Our guest Massimo Pirrone, gained a large following on Instagram @pirronemassimo to the tune of 137,000 followers as of this podcast. His custom made menswear shop in Antwerp, Belgium prides itself on handmade Italian workmanship from his lab in Puglia, Italy. 
Everyday he drinks his "risretto" short shot espresso in front of his shop on his Instagram reels and gives a daily lesson of positivity. 
In this the first episode of season two of "Its All Been Done Before", learn how Massimo has cultivated a clientele in Belgium for his handmade Italian clothing. How did he find himself in Antwerp and not Italy? Explore his new lab in Puglia as he expands his business with more tailors that are becoming more difficult to find and most importantly learn about the best Italian mills for fabrics and the differences between fabrics for different seasons. We also discuss the age old question: Single Breasted or Double Breasted? What do you prefer?

Your host Philip Pravda of SuitCafe creates a handmade clothing collection. Mr. Pravda has been in business in New York for over 35 years. His family started in the menswear business in 1908 selling second hand men's clothing. He can be found on social media @suitcafe on all platforms especially YouTube & Instagram. His new collection includes handmade shoes and sneakers from Spain that are completely customizable online. Silk neckwear, pocket squares and crocodile belts. All at suitcafe.com.

Fabio Attanasio joins us from his home in the city of Milan, Italy.  Born in Naples and educated as an attorney, Fabio was drawn to follow his passion in the men's custom tailoring business. Having been fascinated with custom tailor shops over the years he built an international blog searching out tailoring houses around Europe: Italy, Spain England and France. His blog became so popular that tailors and international luxury brands began to seek him out to write about their products. 
His journey has taken him around the planet and he has just published his first book, "Scent Of Tailoring Vol. 1".  Learn how he started knocking on doors and how he stayed the course in creating his multiple collections of shoes, eyewear and a cashmere knit brand all with the creativity, quality and workmanship Italian artisans are known for. 

Your host Philip Pravda of SuitCafe creates a handmade clothing collection. Mr. Pravda has been in business in New York for over 35 years. His family started in the menswear business in 1908 selling second hand men's clothing. He can be found on social media @suitcafe on all platforms especially YouTube & Instagram. His new collection includes handmade shoes and sneakers from Spain that are completely customizable online. Silk neckwear, pocket squares and crocodile belts. All at suitcafe.com.

Wayne Schneider hustles. I know him from his large Instagram account with over 110,000 followers. His content is what is intriguing. Wayne is a car guy. That means at any time a Lambo Urus, or Ferrari can show up on his account. Not to mention about 10 Aston Martins he sold to some of his followers. Cars however is only one of his passions. Wayne and his brand "PCNY" has used his love of cars to feed ten's of thousands of homeless and hungry in the streets of New York City with his weekly "PCNY In The Streets" gourmet food buffet outside Madison Square Garden. Rain, shine, hot or cold Wayne is there with exotic cars and tons of real hot food created by his friends at some of the top restaurants in the city. All free for those in need. His turkey drive on Thanksgiving Day helps more than 25,000 families and his book bag drive gets over 1000 kids needed school supplies.
In our real time discussion, while Wayne was at work in his Yonkers body shop, we discussed how this journey began and how it went from trying to build a business for himself and his brother into having that business and giving back to the community where he lives and beyond. 
If you hear a few brief interruptions, remember, Wayne was at work and the customer always comes first. 

Your host Philip Pravda of SuitCafe creates a handmade clothing collection. Mr. Pravda has been in business in New York for over 35 years. His family started in the menswear business in 1908 selling second hand men's clothing. He can be found on social media @suitcafe on all platforms especially YouTube & Instagram. His new collection includes handmade shoes and sneakers from Spain that are completely customizable online. Silk neckwear, pocket squares and crocodile belts. All at suitcafe.com.