The Sartorial Master

At the age of 23, Artiel García Aliste (1940-2019) took over the family’s third-generation tailoring trade from his father Artiel García Parra (1920-1951) who in turn, had inherited it from his father Amaro García Caballero (1868-1932). For years, he has combined his meticulous tailoring services with intense work as a teacher at the Escuela Superior de Sastrería (School of Dressmaking) in Madrid, Spain, founded by the Spanish Tailors Association in 1868. For many years, Aliste was also director of the official publication of the Tailors Association, the Revista Sartorial Española (Spanish Sartorial Journal), and lectured and published many technical works and articles. Once he retired, he dedicated his time to sharing the knowledge acquired during more than 75 years of dedication to professional education, and to collecting information and published materials on the profession at an international level.