Hadleigh’s New Downstairs Shop

Last year husband-and-wife business partners Ed and Gable Shaikh moved their Hadleigh’s Bespoke clothing boutique out of the poolside cabana of their Kessler Park home and into a private upstairs atelier at Highland Park Village, one of the most prestigious shopping centers in Dallas. Now they are expanding again with the opening of a street-level store below the atelier called Hadleigh’s Bespoke Ground Floor. The new 600-square-foot shop, which opened September 8, presents many of its customizable signature collections, including velvet slippers, navy roadster blazers, cashmere knitwear and scarves, and for added service and privacy, customers can schedule an appointment at the upstairs atelier.

With its cobalt blue walls and flannel seating, “the upstairs will remain more like a private lounge where you can have your lunch and a glass of Champagne while you shop, while the downstairs will be a more modern retail setting,” says Ed Shaikh, noting how the new store, timed to open with this year’s 85th anniversary of Highland Park Village, is outfitted with Carrara marble walls, circa-1950s Marco Zanuso chairs, Ulrich benches, and a massive Barovier Murano glass light fixture Shaikh refers to as “the vicuña jacket of chandeliers.”

You’ve Been Had Hadleigh’s Goes Bricks and Mortar

Tough game last night. Just a tough, tough game. At times like this, there are only two ways to console yourself. Watching the Cowboys ’92 highlight tape with Moose. Or picking up a handmade cashmere blazer. We can help with one of those... Meet Hadleigh’s, your new home for suits worthy of Ryan Gosling’s esteemed closet, now open in Highland Park Village.

If someone ever made a museum from Clooney’s wardrobe—and really, it’s only a matter of time—it might look like this: a tiny room where most of the Italian-style clothes are kept securely under glass. Everything is made in Italy, from the marble floors and the glass chandelier to the sweaters. (Correction: the espresso’s made in-house, and the complimentary bourbon’s from Kentucky. We’ll assume these exceptions are okay with you.)

You’ll come here with your lady friend (they have stuff for her, too) when you’re in need of a red-carpet-ready blazer, a little cashmere to keep you warm (fall’s coming, we promise) or maybe just some velvet slippers, just because. And if you insist your blazer be custom, you should know that Brian (the guy who runs this place) will direct you to Hadleigh’s original home, an appointment-only bachelor pad of a loft, to get a fitting. And to get another bourbon.

Best Custom Clothier

Husband-and-wife owners Ed and Gable Shaikh continue to rewrite the custom clothing story in Dallas, offering an ever-expanding line of suits, shirts, neckwear, watches, and even luggage from their Highland Park Village shop. Our favorite new find is Hadleigh’s tuxedo slipper embroidered with the company’s logo. It’s certainly a chic way to complete your summer ensemble and announce to the city that you’re a Hadleigh’s man from head to toe.

How a high end haberdashery became a Dallas destination

Founded in 2008 by husband-and-wife team Ed and Gable Shaikh, Hadleigh's is an appointment-only operation in Dallas that stocks Casare Attolini, d'Avenza, and Barker Black, among other labels. It also offers bespoke tailoring under the house name. Here, Ed Shaikh, pictured right, tells us how it all happens.

Belle of the Ball Gown

Co-owner of Hadleigh's. So it's only natural that the F.I.T. grad is now designing a custom line of dresses and gowns for her. "If I could wear a dress everyday, I would," says self-proclaimed "girly girl" Gable Shaikh and husband Ed's chic atelier. Her extensive personal collection of vintage evening confections often inspires her designs. While she keeps within the realm of bespoke, she incorporates men's shirting and suiting fabrics into her mix of ultra-feminine dresses. The hard part for the lucky customer? Choosing from the thousands of fine wools, cottons, and silks to create your one-of-a-kind stunner. From consultation to muslin to ta-dah!, a gown takes four to six weeks to complete.

Hadleigh's - Best Custom Clothier

Known For: Suits, shirts, ties, scarves, and more for men and women.

The Lowdown: Co-owners Adnan and Gable Shaikh must have fine fabrics coursing through their veins. the Shaikhs’ boutique, located in their Kessler Park home, is all about the best: made-from-scratch suits, shoes, shirts, neckwear, and more that exude the bespoke lifestyle. Of course, that lifestyle doesn’t come cheap. Hadleigh’s namesake suits start at $1,700. Bespoke suits by Cesare Attolini and d’Avenza can run $5,000-plus. But it’s not about the price points, the Shaikhs say. It’s their love of uncommon fashion—one curated for more than 15 years by the couple during their stints at Ralph Lauren and Stanley Korshak. at makes Hadleigh’s a shop without peer, where hand-knit cashmere ties and Barker Black shoes mix and mingle with an Emanuele Maffeis ruffled halter and BRM custom timepieces (a Hadleigh’s exclusive). The Shaikhs even organize occasional trips to the world’s fashion capitals (Savile Row, Milan, Champs-Élysées).

