Henry Bucks was established in 1890 as a made-to-measure shirt and blouse shop and the traditions have continued. We still make shirts to measure in Australia and have since added bespoke clothing, made in Melbourne by our master tailor; bespoke clothing made to order by Canali in Italy; bespoke shoes hand made by Hilary Freeman’s traditional shoemakers in Northampton, Edward Green; .
by Ian Rose for the March issue of the Melbourne Age Magazine I swagger through the doors of Henry Bucks and into the safe hands of Patrick Cashen, a softly spoken and conscientous gent who has been selling mensweaar for 40 years. Plain white shirt for my hypothetical baby-blue suit, we agree, slightly high in the collar in a nod to .
In the private, wood-panelled and richly appointed Yorkshire Room at their Collins Street flagship store, Henry Bucks managing director Tim Cecil sits with Paolo Canali to talk about their passion for quality clothing and the trusting relationship that has developed between these two multi generational family companies. SHOP CANALI It has taken Paolo, Marketing Director of Canali S.p.A, 15 years to visit .
The luxuriously appointed Yorkshire Room at Henry Buck’s has now opened. “It is 118 years since Henry Buck opened a small shirt shop in Swanston Street and 75 years since he died in London. In affectionate and respectful memory of Henry and his home county we wanted to call our private shopping salon (probably the same size as Henry's original shop), .
