Camisería Burgos, commonly known as Burgos (), is a gentleman's bespoke shirtmaker founded in 1906 in Madrid. The store has been located at Calle Cedaceros 2 since its opening, and until 1949, had another shop at Boulevard des Capucines in Paris. Their most popular products are bespoke shirts, guayaberas, pyjamas and Teba jackets.Belén Rodrigo, "Las camisas artesanales de Madrid que visten la realeza, la aristocracia y las estrellas de Hollywood" in ABC, 25 July 2016
Burgos enjoys a Royal Warrant of Appointment since Alfonso XIII bestowed it in 1920, and has been the main shirt purveyor to the Royal House of Spain ever since, Felipe VI being a regular customer. Other notable customers include Cary Grant, Ernest Hemingway, Orson Welles, Pablo Picasso, Jeff Goldblum and Tsar Simeon of Bulgaria.Luis de Vega, "La camisería de Cary Grant sigue abierta en Madrid" in El País, 16 February 2020Ángel Becerril, "¿Por qué la guayabera es la prenda masculina imprescindible del verano?" in Expansión, 2 August 2018 It has also provided shirts for numerous films, including those of Woody Allen, Adrien Brody, Sharon Stone and Andy García.Isabel Vaquero, "Las camisas y corbatas de Felipe VI: materiales nobles y motivos sutiles" in Vanitatis, 12 December 2018 All clothing is made in Spain.Chris Cotonou, "Camisería Burgos, Regal Shirt-Makers of Spain" in The Rake, Invalid date
History Camisería Burgos was founded in 1906 by Julián Pérez Burgos in Calle Cedaceros 2, Madrid.Francisco Javier Gírela, "Estas son las caminarías que debes conocer si quieres una camisa como la de tu jefe" in GQ, 3 April 2018 In 1936, he moved to Paris fleeing from the Spanish Civil War, and opened a second Burgos shop in Boulevard des Capucines. Santiago Olave, one of his shirt-makers, took over the shop in Madrid, and as of today, it remains in that family.María Aguirre, "En busca de la camisa a medida perfecta" in ABC, 29 August 2017 In 1920, Alfonso XIII became a customer and granted Burgos the Royal Warrant of Appointment.
Regal purveyors Felipe VI, the king of Spain, has owned bespoke shirts from Burgos since his first communion in 1975.Juan Carlos Rodríguez, "Felipe VI, en guayabera por La Habana" in Expansión, 14 November 2019Gloria Salgado & José Luis Álvarez, "Un Rey con estilo" in El Correo, 27 January 2018
His father, grandfather and great-grandfather: Juan Carlos I, the Count of Barcelona and Alfonso XIII respectively, have all been customers of Burgos.María Eugenia Yagüe, "El sastre del rey de otros reyes" in El Mundo, 2002 Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, former Tsar of Bulgaria, is another customer.
Today
The house continues to be a family-owned business, led by Carmen Álvarez Olave, granddaughter of Santiago Olave and 3rd generation in the family.Gonzalo Rolanía, "Se busca camisa especial" in Esquire, 28 August 2018 In addition to retail sales at its flagship store in Madrid, Camisería Burgos travels to receive customers at trunk shows in New York and London.Agustín Velasco, "De Cifonelli a Tom Baker. ¿Quiénes son los mejores sastres del mundo?" in La Información, 9 June 2020
See also Tailoring
References
External links
Spanish website English website