Husband and wife Gerardo Cavaliere and Margherita Cardelli of Giuliva Heritage have developed an impressive list of in-the-know clients and high-end retailers for their three-year-old collection of ...

In an old brick building covered in vines, sitting along McKinley Road in Lake Forest, is a vestige of a disappearing era — Carlo’s Tailor Shop. The workshop is crowded with racks of in-progress suits ...

Never lie to your tailor. Armed with a tape measure, he knows your body better than you do. He sees it with almost X-ray vision, noting with clinical accuracy that your left arm is an inch longer than ...

The gap between bespoke tailoring and ready-to-wear can seem like a chasm: one is high craft, complex and slow, the other practical and quick but missing that special feeling of artisanal products ...

Emily and Ernie Vallorano are all smiles now that their second 27 Miles store is open in Montecito. Credit: Judy Foreman / Noozhawk photo When a new store opens in Montecito, the news travels fast — ...