Brita Hirsch

Fashion

A german tailor who used make suits for Pavarotti and then technical fabrics for the automotive industry has found her home at the end of the Silk road in macclesfield, once again producing bespoke suits and teaching a new wave of tailors outside of Saville Row.

According to the UN World Tourism Organisation the silk road begins in Xian, the ancient capital of China, and ends in the Cheshire town of Macclesfield, which is where we met Brita Hirsch one sunny day in October. And, fittingly, it is Macclesfield silk which often lines her tailored suits.