Handwerkskunst!

How to tailor a jacket (3x2)

Air date: Oct 14, 2016

Andreas Hildebrandt, one of Germany’s last bespoke tailors, creates high-tech masterpieces in the form of men’s suits. Each suit, crafted in the Italian style, requires 60 hours of meticulous handwork. He uses premium fabrics from Italian mills and hand-carved horn buttons from a small Bavarian village. Despite catering to high-profile clients from business and politics, Hildebrandt sticks to his principles—rejecting fleeting trends to ensure timeless elegance. Every detail, from arm position to hip alignment, influences the suit’s perfect fit. A tailoring prodigy, Hildebrandt completed his apprenticeship at 17 as Germany’s top apprentice and gained experience in Düsseldorf and Hamburg. He later led Breuninger’s bespoke tailoring department, the only one of its kind in a European department store. Now self-employed, he runs his own atelier in Stuttgart, offering craftsmanship driven by passion, precision, and tradition.