The Best Tailors and Leather Specialists in Manhattan
Beautiful possessions require maintenance. Whether it's your prized Max Mara camel hair coat, or your favorite Gucci riding boots, there is a an art to keeping top notch pieces looking, well, top shelf—and it often has a lot to do with who you turn to to give those well-worn items, whether leather, suede, shearling, wool, or silk, a bit of TLC in the form of a nip, tuck, or a full-on refurbishment. So where does team T&C turn when their closets need tending or mending? Read on for the very best tailors, cobblers, and furriers in Manhattan.
Tailors
Wagner Tailoring
Former Senior Fashion Editor MaryKate Boylan says she became acquainted with Wagner's by way of Altuzarra, a label that has made a name for itself in tailoring. There is no higher praise, really.
141 Fulton Street
ShopBoy
I love Tribeca's ShopBoy for a number of reasons. They are downright artful in their work, but their shop is also really beautiful. Who knew getting something hemmed could be an experience? I have recommended them to many, including my colleague Senior News Editor Emily Burack.
62 Walker Street
Eva Joan
If you have something that you want to give new life to, whether it's a vintage coat or dress, or something sentimental that just needs a tune up, Eva Joan specializes in craftsmanship and repair. That piece that needs a bit more complicated attention? Take it there. I took a sweater that had some moth holes in it last year and they not only mended it, but they embroidered little flowers on it to make it not just good as new, but better.
28 Jane Street
Ignacio's Tailor
According to T&C Executive Style Director, Ignacio's Tailor on 60th street is the best tailor in town, and trusted by everyone in luxury to take care of one's finery.
119 East 60th Street
Cobblers & Leather Specialists
Rostelle
T&C Editor Leena Kim has said that this Theater District shoe service has done some miracle work on shoes that were previously unsalvageable, which is a winning endorsement if there ever was one—particularly if you are hard on your shoes.
919 Eight Avenue
Hector's Shoe Repair
The Village's Hector's Shoe Repair comes highly recommended by Boylan, who says they are the very best.
11 Greenwich Avenue
Vince's Village Cobbler
Vince's is a well-run joint from top to bottom. They are fast, organized, and work magic on even the most difficult of jobs—and I've given them many.
125 Sullivan Street
Andrade Shoe Repair
T&C's Executive Travel Editor swears by this Upper West Side cobbler, saying “They have kept alive and looking good countless of my shoes. Including leather-topped sneakers.”
2734 Broadway
Dino's Shoe Repair
Dino's Shoe Repair doesn't just come highly recommended by multiple Town & Country staffers. Even the GOAT gum shoe reporter Robert Caro is counted as a Dino's regular, and has a picture on the wall amongst a slew of luminaries that also includes Robert De Niro and Luciano Pavarotti.
1806 Broadway
Leather Spa
For leather refurbishment, footwear or otherwise, Leather Spa has quite the reputation. T&C Deputy Features Director Adam Rathe gives them an emphatic endorsement.
Multiple locations
Ilyau Express
Not quite downtown, not quite uptown, Gramercy's Ilyau Express is more than deserving of its name. If you need a top notch job—and quick—this is where you should go.
132 East 17th Street
Furriers & Leather Care
Madison Avenue Furs & Henry Cowit Inc.
Known for modernizing, repairing, and even buying new furs, NoMad's Cowit comes highly recommended by Kim.
224 W 30th Street
Viktoria Stass
I recently took a stained—with oil, no less—shearling to Viktoria Stass and not only did the suede on my beautiful floor length coat look good as new, it was very reasonably priced. And quick, too!
208 W 30th Street
Cameo Cleaners
Cameo Cleaners has carved out a bit of reputation for itself as a longstanding dry cleaner for institutions such as Metropolitan Opera, Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), and the Cooper Hewitt Museum. Not for nothing, they also do leather and suede care as well as pick-ups and delivery—crucial for the New Yorker on the go.
276 Third Avenue
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