The house has also expanded its made-to-measure custom business, offering a wide range of fine leather gloves andcashmereandwool socks (or "hose, " as it quaintly still calls them), silk ties, even boxer shorts.
Tautz and Hardy Amies among them are recruiting neoclassic and avant-garde designers alike, refining and retrofitting their silk, wool, cashmereand knit wares just enough to maintain their legendary pedigree while attracting a new and youngish clientele.