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    Fehintola AzeezBy Fehintola AzeezApril 5, 2024No Comments5 Mins Read
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    Martin Greenfield, a tailor who dressed six US presidents, countless A-list actors, and professional athletes, died on March 20, 2024. According to his sons Jay, Tod, and David Greenfield, he died at 95.

    “America’s greatest living tailor,” Greenfield founded the longstanding menswear shop Martin Greenfield Clothiers in Brooklyn in 1977 after working for 30 years in a clothing factory. For decades, his custom, handcrafted suits were supported by heavyweights of American culture, including Frank Sinatra, Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, and LeBron James.

    Greenfield also dressed six US Presidents. “My craft is very difficult to define because it’s many things,” he explained in a 2016 interview with Great Big Story. “I am a maker of clothing. Also, I know how to measure. I know how to fit people. Very few people could match me.”

    The Origin of Martin Greenfield

    Greenfield was born Maximilian Grünfeld in 1928 in the village of Pavlovo, then Czechoslovakia and now part of Ukraine. In 1944, Nazis forced him and his family from their home and onto a train to Auschwitz. Then, he was separated from his parents and siblings and incarcerated for more than a year. 

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    Furthermore, Greenfield was the only one to survive in his entire family: his mother, father, two sisters, and brother died. 

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    How Did Greenfield Begin His Career?

    The notorious concentration camp was where Greenfield picked up the skills that would later define his career. While assigned to wash Nazi uniforms, he accidentally tore a soldier’s shirt and was brutally beaten for it, he wrote in his memoir “Measure of a Man, from Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents’ Tailor.” 

    He kept the shirt, and a fellow prisoner taught him how to sew up the collar. He later decided to wear the mended garment under his prison uniform. People seemed to respect him for it, he recalled. He wrote that he felt so empowered in the shirt that he risked ripping a second one so he could have two.

    “Strangely enough, two ripped Nazi shirts helped this Jew build America’s most famous and successful custom-suit company,” Greenfield continued in his memoir. “God has a wonderful sense of humor.”

    Martin Greenfield Went From Being a Floor Boy to Buying the Factory 

    In 1947, he immigrated to the US and changed his name to Martin Greenfield to sound more American. He got a job as a floor boy at a clothing factory in Brooklyn, working his way up to production manager until he eventually bought the factory to start his own business.

    Greenfield credited himself with turning Eisenhower into a three-piece suit. “Once he had the first three-piece suit, from then on, you didn’t see Eisenhower in anything but the three-piece suit,” he told Great Big Story.

    The Success Story

    In addition to Eisenhower, Greenfield also dressed Presidents Gerald Ford, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden. However, some of his most storied creations were designed for President Obama, who often earned praise for being a sharp dresser.

    According to his memoir, in 2010, the White House contacted Greenfield to make some suits for Obama. The President didn’t want to be measured, but Greenfield was asked to replicate the sizing details of one of Obama’s existing suits. He refused to do so.

    He wrote, “Martin Greenfield does not copy anybody’s suits. Everybody copies Martin Greenfield’s suits.”

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    Ultimately, Obama agreed to be measured by Greenfield, thus beginning a long, fruitful sartorial relationship. “Virtually every suit he’s worn since February 2011 has been one of ours,” Greenfield wrote.

    He Worked With a Wide Range of People

    Aside from outfitting politicians and dignitaries, Greenfield also worked with Sinatra and Denzel Washington. He ventured into Hollywood, making 1920s-era suits for the HBO series “Boardwalk Empire” and costumes for films such as “Argo,” “The Wolf of Wall Street,” and “The Great Gatsby.”

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    Perhaps one of his most recognizable movie moments is the bright red suit and neon orange waistcoat Joaquin Phoenix wore in the 2019 film “Joker.” According to the Martin Greenfield Clothiers website, after Greenfield retired, his sons Jay and Tod took over the family business. However, Greenfield’s obsession with quality and attention to detail remained.

    Hence, the clothes are still hand-made in Brooklyn. “Martin Greenfield worked at the factory for 71 years. He loved meeting, dressing, and befriending world leaders, celebrities, athletes, and everyone else,” his sons wrote in a tribute on Instagram. “May his memory be a blessing to everyone who had the pleasure to meet him.”

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    Fehintola Azeez is a content writer, food lover, and kitchen enthusiast. She specializes in writing and creating engaging content that resonates with audiences. She enjoys watching movies and also cooks for fun.

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