Kirby Allison Gentlemen's Tour: Exploring The World Of Quality, Craftsmanship And Tradition.

Join Kirby Allison as we explore the house styles of Savile Row's most-important and famous bespoke tailoring houses, as well as the only shoemaker located on the Row. These firms are synonymous with elegance and class and have been serving the sartorial needs of royalty, heads of states, industrialists, and the well-dressed for the better part of a century.

Join Kirby Allison as he steps inside John Lobb and tours the bespoke workshop with family members Jonathan Lobb and Nicholas Lobb. They share their grand grandfather John Lobb's story of founding one of the world's most important bespoke shoemaking firms and went on to make shoes for Kings, Princes, and other Royals, earning countless Royal Warrants including the current Prince of Wales.

In 2016 Huntsman and Sons became the first Savile Row tailor to take up permanent residence in New York. Join Kirby Allison on this journey as he is led through the entire bespoke process by Ed Turco, managing director of Huntsman New York, and Ralph Fitzgerald, the London born head cutter.

Kirby Allison is guided on a tour of the Joh. Rendenbach Tannery by Hanns Redenbach. The factory has been creating oak bark tanned, leather for over a century. The traditional method of oak-bark tanning has prevailed through four generations of leathermaking. Hanns was kind enough to show us the process that the leather goes through to actually be considered an official JR Leather Outsole.

Kirby Allison and Eddie Sahakian of Davidoff Cigars discuss how to choose and how to smoke a fine cigar. Smoking cigars is an experience to be enjoyed. Knowing how to cut, light and work with any issues in the smoking experience are great skills to get the most enjoyment out of cigars.

In this episode, Kirby Allison takes you through the shops of Paris, France during a day in the city. We visit Atelier Bauden to see the progress on Kirby's recent pair of horn eyeglasses, we visit Crockett and Jones to see Dimitri Gomez. Then, we travel down the street to the Camps de Luca tailoring house to visit with Julian and Charles De Luca about the Stark and Sons suit that is being made.

Kirby Allison visits Carmina Shoemaker and discusses the best deal for dress shoes in New York. Based on the Spanish island of Majorca, Carmina is best-known for their cult-like following amongst dress shoe aficionados, for their ability to combine extraordinary softness and comfort with sturdy Goodyear welting and elegant last design.

Kirby Allison visits with famous menswear author Alan Flusser to commission a Made-to-Measure garment. Author of the menswear classic, "Dressing The Man," Alan Flusser has educated countless men on the rules of classic menswear. He discusses the made-to-measure program and goes through a personal consultation with Kirby Allison.

Kirby Allison had the opportunity to tour the Gaziano & Girling Factory and see how their Goodyear Welted shoes are made. As an added bonus, Tony Gaziano invited Kirby to take a look at the shoes made specifically for His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, to commemorate his visit to the Gaziano & Girling factory. This pair of shoes truly is fit for a Prince!

Kirby Allison takes you on a tour of the famous Piccadilly Arcade in London. With shops dating back to 1910, these are some of the most classic places to shop for men's clothing in the world.