On May 16 and 17, the store will host Allen Edmonds, Kleinberg, Oxxford Clothiers, and Pennbilt — four houses who still cut, stitch, and finish their work on American floors.
Walk into most menswear stores today and you can find beautiful things. What you can’t always find is where they came from — or who made them. A label that reads “designed in” tells you where someone had the idea. It doesn’t tell you where the shoe was lasted, or where the jacket was cut, or whose hands pulled the stitch through the leather.
For two days in May, we’re bringing four houses into the shop who can answer those questions.
Four houses. One room.
Allen Edmonds has been building shoes on
the same factory floor in Port Washington, Wisconsin since 1922. Each pair passes through more than two hundred steps before it leaves the workshop, and the Goodyear welt construction they’re known for is why a well-kept pair can be recrafted and worn for decades. Come May, we’ll have their team in the shop, bringing the spring line and the full made-to-order program.
Kleinberg cuts leather in a New York workroom the way they’ve done it for years — by hand, one belt and billfold at a time. The saddle stitching they use takes longer and costs more than a machine stitch, and it’s the reason their pieces outlast the trend cycles most accessories are built to chase.
Oxxford Clothes has been hand-tailoring suits in Chicago since 1916. Up to twenty-five hours of hand-work go into each one. The canvas is stitched, not fused. The lapel is rolled by hand. The techniques are, in most cases, the same ones the house was using more than a century ago — not because they’re resistant to change, but because no one has found a better way.
Pennbilt is the youngest of the four, and in some ways the most quietly ambitious. They’re proving that domestic production still works at a real price, sewing tailored clothing in Pennsylvania at a moment when almost no one else is. Their presence at the show is a reminder that “made in America” isn’t only a heritage story. It’s also a present-tense one.
Why we chose these four.
We could have built a trunk show around any theme this spring. We chose this one because it reflects the way we try to build the store itself: slowly, with care, and with a strong preference for the things that take longer to do right.
You won’t see flags on the invitations. You won’t see eagles in the window. The point of the weekend isn’t patriotism — it’s craftsmanship. Four American workshops, each with a different discipline, each with a story worth hearing from the people who actually do the work. That’s the reason to come in.
And we’d like you to come in. Trevor and the team will be in the shop both days, with representatives from each of the four houses alongside us. Whether you’re looking to add a pair of shoes to your rotation, start a conversation about a commissioned suit, or just see what a half-canvas jacket looks like before the lining goes in, there will be room for it.
The details.
Friday, May 16 and Saturday, May 17, 2026. Ten to five, both days, at our Mariemont flagship — 6800 Wooster Pike. Appointments aren’t necessary; walk-ins are welcome throughout both days. Call the store to reserve a private fitting slot if you’d like time with a specific brand’s representative.
A note, while we have you: as a small thank-you to clients attending the show, we’ll be offering 15% off any pair of Allen Edmonds shoes purchased during the two days of the event. It’s the kind of offer we don’t run often, and it won’t extend beyond Saturday evening — but for those of you who have been considering your next pair, the weekend is the weekend.
We hope you’ll join us.
