A man in a tailored jacket, photographed in monochrome

Made to Measure · Est. 2025

AlterKnabe

Cut to your measure, in fabric you chose yourself.

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The House


A wardrobe is not assembled in a season. It is gathered over a life.

Alter Knabe is made to measure. A house block adjusted to your figure, your fabric, your collar, your buttons — a garment that fits the man rather than the size.

Nothing is sold from this page. Every piece is presented, measured and ordered in a boutique, by someone who takes the time.

Our story

Fabric suppliers

A selection of what is possible


An extract only. The selection in the boutique is wider and changes with the season.

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Measuring tapes in the workroom

Made to Measure

Your measure, your fabric

Measurements taken in the boutique, a house block adapted to your posture, then every detail specified — lapel, lining, collar, cuff. Made up and returned for a fitting.

How it works

What we make

Boutique only

Made to measure and ordered in person. Listed here for orientation only.

I.

Suits

Two-piece, three-piece and dinner suits. Made to measure, specified detail by detail.

Boutique only
II.

Shirts

Collars, cuffs and fabric 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. Worn without ceremony.

Boutique only
V.

Ties & Bow Ties

Untipped silk, grenadine, wool and shantung. Self-tie only.

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 have already become.

A vintage sewing machine

The Boutiques

In selected houses

Alter Knabe is found only in selected houses. There it is measured, advised and made — unhurried. Among them Herr & Gut from Vorarlberg, Austria.

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