Funny holidays - World Tailor`s Day

Coco Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld, Elsa Schiaparelli, Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, Roberto Cavalli, Giorgio Armani These outstanding fashion designers, who influenced European fashion of the 20th century, were, first of all, tailors who created their masterpieces in the sewing industry typewriter One of its inventors, along with Barthelemy Thimonnier and Walter Hahn, is considered to be the American mechanic William Elias Howe, who received a patent for the technical device in 1846 Paying tribute to the important role of the sewing machine in the development of light industry, February 28 is celebrated as World Tailor's Day During the celebration of World Tailor`s Day, professionals are honored - craftsmen who create new clothes or restore old ones In Russia at the beginning of the twentieth century the most famous was the St Petersburg tailor AI Katun He sewed Fyodor Chaliapin and Alexander Kuprin, actors of the Imperial Theater and high-society princesses Rubin Singer picked up the baton from him, whose customers were the top officials of the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 60s: Mikoyan, Voroshilov, Khrushchev, Molotov, Furtseva Tailors customize clothing items to ensure that the items fit the clients perfectly With their help, images of stars of European and world cinema were created Thus, the son of Rubin Singer, the tailor Alik, who emigrated from the USSR, quickly acquired famous clients in the West - actress Whoopi Goldberg, writer Danielle Steele Among the customers was Simone Signoret For Yves Montand's wife, Singer developed a special jacket cut for classic suits Simone Signoret did not wear dresses as a matter of principle, because was the owner of a funny and somewhat absurd figure If you look at the actress from the front, she seemed to be an absolutely slender woman, but in profile her large belly was very clearly outlined In order to hide it, Singer came up with the cut of the jacket But the tailor’s relationship with Catherine Deneuve did not work out The actress, whose sister tragically passed away, was not going through the best period of her life, and therefore made an unfavorable impression on Singer Another famous tailor who has sewed stars from the world of politics and cinema is Martin Greenfield, who first picked up a needle in Auschwitz After World War II, he emigrated to the United States, where he founded a clothing factory Maximilian Grunfeld's clients, as the Jewish tailor's real name sounds, include Presidents Dwight David Eisenhower, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Donald Trump Suits from Martin Greenfield Clothiers are an example of impeccable taste and high quality tailoring The heroes of “Boardwalk Empire” and “Vinyl” by Scorsese, the films “The Great Gatsby”, “Black Mass” and other films shone on the screens in them Amis Edwin Hardy, a British royal tailor, fought in Europe as a young man in the Belgian Resistance He became well known among the establishment in London and throughout England after the end of the war for his elegant, classic suits for women Hardy was the first to suggest holding a fashion show to music His men's suits are worn by the characters from Stanley Kubrick's films 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange In 1955, Hardy became Queen Elizabeth II's personal assistant, receiving a knighthood two decades later for his distinguished services The American tailor of Latvian origin, Jacob Davis, invented jeans, and the Austrian Franz Reichelt invented the “parachute raincoat” The masters listed above are not as familiar to the general public as Roberto Cavalli or Christian Dior But thanks to these famous and not so famous couturiers, the tailoring profession is considered the most important in the world of the fashion industry