Medium: Vogue
Publication Date: July 24, 2024
Title: Céline Dion Goes Full Tár Ahead of the Olympics Opening Ceremony

Summary: In a Vogue feature on Céline Dion’s comeback at the Olympic Games in Paris, her commanding appearance in bespoke suits is compared to the iconic look of Lydia Tár – a role for which Cate Blanchett was fitted at the atelier of Egon Brandstetter.

Medium: Berliner Morgenpost
Publication Date: July 2, 2024
Title: Masterful Tailoring

Summary: The Berliner Morgenpost’s MoPo Navigator presents Egon Brandstetter as one of three remaining bespoke tailors in Berlin. With over 8,000 cloth variations and a style described by the paper as “refined and elegant with an Italian sensibility,” he combines traditional craftsmanship with contemporary aesthetics. In addition to fully bespoke garments, the atelier also offers made-to-measure with over 200 adjustable fitting points.

Medium: Deutschlandfunk Kultur – Podcast “Im Gespräch” with Britta Bürger
Publication Date: June 10, 2024
Title: Bespoke Tailor Egon Brandstetter – The Perfect Suit

Summary:  In conversation with Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Egon Brandstetter speaks about his early calling, his training in London, Vienna and Paris, and his path to Berlin, where he runs one of the few remaining authentic bespoke tailoring workshops. The programme offers insight into his working methods, the depth of client consultation, and his appearances in the film industry – most recently in the six-time Oscar-nominated Hollywood film TÁR with Cate Blanchett, for which a central scene was shot in his Berlin atelier. Since 2015, Brandstetter has trained ten apprentices to qualification – a testament to his commitment as one of the few remaining training workshops in the bespoke tailoring trade.

Medium: M. Müller & Sohn Magazine
Publication Date: March/April 2024
Title: Hollywood in the Berlin Atelier

Summary: The trade magazine M. Müller & Sohn profiles Egon Brandstetter in a four-page feature as one of the few genuine bespoke tailors in Berlin. The article offers insight into the daily work of sixteen-hour days, the partnership with Marc-Martin Straub, and the atelier’s role as a filming location for the Hollywood production TÁR. A telling detail: 300 applications are received annually for the apprenticeship positions – a measure of the craft’s enduring appeal.

Medium: Berliner Zeitung
Publication Date: December 24, 2023
Title: From Chic to Shabby: These Berlin Films Have Style

Summary: The article highlights the visual style of Berlin-set films, including TÁR (2022). In the film, Cate Blanchett’s character Lydia Tár visits bespoke tailor Egon Brandstetter, whose craftsmanship contributes to the film’s sartorial aesthetic and the portrayal of Berlin’s fashion world.

Medium: Permanent Style
Publication Date: November 6, 2023
Title: Berlin: A Menswear Shopping Guide

Summary: In the Berlin Menswear Shopping Guide by Permanent Style, Egon Brandstetter is featured as a bespoke tailor who gained wider recognition through his appearance in the film TÁR. The article notes his fifteen years of crafting bespoke suits and shirts in Berlin, supported by a team of apprentices. His career began at the English National Opera in London and the Vienna State Opera, with further engagements at the Salzburg and Bregenz Festivals.

Medium: Frankfurter Allgemeine Magazin
Publication Date: June 11, 2023
Title: The 50 Most Important Germans in Fashion

Summary: The Frankfurter Allgemeine Magazin lists Egon Brandstetter among the fifty most important Germans in fashion. The entry highlights his role in the film TÁR – as the bespoke tailor seen on screen conducting fittings with Cate Blanchett. Berlin need not defer to Savile Row: Brandstetter offers precisely what the coronation of King Charles III brought back into public consciousness – genuine bespoke tailoring for men.

Medium: Tip Berlin
Publication Date: April 14, 2023
Title: Bespoke Tailor Egon Brandstetter: Perfection All the Way to Hollywood

Summary: Tip Berlin profiles Egon Brandstetter as one of three remaining bespoke tailors in Berlin. The article follows him through his working day on Chausseestraße and traces his path from apprentice in Linz to the English National Opera in London, through Vienna and Paris, to self-employment in Berlin since 2007. Each fully bespoke suit requires approximately 80 hours of handwork. Business partner Marc Straub joined in 2012, introducing a made-to-measure line alongside the bespoke offering. For the film TÁR, Brandstetter played himself: director Todd Field filmed for four days in the atelier and subsequently commissioned a suit for his own appearance at the Venice premiere.

Medium: Berliner Zeitung
Publication Date: April 3, 2023
Title: One of Berlin’s Last Bespoke Tailors: “One Should Never Imitate a Style”

Summary: In an extensive interview with the Berliner Zeitung, Egon Brandstetter speaks about his diverse clientele – from artists and musicians to professors and businesswomen – and emphasises that bespoke tailoring is no longer the preserve of power brokers. He discusses details such as the importance of buttonhole placement for fit and speaks about his personal background: an Austrian from a working-class family, shaped by his time at the English National Opera.

Medium: Tagesspiegel
Publication Date: March 26, 2023
Title: Tailor Egon Brandstetter in TÁR: A Berlin Bespoke Suit for Hollywood

Summary: The article profiles Egon Brandstetter, a Berlin bespoke tailor who unexpectedly appeared as himself in the film TÁR, fitting a bespoke shirt for Cate Blanchett’s character Lydia Tár. Despite initial reservations, Brandstetter seized the opportunity and speaks about the importance of the craft in Berlin. He notes that bespoke tailoring and fashion receive too little recognition in the city, and reflects on his role as one of the few remaining master tailors in Germany practising the craft at the highest level.

