Julien de Luca is the scion of one of France’s great tailoring dynasties, Camps de Luca, famous for dressing King Hassan II of Morocco, the Shah of Iran and much of the Saudi royal family. But when he was young he was told by his grandfather there was no future in the family business; tailoring in France was over, crushed by fast fashion, and he would need to find himself a new career. The grandson dutifully became a stockbroker in London. Then, four years ago, he got a call: maybe business was not so dead after all. Did he want to come back to the family firm? “I decided to put my faith in tailoring,” says de Luca.
朱利安•德卢卡(Julien de Luca)是法国手工定制名店Camps de Luca的孙子，Camps de Luca为世人称道的是曾为摩洛哥国王哈桑二世(King Hassan II of Morocco)、伊朗国王(Shah of Iran)以及沙特王室成员定做服装。但他小的时候，祖父曾对他说家庭裁缝店前景渺茫，法国裁缝业因受到快速流行服装的挤压已经风光不在，要他找一份新的职业谋生。朱利安•德卢卡听从了祖父的教诲，到伦敦当了一名股票经纪人。然而四年前，他接到一个电话：也许这个行当还不是希望全无。问他想不想回到家族的裁缝店？“我下定决心把宝押到裁缝店，”德卢卡说。