A man in a tailored jacket, photographed in monochrome

Made to Measure · Est. 2025

Alter Knabe

A house. Not a label.

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01 The House

Our wardrobe knows no date. It is timeless.

Made by modern means, thought in the old school. An English line, a house cut that lasts, worked onto one man. Not faster, not louder. Right.

Our story
A man in a suit against a wall

02 The Fit

Close to the body, never tight

No slim fit. No low waistband. The waistband sits at the waist, the shoulder stays natural, the waist is suggested, not pulled in.

A suit that only works standing still is no suit. You sit in it. You walk in it. You work in it.

Fabric suppliers

A selection of what is possible


Among them Vitale Barberis Canonico, Loro Piana and Zegna; for shirts Albini 1876 and Getzner. An extract. On the table in the boutique lies many times more.

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Measuring tapes in the workroom

04 Made to Measure

Your measure, your fabric

The measure first. Then the house cut, brought to your bearing. Then the specification: lapel, lining, buttons, pockets. The sewing comes last. Everything returns once more for a fitting.

How it works

05 What we make

Made to measure, piece by piece

Not a range, a wardrobe. What stands here shows the scope. Ordering happens in the house.

I.

Suits

Two-piece, three-piece and dinner suits. Made to measure, and discussed down to the button.

Boutique only
II.

Shirts

Collars, cuffs and cloth chosen one by one. Albini 1876, Getzner and others.

Boutique only
III.

Shoes

Model, leather and finishing composed in the configurator, guided by the boutique.

Boutique only
IV.

Ascots

Printed and woven silk, laid loosely into an open collar. Without ceremony.

Boutique only
V.

Ties & Bow Ties

Ties in untipped silk, grenadine, wool and shantung, hand-rolled. Bow ties in silk and shantung, ready-tied.

Boutique only
VI.

Pocket Squares

Hand-rolled edges in silk, linen and wool-silk blends.

Boutique only
A man in a coat on the street

Alter Knabe

Dress like the man you already are.

A vintage sewing machine

06 The Boutiques

In selected houses

Those who come in are not served but taken in. Measured and advised, in all quiet. Among them Herr & Gut.