Feature: Spears Magazine - Lockdown, dress up!

I am delighted with this piece by Edwin Smith in Spear's Magazine - talking about craft and tailoring in lockdown, in the respectable company of Jeremy Hackett Hackett London Konrad Olsson ,Nick Foulkes and Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

‘Neither does concert pianist, Cyrill Ibrahim. That’s partly because he prefers to swim than go to the gym, but also because he appreciates the time and skill that goes into proper tailoring.

Ibrahim’s grandfather was a tailor, his sister is a fashion designer so, he explains, an appreciation for ‘craft’ runs in the family. ‘It’s the same as what I do on the piano. That craft takes years of experience.’

When he performs, Ibrahim usually prefers to wear a double-breasted suit, perhaps the one he had made by New & Lingwood on Jermyn Street. In lockdown, he has been teaching students via video calls – and still likes to keep up appearances, perhaps wearing a shirt from Eton Shirts, a tie, some ‘good knitwear’ and a jacket from Portuguese brand Decenio.’