談到西裝,許多人腦海中浮現的是正式、昂貴,甚至帶點距離感的形象,但其實在台灣,西服曾經是日常生活與社交文化的重要一環。從純手工訂製的黃金年代,到成衣西裝興起、產業外移,再到近年紳士文化重新受到關注,台灣西服產業走過了一段充滿轉折的歷史。本篇將延續上篇脈絡,帶你回顧西服店如何走向沒落,又如何在時代浪潮中努力保留傳統工藝,並思考屬於台灣的紳士風格未來可能走向何方。
Authentic bespoke tailoring shops are generally divided into two main schools: there are two schools consist of master tailors who inherited techniques from the Japanese colonial era and Shanghainese masters who relocated to Taiwan following the Nationalist Government’s retreat.