Bespoken 10 has arrived ! As usual, many varied topics await the reader.

Mister Fabric, our regular campaign theme, is back in its Spring – Summer 2012 version. Meet the different gentlemen and their suits.

On the educational side you can read about the famous ‘silk road’ and an interesting training program for young textile professionals that we have recently joined. Our meeting with one of the world’s most prominent horse-riders, as well as our collaboration with the latest Colin Firth movie Tailor, Tinker, Soldier Spy are also featured in detail.

Enjoy this birthday edition of our made-to-measure magazine.

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A look behind the screen when Scabal is making the Spring Summer campaign images.

The different Misters get dressed and groomed and photographer Ronald Stoops brings out the best of Scabal garments for a wonderful new season. He is known for his work for the Antwerp's Six and his been published in the world's best lifestyle magazines such as Visionnaire, i-D, View on Colour and Purple. You also get a look of the fabrics inspection, their cutting and preparation at the Scabal headquarters.

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On Friday, 25th of November, Casa Frumoasa in Romania celebrated 15 years of activity in the field of sartorial and menswear excellence. Entitled “A Journey Through Style”, Julia Kristensen, founder and CEO, hosted a private event in the Bucharest store. The building is the former embassy of Luxemburg.

This beautiful 19th century manor house is located on the busiest boulevard in Bucharest where many high level shops of men's clothing are: Frumoasa street. A book "Casa Frumoasa" was written about typical Rumanian house decoration by Jan Harold Brunvand.

Starting up back in 1996 in an unexplored niche, Julia’s story throughout this challenging domain of exclusive brands and Made-To-Measure legacy, wrote itself naturally. Next to the Casa Frumoasa store, she has opened multi-brand stores for men and women in prestigious hotels as Marriott, Radisson and Rex.

Bucharest's history dates back as far as 1459 and shows an interesting mix of architecture, including modern alternations to former communist buildings. It’s grand hotels and buzzing nightlife make tourists have a pleasant stay.

>> www.casafrumoasa.ro

Incredibly light with 160 grams and pleasantly soft is this real Featherweight of our collection.

The ultra fine Super 150’s fibres are blended with 15% silk, which gives the cloth its unique elegant lustre. The plain weave construction makes a solid airy cloth and the design range covers everything from the soft summery soft shades to the elegant classics and plains.

>> See 25 fabrics of the bunch
>> Read about all new bunches

The Oscars have been around since 1929 when a mere 270 people attended the ceremony yet today are known worldwide. The Oscar statuette is a gold plated knight that has been handed out over 2800 times. It is considered the most recognized trophy in the world. This year Hollywood's biggest night will be held for the 84th time on Sunday Feb 26 at the Kodak Theatre, hosted by Billy Crystal.

Moneyball is a 2011 biographical sports drama film directed by Bennett Miller and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film is based on Michael Lewis's 2003 book of the same name. As Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane, Brad Pitt portrays a man attempting to rebuild a baseball team using an unconventional recruiting system. Moneyball has received universal acclaim and has appeared on many critics top 10 list of best films of 2011.

To attend the Oscars, Brad Pitt will be wearing Scabal fabric from the Black and Fashion bunch. He selected the fabric 703089 in 100% wool to shine on the red carpet.

>> See the fabric in the Fabrics Cat
>> Watch the trailer (YouTube)