Founded in 1976, Heidel is a popular chocolatier, manufacturing a range of traditional treats and confections that are sold across Germany and available internationally. The company’s famous Dark Selection (an assortment of dark chocolate tablet bars presented in a tin container) and Fine Gold bars (milk chocolate wrapped to resemble gold bars) are highly sought after and enjoyed widely. The brand is particularly known for their beautifully decorated, traditional seasonal chocolates, especially their easter eggs and Christmas candies which are often exchanged as gifts. The company is part of the larger Windel Group, which includes a number of popular chocolate and coffee marques.
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BEL Y CÍA
In the heart of Barcelona, just yards from the Plaça de Catalunya on the Passeig de Gràcia, the boulevard that is home to the city’s prime luxury retailers, is a tailor of great distinction and renown. Bel y Cía was established in 1842 as a bespoke outfitter for the best-dressed and most distinguished Catalan gentlemen. A full-service tailor and shirtmaker, the firm is particularly known for their Teba jackets – an unstructured, notchless blazer designed as a shooting jacket and which has become an iconic piece of casual, tailored menswear. The house, commonly known simply as Bel, stocks all manner of accessories and menswear, including the finest quality cashmere and knitwear, ready-to-wear tailored pieces and shirts for both men and women.
LLADRÓ
This Spanish brand is internationally renowned for their high-quality porcelain, particularly their collectable porcelain dolls and figurines which they have been producing since 1956. Located in Almàssera on the outskirts of Valencia, Lladró initially produced ceramic items such as vases, dinnerware and vases, but quickly identified a burgeoning market in giftware and figurines. Today, Lladró has expanded into all manner of ceramic and porcelain homewares, lighting and jewellery, all of which are highly sought after by collectors and the smartest households.
TALLISKER
A legendary whisky from the Isle of Skye, Tallisker has been at the forefront of the Scotch whisky industry since the distillery’s foundation in 1830. Produced at the same facility ever since, the brand focuses on its rugged seaside location and its unique heritage as one of the most iconic makers in the highlands and islands. Known for its peaty tones, using spring water sourced from its immediate vicinity, Tallisker has often been touted as the greatest whisky in the world with famous patron Robert Louis Stevenson suggesting it may even be the “king o’ drinks”. The brand today sits within the Diageo portfolio and produces a range of aged single malt whisky, with various cask varieties to meet the preferences of the most discerning of palates.
HAND & LOCK
Hand & Lock has plied its trade as the leading embroiderer in the United Kingdom since its foundation back in 1767. The firm is regularly sought out by the Royal Household, high-ranking military officers, City livery companies and bespoke tailors to undertake intricate embroidery work and is a go-to supplier when commissioning specialist ceremonial or costume pieces. The firm’s celebrated customer list has also included a host of glittering names from Hollywood and high society, with many famous wedding dresses having been embroidered by hand by the Hand & Lock team. The firm sits under the Firmin House group, which includes tailoring, medallier and military outfitter brands.
TADICH GRILL
A San Francisco institution, Tadich Grill is the oldest continuously operating restaurant in the Sunshine State and one of the oldest in the nation. Tadich Grill opened in 1849 as a coffee stand owned by and popular with the city’s burgeoning Croatian community. The business changed hands many times in its early years, with each successive owner coming from the Croatian community, maintaining the Croatian identity which had come to define the establishment. With each successive owner, the business expanded, becoming a café and dining room before settling into its final form as a high-end seafood grill with Croatian flourishes. The restaurant is a beacon on California Street, in the heart of the San Francisco Financial District – the Wall Street of the West, with many of its regular clientele hailing from the large investment banks and law firms that populate the immediate vicinity. The beautiful dark wood interiors which nod to the history of the eatery, have also proven to be attractive to tourists and visitors to the city alike.
CAUSSE
Since 1892, Causse has been one of France’s premier glovemakers and remains the oldest glove brand in the country. Hailing from Millau, an area synonymous with high-end leather goods manufacturing and, particularly, the art of handmade gloves, Causse has been supplying the grand couture houses and fashion labels for over one hundred years. Indeed, the firm is part of the Chanel Maisons d’Art initiative celebrating their distinct heritage and close relationship with the iconic fashion house. Causse gloves can be customised to the client’s particular preferences making them a highly coveted marque.
ANDERSON & SHEPPARD
A bastion of British tailoring, Anderson & Sheppard has been one of Savile Row’s pre-eminent houses since it’s establishment in 1906. The firm has been the preferred tailor to many international celebrities throughout its history (names such as Fred Astaire, Charlie Chaplin, Gary Cooper, Noël Coward, Laurence Olivier, Cole Porter, and Rudolph Valentino), in part due to the more relaxed structure championed by Frederick Scholte and Per Anderson, the firm’s founder who trained under Scholte. This style marked the firm as maverick young Turks, a counter to the traditional, heavily structured military style that had long defined the Savile Row suit. Anderson & Sheppard and their contemporaries essentially revolutionised the English-style, with the English cut today being synonymous with the silhouetted and drape espoused by this cadre of tailors. The style would attract a young Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII and latterly, the Duke of Windsor), earning the firm the prestige and honour of being a tailor by appointment to the Court of St James. Many decades later, another Prince of Wales would commission his suits from the house before he too would become King, HM King Charles III. The firm would also become a benchmark reference for the high couture fashion industry, having influenced customers including Tom Ford. No longer on the Row but located off-Row on Burlington Street, today the firm continues the bespoke tradition whilst also supplying a range of ready-to-wear apparel from their nearby haberdashery.
GIEVES & HAWKES
Gieves & Hawkes is one of the grandest of the Savile Row tailoring houses, an institution dating back to 1771. The house is renowned as a military tailor of distinction and a bespoke tailor of choice to many of the world’s best-dressed men. The firm has a long legacy as a tailor by appointment to various members of the British Royal Family and other royals, with the warrants to boot. The brand was formed in 1974 when two established tailoring houses merged, Hawkes & Co and Gieve & Co (pronounced with hard ‘G’). Hawkes & Co was founded in 1771 and had carved out a reputation as a preferred tailor to the most senior British Army officers and members of the Royal Household. Gieve & Co was founded in 1887 when it took over an older studio for whom James Gieve had apprenticed, with a legacy of dressing the most senior officers of the Royal Navy. The military tradition of both houses would come to define the Gieves & Hawkes silhouette and, indeed, the English style of defined shoulders and narrow tapered bodies. Today, the firm continues to offer a bespoke tailoring service together with a wide range of ready-to-wear apparel making them a go-to outfitters for their distinguished clientele.
HERBERT JOHNSON
With a reputation for excellent military and uniform hats, Herbert Johnson has been producing fine hats for soldiers and civilians alike for more than 100 years. Founded in 1889, this renowned hatter has given us many of Hollywood’s most iconic headwear, including the legendary fedora worn by Indiana Jones throughout the franchise’s cinematic series. Herbert Johnson was a renowned milliner who masterfully crafted pieces to the exacting function-first standards of the military and also to the grand statement needs of the theatre and, later, the movie industry. The brand became an institution for London’s best-dressed gentlemen and a must-visit for international jet-setters too. Herbert Johnson often engaged Patey Hats to manufacture some of the house’s designs. Today, the marque sits under the umbrella of brands helmed by Swaine.
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