Egon Brandstetter was born 1976 in Steyr, Austria. He looks back on
over 20 years of experience in traditional bespoke tailoring and
pattern cutting.
After completing his formation at the HBLA Lentia in Linz he began his
professional career at the English National Opera in London. There he
was introduced in the art of traditional British bespoke tailoring and
made historical costumes by hand. As a pattern cutter he also
participated in the realisation of the actual collections of
international London based fashion designers. After his time in London
he worked for the Bregenz- and Salzburg Festival, before accepting an
offer of the Cologne Opera. In Cologne he deepened his knowledge of his
two specialities: manufacturing techniques of theatre costume tailoring
and traditional bespoke tailoring.
After stopovers in Rome and Florence, he pursued his career at the
Vienna State Opera where he worked within the prestigious costume
workshops of ART for ART. There he broadened his craftsmanship amongst
others in the area of costume making for film productions. At the
workshop of the well-known Vienna Haute Couturier Peter Holub he
manufactured bespoke garments for notable people of culture, art and
politics. After a stopover in Paris he finally settled down as a
bespoke tailor in Berlin where he opened his own studio in 2008.