The Linen & Lapel team · Chicago

Four career tailors, one standard.

Every tailor here is a full-time, workroom-trained professional who puts sound construction, honest fit and careful finishing first.

Pinstripe jacket on a dress form with a tape measure over the shoulder

Theo Marchetti

Founder & head cutter

After more than a decade cutting in bespoke workrooms and department-store alteration rooms, Theo opened Linen & Lapel to give everyday clients the patient, hand-measured fit that bespoke houses rely on, without intimidation or sales pressure. He sets every tailor’s pattern standards and specialises in suiting and shirts that age well.

Qualifications: Completed tailoring apprenticeship · Diploma in Bespoke Pattern Cutting · B.A. in Fashion Design · 13 years cutting.

First fitting consultation · Custom-measured dress shirts

Hand-sewing needles, machine needles and tape measures ready for a fitting

Priya Nandakumar

Bespoke coatmaker & alterations lead

Before joining full time, Priya spent four years as a coatmaker’s assistant in a theatre costume workroom. She is at her best adjusting jackets around sloping shoulders, uneven arms and desk-worn posture, and looks after the workroom’s bespoke and alteration clients.

Qualifications: Certificate in Bespoke Coatmaking · Theatre Costume Construction · Advanced Hand Finishing · 10 years tailoring.

Bespoke & made-to-measure suiting · Everyday alterations & mending

Brown paper sewing patterns hanging from a pattern holder

Marcus Bell

Workroom manager & finisher

Marcus is known for putting first-time clients at ease around cloth books, patterns and fitting mirrors. He runs every new client’s workroom tour, keeps the machines and fitting room in order, and brings calm, precise hands to buttonholes and pressing.

Qualifications: Industrial Sewing Machine Maintenance · Certificate in Garment Finishing · First aid certified · 6 years finishing.

Tour the workroom

Reels of thread and ribbon on wooden workroom shelves

Elodie Hart

Wardrobe stylist & client coordinator

Elodie has helped hundreds of busy professionals and parents build a working wardrobe while leaving impulse shopping behind. She leads the wardrobe edit service, specialises in wedding and occasion outfits for every guest, and answers new enquiries.

Qualifications: Diploma in Personal Styling · Colour Analysis Certificate · Bridal & Occasionwear Specialist · 8 years styling.

Contact the workroom · Wardrobe edit & occasion styling

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