In the first of two dedicated bonus episodes, the HandCut team visits the Albini Group in Bergamo, Italy, the shirting mill responsible for weaving all luxury Thomas Mason fabrics. Aleks sits down with Head of Communications, Gabriele Camozzi, and Marketing Director, Tim Neckebroeck, to explore Thomas Mason’s heritage and to examine how Albini’s joint focus on innovation and sustainability feeds into Thomas Mason’s fabric collections today.
Aleks speaks to LA-based hat maker, Cody Wellema. The two discuss Cody’s love of all things vintage, the painstaking process each and every bespoke Wellema hat goes through, and the two explore how a beautiful hat can tell the story of a person’s life.
Aleks sits down the Berg & Berg’s creative director, Andreas Larsson. The pair explore Andreas’s path into menswear design, why fashion brands need to think differently about sustainability, and what it means for a brand to offer “a contemporary approach to classic style” today.
The Creative Director of US Esquire, Nick Sullivan, speaks to Aleks about where he thinks the media landscape is at, why the influencers he connects with aren’t actually influencers, and why classic style doesn’t stand still.
This week’s guest is Nicolas Gabard, founder of Parisian tailor, Husbands. He talks Aleks through his philosophy on menswear, explains why everything he does at Husbands is rooted in an appreciation of culture, and he draws a distinction between brands that merely ‘sell clothes’ and those which take care to ‘dress people’.
Aleks sits down with Matt Hranek, editor of WM Brown magazine and author of A Man & His Watch. The pair explore Matt’s relentless attitude to his work, his move from mainstream media to independent publishing, and the power of backing a niche brand today.
Aleks speaks with Olie Arnold, Style Director at Mr Porter. The pair discuss Olie’s progression from print to digital media, the power of storytelling for retailers and chat through some of Olie’s favourite indie brands of the moment.
Milad Abedi has to be one of the biggest personalities in European menswear. Young, energetic and fiercely opinionated, the Stockholm based photographer has a clearer view than most of where menswear’s at right now, thanks to his frequent travels shooti...
To kick-start Season Three, we could think of few menswear aficionados better suited than Ethan Newton, co-founder of one of Asia’s coolest indie menswear emporiums, Bryceland’s & Co. He talks to Aleks about his store’s founding philosophy, why the age of giant retailers is drawing to a close, and why men need to have the confidence to wear the clothes they care about.
The season launches on 5th February at 6am GMT. Set your watches and we’ll see you then.