Inside the Shop

Located in downtown Washington, D.C. and just blocks from the White House, Georges de Paris’ current shop has been the heart of his business for over 20 years.

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  8. [...] It’s a tailoring shop that feels like a designer clothing store combined with a political memorabilia museum. High-end suits and ties that de Paris has designed himself crowd wooden racks across from the counter in the tiny space off 14th Street, just a stone’s throw from the White House. Photos of de Paris’ top-drawer clients line walls and are propped-up in frames on the counter and in the front windows. Many of the photos are former presidents. Official portraits of George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are personally signed to de Paris. The back of the store is where the magic happens. That’s the workshop where de Paris recently finished his third suit for President Obama. Just the mention of the President sends him into a frenzy. A flash of his long gray hair and perfectly European looking suit vest begins zipping around the cramped workspace. He barks at his assistant, Tony, “Where are the slacks for the president?” A few seconds later de Paris has both Obama’s pants and jacket in hand. The suit was just one fitting away from being finished when we met up with the diminutive Frenchman. De Paris personally dropped off that third suit for Obama at the White House in mid-December. Each one of the suits is dark, single breasted and two button. All were made out of the finest cashmere wool, hand selected by the president himself. The process to make a suit takes about a month and involves two fittings before he delivers the final creation. De Paris had hoped that President Obama would wear one of his earlier two suits when accepting his Nobel Peace Prize in Norway. Sure enough, de Paris tuned into live cable news on December 10th to witness the president accepting the award in a suit that de Paris had stitched together himself. “It was very exciting,” de Paris beamed. “The President looked incredible.” According to University Observer. [...]

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