Ivan belongs to those rare craftsmen whose vocation is to create the best suits in the world. Thanks to people like him, bespoke is generally possible – the most exquisite form of tailoring on the verge of technology and art, originated in the workshops of Victorian England and inherited by the best tailors around the world. With Ivan's reflections, we begin the series of materials "The Master's Word", in which the most skilled cutters of the country will tell about themselves and about the peculiarities of their wonderful profession.

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