Hadleigh's Is On the Move With the
Addition Of Brian Cook To the Staff

Ed and Gable Shaikh, co-managing partners of Hadleigh's in Highland Park Village,Texas, are pleased to announce that Brian Cook, who successfully brought thebespoke lifestyle to Little Rock, has joined Hadleigh's and will carry its stylemessage into a variety of markets from Arkansas to West Texas. Brian's experiencein made to measure clothing includes training with such international trendsetters asBrioni, Kiton, and Ermenegilldo Zegna. His expertise helped him establish LittleRock's Bauman's Clothing among the top ten accounts for Oxxford Clothes and thetop 25 for Emenegildo Zegna. He was the lead stylist and creative director for themen's portion of the runway presentation of Italian Trade Commission at theClinton Library in September 2010. He also participated in the successful "TalkingShop" ad campaign for Hamilton Shirt maker's, among other accomplishments inopening lines of communication to a growing younger group of fashion consciousclients. His mission at Hadleigh's will be to continue reaching out to new clients,and to expand the concept of the bespoke lifestyle beyond North Texas. He willmake it possible for established clients to keep their wardrobes ahead of the curveby taking our product line directly to them, respecting the demands of their busypersonal schedules. Brian brings a legacy of loyalty and friendship among his formerclientele in Little Rock, and one of his goals will be to take them a step forwardinto the unique world of Hadleigh's bespoke lifestyle.

Gable and Ed Shaikh

...At the door, you will be greeted by the charming Adnan "Ed" Shaikh or perhaps by his adorable wife, Gable. If you prefer, they can come to you, but then you'dmiss meeting their 2-year-old daughter, the eponymous Hadleigh herself, who has the run of the place. A glass of wine? A panino? There is no rush. The Shaikhswill want to get to know you before the measuring begins. They met while working at the Ralph Lauren store in Highland Park Village. She had just moved fromNew York, where she graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology. He was the third-ranked Ralph Lauren salesman in the country. They were friends atfirst, then more than that. Ed went on to become a buyer at Stanley Korshak, and Gable followed. By then they were engaged. Last winter, they decided to opentheir own atelier, Hadleigh's, selling bespoke clothes for men and women—everything cut and sewn by hand in Italy, made to fit you and only you. You will needto take your wallet. Hadleigh's carries custom suits, Mazzarelli dress shirts and bench-made shoes from Barker Black. There are lines such as Emanuele Maffeis forwomen. Ed says most of his very private customers buy by the dozen. If that sounds like you, make an appointment by visiting www.hadleighsbespoke.com.

Rainbow Coalition

Tuxedo slippers may have gotten their start in private English clubs, but Ed Shaikh hopes people don't call his Skittle-colored versions WASPy. "I guess they are a little," he admits. "But our take is so much cooler than that. Slippers are an iconic look, but the linen and washed colors break it out of that mold."

The slip-ons, available for both men and women at Shaikh's Highland Park Village store, Hadleigh's, are emblazoned with the company logo - an H-shaped silhouette of two dapper gents in period dress shaking hands. "It's two gues from different centuries coming together," Shaikh explains. "We tried to do the logo with a skinny modern guy, but it didn't look right."

The slippers are made to order in Spain, in the customer's choice of colors for shoe, piping and logo. Or bring in the family cres, and they'll embroider that, too. Shaikh imagines the slippers being worn all summer, "in Saint-Tropez or Sardinia or Palm Beach ... or Dallas, wherever you are." And he knows absolutely with what to pair the two-tone linen shoes: "Skinny white jeans with the cuffs rolled up." "And," he commands, exhaling, "never, ever with socks."

Exclusively available in the Southwest at Hadleigh's

Cesare Attolini - Most Italian suitmakers regard Vincenzo Attolini as the originator of the soft-shoulder, high-armhole, 1930's-ear suit that remains the prototype of Neapolitan tailored clothing. Over the years, Vincenzo's son, Cesare, continually modified his father's signiture silouette and the feel of the garment, often by hand-cutting the cloth without the aid of machines or event patterns. Earlier this year, while economic pressure kept manu suitmakers from altering the classics, the company now run by Cesare's sons, Massimiliano and Giuseppe, under their father's watchful eye - introduced two new trendsetting shapes. The company has modeled its new soft-shouldered, slimcut after the 1960's design from its extensive archives, but rendered the jacket with a lighter and softer structure to give it a more contemporary feel. The new Double jacket, made from loftier double-faced Scottish cachmere is precisely cut and contours the body yet it is devoid of the soft shoulder pads and convas inner linings that typically give tailored clothing its shape.