki

16. Visconti

17. Carene

18. Ray Conklin 1898 (USA)

 19. Conway Stewart 1905 (London) by Frannk Jarvis & Thomas Garner

20. Tibaldi

21. Venlo pen cases - leather products for storage of pens

22. Taccia by Lin Shu Jen (California USA)

Cufflinks

1. Paul Longmire custom made enameled cloisonné

2. Atelier Yozu

3. Asprey & Garrard

Menswear Icons

1. Domenico Caraceni

2. Frederick Scholte

3. Arturo Cifonelli

4. Duke of Windsor

5. Allan Flusser

6. Umberto Angeloni of Brioni

7. Ciro Paone of Kiton

8. Cary Grant

9. Gary Bruce Boyer

Camera

1. Leica

2. Hasselblad

Craftsmanship Localities

1. Como silk Italy

2. Alessandria Hat making Italy
3. Naples tailoring Italy (Kiton, Attolini, Isaia, Nervesa)
4. Savile Row tailoring London (Huntsman, Poole, Anderson & Sheppard, Kilgour)
5. Agordo eyewear Italy (Luxottica)
 6. Kyoto ceramic Japan (Kyocera)
7. Maine Massachusetts shoemaking (USA)
8. Northampton shoemaking (UK) – Crockett & Jones, Edward Green
9. Bologna, Florence leather (Italy) – Testoni,
10. Borders knitwear (Scotland)
11. Grasse perfume (France)
12. Budapest shoemaking (Hungary) Ludwig Reiter, Lajos Balint, Stefano Bemer, Laszlo
Vaz, George Materna, Rudolf Sheer, Benjamin Kleman, Axel Himer
13. Osawa Bekko tortoiseshell spectacle frame – the only original tortoiseshell frame and not
faux tortoise (Japan)
14. Provence carpentry (France)
15. Okayama jeans making (Japan) - Kuroki
16. Hinoya mart hand-made jeans (Japan)
17. Limoges Porcelain (France)
18. Murano glass (Italy)
19. Calais French Lace (France)
20. La Chaux da Fonds, Basel watch (Switzerland)

Reasonably priced Quality clothes & Iconic Brands

1. Attus Apparel polo tee-shirts or Fred Perry polos

2. Jockey underwear
3. Thomas Pink boxer shorts
4. Charles Tyrwhitt super 180 shirts on offer
5. Dockers Khakis K-1
6. Moreschi – best Italian shoes at reasonable pricing during sales and long lasting
7. Geox office Shoes
8. Camper bowling shoes
9. Adidas Ransom outing shoes
10. Frederique Constant watch, Oris watch
11. Turnbull & Asser button cufflinks
12. Budd made to measure English shirts
13. Mountain High Hosiery socks
14. Kapitan Kipang Japanese selvage jeans
15. Onvis/Staple selvage jeans
16. Porter Japan jeans
17. ST Dupont lacquer pen
18. WW Chan tailored suits
19. David’s Shirts bespoke shirts
20. Ralph Lauren chinos
21. Rodenstock spectacles
22. Levi’s 501 Vintage
23. Levi’s Capital E Made in USA

Foods
1. Daniel Boulud burger NY

2. La Cabana steak Argentina

3. Hacienda La Esmeralda Special Coffee from West Panama

4. Trappist Westvleteren Beer

5. Pliny Beer

6. Romanee Conti Wine

7. Krug rose brut champagne

8. Courvoisier cognac

9. Petrus Lafite LaTour Margaux wines – the 4 institutions of wine

10. Robert Linxe chocolates Paris

11. Noka Chocolates USA

12. Debauve & Gallais chocolates France

13. Royce Japanese chocolates www.e-royce.com

14. Pierre Herme confectioner Paris

15. Petrossian caviar beluga USA

16. Joel Robuchon restaurant Paris

17. Alain Ducasse chef Monte Carlo, Gordon Ramsay, Emeril Lagasse

18. Pierre Gagnaire chef

19. Andre Tchelistcheff vintner

20. El Bulli Barcelona restaurant by Ferran Adria Spain

21. The Fat Duck restaurant London

22. The French Laundry NY by Thomas Keller

23. Tetsuya’s Japanese restaurant NY

24. Saison Dupont beer Belgium

25. San Crespino ice cream Rome Italy & Japan franchises
Top Restaurants in the World

1. Noma Denmark

2. El Bulli by Ferran Adria

3. New York tops = Daniel, Per Se, La Bernardin, Eleven Madison Park

4. Spain = El Celler, Mugaritz, Arzak, Martin Berasategui

5. Japan = Narisawa, Tetsuya’s

6. UK = Fat Duck, Aqua, Hibiscus

7. Paris = La Chateaubriand, Pierre Gagnaire, L’Astrance, Joel Robuchon, Alain Ducasse

The traditional culinary capital of the world is Paris while the current culinary capital of
the world is Tokyo.

