Camisería Burgos Explained
Camisería Burgos, commonly known as Burgos (pronounced as /es/), is a gentleman's bespoke shirtmaker founded in 1906 in Madrid. The store has been located at Calle Cedaceros 2 since its opening, and until 1949, had another shop at Boulevard des Capucines in Paris. Their most popular products are bespoke shirts, guayaberas, pyjamas and Teba jackets.[1]
Burgos enjoys a Royal Warrant of Appointment since Alfonso XIII bestowed it in 1920, and has been the main shirt purveyor to the Royal House of Spain ever since, Felipe VI being a regular customer. Other notable customers include Cary Grant, Ernest Hemingway, Orson Welles, Pablo Picasso, Jeff Goldblum and Tsar Simeon of Bulgaria.[2] [3] It has also provided shirts for numerous films, including those of Woody Allen, Adrien Brody, Sharon Stone and Andy García.[4] All clothing is made in Spain.[5]
History
Camisería Burgos was founded in 1906 by Julián Pérez Burgos in Calle Cedaceros 2, Madrid.[6] In 1936, he moved to Paris fleeing from the Spanish Civil War, and opened a second Burgos shop in Boulevard des Capucines. Santiago Olave, one of his shirt-makers, took over the shop in Madrid, and as of today, it remains in that family.[7] In 1920, Alfonso XIII became a customer and granted Burgos the Royal Warrant of Appointment.
Regal purveyors
Felipe VI, the king of Spain, has owned bespoke shirts from Burgos since his first communion in 1975.[8] [9]
His father, grandfather and great-grandfather: Juan Carlos I, the Count of Barcelona and Alfonso XIII respectively, have all been customers of Burgos.[10] Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, former Tsar of Bulgaria, is another customer.
Today
The house continues to be a family-owned business, led by Carmen Álvarez Olave, granddaughter of Santiago Olave and 3rd generation in the family.[11] Despite being only present in one location in Madrid, Camisería Burgos travels to receive customers in New York and London.[12]
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Notes and References
- https://www.abc.es/espana/madrid/abci-camisas-artesanales-madrid-visten-realeza-aristocracia-y-estrellas-hollywood-201607250046_noticia.html Belén Rodrigo, "Las camisas artesanales de Madrid que visten la realeza, la aristocracia y las estrellas de Hollywood" in ABC, 25 July 2016
- https://elpais.com/ccaa/2020/02/14/madrid/1581703798_227037.html Luis de Vega, "La camisería de Cary Grant sigue abierta en Madrid" in El País, 16 February 2020
- https://www.expansion.com/fueradeserie/moda-y-caprichos/2018/08/02/5b56fbf4e2704e3d618b460d.html Ángel Becerril, "¿Por qué la guayabera es la prenda masculina imprescindible del verano?" in Expansión, 2 August 2018
- https://www.vanitatis.elconfidencial.com/casas-reales/2018-12-12/felipe-rey-estilo-corbata-camisa-reloj-analisis_1698890/ Isabel Vaquero, "Las camisas y corbatas de Felipe VI: materiales nobles y motivos sutiles" in Vanitatis, 12 December 2018
- https://therake.com/stories/camiseria-burgos-regal-shirtmakers-of-madrid/ Chris Cotonou, "Camisería Burgos, Regal Shirt-Makers of Spain" in The Rake, Invalid date
- https://www.revistagq.com/moda/fashion-news/articulos/mejores-camiserias-espana/28634 Francisco Javier Gírela, "Estas son las caminarías que debes conocer si quieres una camisa como la de tu jefe" in GQ, 3 April 2018
- https://www.abc.es/summum/estilo/moda/abci-busca-camisa-medida-perfecta-201708291001_noticia.html María Aguirre, "En busca de la camisa a medida perfecta" in ABC, 29 August 2017
- https://www.expansion.com/fueradeserie/moda-y-caprichos/2019/11/14/5dcd1366468aeb1f0c8b4631.html Juan Carlos Rodríguez, "Felipe VI, en guayabera por La Habana" in Expansión, 14 November 2019
- https://www.elcorreo.com/politica/estilo-20180127132326-ntrc.html Gloria Salgado & José Luis Álvarez, "Un Rey con estilo" in El Correo, 27 January 2018
- https://www.elmundo.es/magazine/2002/125/1013789769.html#top María Eugenia Yagüe, "El sastre del rey de otros reyes" in El Mundo, 2002
- https://www.pressreader.com/spain/esquire-spain/20180828/282110637472293 Gonzalo Rolanía, "Se busca camisa especial" in Esquire, 28 August 2018
- https://www.lainformacion.com/gentleman/de-cifonelli-a-tom-baker-quienes-son-los-mejores-sastres-del-mundo/2807201/ Agustín Velasco, "De Cifonelli a Tom Baker. ¿Quiénes son los mejores sastres del mundo?" in La Información, 9 June 2020