Medium: Jörg Thadeusz – Der Talk – A Podcast by WDR 2
Publication Date: March 22, 2023
Title: Egon Brandstetter, Bespoke Tailor

Summary: In the Oscar-nominated film TÁR, he appears in a cameo as himself, assisting Cate Blanchett with a fitting: Egon Brandstetter is one of the few fully bespoke tailors working in Germany and knows the secret of a perfectly fitting suit and the right appearance.

Medium: X – @blanchettcom – Cate Blanchett Fan
Publication Date: March 13, 2023
Title: Cate Blanchett and Director Todd Field at the Vanity Fair Oscars Party #TÁR

Summary: Todd Field and Cate Blanchett attended the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on 12 March 2023, hosted by Radhika Jones at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills. Todd Field, whose film TÁR received six Oscar nominations, wore a bespoke dinner jacket by Egon Brandstetter; Cate Blanchett wore Louis Vuitton.

Medium: Der Standard
Publication Date: March 11, 2023
Title: Bespoke Tailor: “Dress Codes Are a Decision-Making Aid”

Summary: Egon Brandstetter, one of the few fully bespoke tailors in Germany, gained wider recognition through his role in the Oscar-nominated film TÁR alongside Cate Blanchett. In an interview, Brandstetter discusses the function of dress codes, the elegance of the suit, and the challenges of his craft. His atelier in Berlin features as a central location in the film, underscoring both his dedication and the distinction of his work.

Medium: Deutsche Welle – Program ¡Aquí estoy! with Pía Castro
Publication Date: March 8, 2023
Title: Handcrafted Bespoke Tailoring for Hollywood | ¡Aquí estoy!

Summary: In the Spanish-language programme ¡Aquí estoy! on Deutsche Welle, reporter Pía Castro visits the atelier on Chausseestraße – close to the former Berlin Wall, opposite the new BND headquarters. The occasion is the film TÁR, whose opening scene was shot in the workshop: director Todd Field discovered the location through his costume designer. In conversation with co-founder Marc-Martin Straub, it becomes clear that the clientele extends well beyond business executives and politicians – commissions also come from the technology sector. Straub himself came to tailoring from the oil industry, prompted by the desire for a suit of his own.

Medium: Audible Studios – Podcast “The Beautiful Things. Objects, Design & History” with Jörg Thadeusz
Publication Date: February 16, 2023
Title: Episode 18 – The Bespoke Suit

Summary: It moulds to the body like a second skin, presents its wearer in the best possible form, and accompanies the great occasions in life: the bespoke suit. Sewn by hand over the course of days by masters such as Egon Brandstetter, one of the last genuine fully bespoke tailors in Germany. Each Thursday, Jörg Thadeusz presents a beautiful object and its history in this podcast.

Medium: Deutschlandfunk Kultur – Podcast “Im Gespräch” with Britta Bürger
Publication Date: February 14, 2023
Title: Bespoke Tailor Egon Brandstetter – The Perfect Suit

Summary:  Egon Brandstetter knew by the age of ten that he wanted to become a tailor. After years of training in London, Paris and Vienna, the Austrian now crafts bespoke suits in Berlin – not only for gentlemen, but most recently for Cate Blanchett as well.

Medium: WWD (Women’s Wear Daily)
Publication Date: January 27, 2023
Title: The Bespoke World of German Tailor Egon Brandstetter

Summary: Egon Brandstetter, a German bespoke tailor, gained unexpected renown after his atelier appeared in the film TÁR with Cate Blanchett. Initially reluctant to appear on screen, he changed his mind upon learning of Blanchett’s involvement. Brandstetter’s career spans from military service in Austria to positions at the English National Opera and the Vienna State Opera. Today, together with Marc Straub, he runs an atelier in Berlin offering both fully bespoke and made-to-measure suits and shirts.

Medium: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Magazine
Publication Date: January 19, 2023
Title: A Cloth for the Great Narratives

Summary: FAZ feuilleton editor Simon Strauß profiles Egon Brandstetter across two pages of the FAZ Magazin. The article traces his path from apprentice in ladies’ and gentlemen’s tailoring in Linz, through the English National Opera in London and the costume workshops of Europe, to Berlin, where Brandstetter arrived in December 2001. The Hollywood production required four full days of filming – the entire street closed off – for the opening scene of TÁR in his atelier. Director Todd Field subsequently commissioned a suit of his own for the gala premiere in Venice. A single buttonhole demands 60 stitches and 20 minutes of work – a fully bespoke suit comprises over 10,000 stitches.

Medium: GQ Magazine UK
Publication Date: January 16, 2023
Title: Cate Blanchett’s Lydia Tár Is a Menswear Icon

Summary: Cate Blanchett’s portrayal of Lydia Tár in the film TÁR showcases the character’s masculine style, conceived by Oscar-nominated costume designer Bina Daigeler. The wardrobe – including bespoke suits by Egon Brandstetter – reflects Lydia’s controlled and austere aesthetic. As Tár’s life unravels, her clothing mirrors the inner conflict. Daigeler’s designs underscore the character’s arc, bridging precise, structured pieces with looser elements that signal her shifting state of mind.

Medium: Financial Times
Publication Date: January 12, 2023
Title: Tár – Cate Blanchett Is Extraordinarily Magnetic in a Film of Rare Scale
Summary: Todd Field’s TÁR presents Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tár, a celebrated conductor, exploring themes of abuse of power and cancel culture. The film opens with an interview highlighting Tár’s achievements, including a bespoke suit by Egon Brandstetter. As Lydia navigates the challenges of her career, her abuse of authority is laid bare. Blanchett’s extraordinary performance stands at the centre of this complex, compelling and profoundly crafted work of cinema.