Ice Cream

1. San Crespino Roma ice cream & Japan franchise outlets – finest sherbets
2. Toscanini ice cream

Miscellaneous

1. Stradivarius Guanari violin

2. Steinway & Sons piano & Boesendorfer piano

3. Steinway Lyngdorf audio visual equipment Model D by Peter Lyngdorf

4. Beckenstein Menswear woolens & shirtings store (New York)

5. Brioni & Charvet haberdasher stores

6. Dunhill briar pipe

7. Ghurka, VSG Ashton, Montecristo cigars

8. Dunhill Cabinetta cigars

9. Bugatti Veyron car Hermes Edition Leather Upholstery

10. Bugatti vintage car

11. Maybach 62, Bentley Mulsanne Bentley Arnage, Rolls Royce Phantom coupe, Ferrari
Enzo, Pagani Zonda, Koenigsegg, Mercedes SLK McLaren cars

12. Aston Martin DBS, Lamborghini Gallardo & Murcielago, Ferrari, Porsche Carrera &
Panamera

13. Vertu handphone, Mobiando, Celsius Le Dix Tourbillon Handphone

14. Jerusum, Pratesi, Porthault bed linen – favourites of Elizabeth Taylor

15. Martin Gibson guitar

16. James Purdey gun

17. John Rigby gun

18. Asanti wheels

19. The Vividus by Hastens bed; Belleto www.belleto.de

20. mcRoskey airflex mattress

21. Lalique crystal

22. Lino Tagliapetra glass

23. James Robinson silverware

24. Meissen, Bernadaud, Villeroy & Boch, Lladro porcelain

25. Holt Renfras Alixandre Pologeorgis Revillon fur

26. Cristiana Castaner Barcelona espadrilles

27. Patricia Rosales (Spain) women’s custom made shoes

28. Casa Exerez shoe shine

29. Palace Shiseido perfume

30. G Lorenzi utensil shop

31. Hammacher Schlemmer gadgets shop

32. Moran chesterfield settee

33. Orbita watchwinder

34. Eurocave wine cellar

35. Cucina kitchen cabinet

36. Jewellery - Cartier, Bvlgari, Harry Winston, Tiffany, Van Cleef & Arpels, DeLaneau,
James de Givenchy, Laurence Graff, Alisa Moussaieff, Leviev, DeBeers

37. Perini Navi Yacht, Benetti, Feadship, Riva

38. Victoria Arduino coffee maker espresso machine victoriaarduino.com

39. Vincent Facquet billiard table luxury-billiards.com

40. Theo Kalomirakis home theatre tktheaters.com

41. Louis Moinet Magistralis Watch – Moon mineral louismoinet.com

42. Hublot Black Caviar black diamond watch

43. Mobiando handphone from Canada

44. Olosurfer surfing equipment olosurfer.com

45. Aurumania bicycle – most expensive bicycle in the world

46. Bombardier jet aero.bombardier.com

47. Cessna Citation CJ4 cessna.com

48. Icon Aircraft A5 iconaircraft.com

49. Boesendorfer piano boesendoefer.com

50. Doettling watch storage doettling.com

51. Aesthesis speakers aesthesis.se

52. Nesmuk knives nesmuk.com

53. Virgin Galactic spacetravel virgingalactic.com

54. Automobiles: Aston Martin One-77, Audi R8 GT, Rolls Royce Silver Ghost, Jaguar XKR
Limited Edition, Mercedes SLS AMG, Maserati Quattroporte

55. Ecossemoto motorbike ecossemoto.com

56. Riva yacht, Lurssen, Agntiyachts, Hanseatimarine = Riva is known as the Rolls-Royce
of yachts riva-yacht.com, lurssen.com, hanseatiemarine.com, agntiyachts.de

57. eaheliskiing.com

58. virgingalactic.com

59. sharkbookings.com

60. neckerisland.virgin.com

Automobiles

1. Bugatti Veyron 16.4 fitted with Hermes Leather

2. Maybach 62

3. Bentley Mulsanne & Arnage

4. Rolls Royce Silver Ghost & Phantom Coupe

5. Venture Fetish

6. Spyker D12

7. Mercedes Benz SLS AMG

8. Jaguar XKR Limited Edition

9. Porsche Panamera

10. Maserati Quattroporte GTS

11. Aston Martin DBS & One-77

12. Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren

13. Audi R8-GT

14. Pagani Zonda

15. Ferrari Enzo

16. Koenigsegg
SOME OF THESE LUXURY ITEMS HAVE TO BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED!