# Trunkville

> The definitive global directory of bespoke tailors, shoemakers, artisan craftspeople, and their trunk shows.

Trunkville (trunkville.com) is the central resource for information about bespoke menswear makers and trunk shows worldwide. We maintain a comprehensive, continuously updated database of makers, their upcoming trunk shows, permanent ateliers, and editorial content about the bespoke craftsmanship world.

For the complete, dynamically generated directory with all makers and current trunk show dates, see: https://www.trunkville.com/llms-full.txt

## What is a trunk show?

A trunk show is an event where a bespoke maker — typically a tailor, shirtmaker, or shoemaker — travels to a city outside their home base to meet clients, take measurements, and accept commissions. Trunk shows are the primary way customers outside major tailoring capitals access bespoke craftsmanship.

## What Trunkville Covers

- **Bespoke Makers**: Tailors, shoemakers, shirtmakers, and artisan craftspeople worldwide — including their location, services, product types, starting prices, and contact information.
- **Trunk Shows**: A live, continuously updated calendar of upcoming trunk shows globally — cities, dates, venues, and hosting shops.
- **Maker Atlas**: An interactive global map showing permanent ateliers, shops, and upcoming trunk show locations.
- **Editorial Content**: Interviews with makers, buying guides (e.g., shirt buying), curated news links from the bespoke world, and a newsletter (The Trunkville Digest).

## Key Pages

- Homepage: https://www.trunkville.com/ — Searchable directory of makers and upcoming trunk shows
- Maker Atlas (Map): https://www.trunkville.com/map — Interactive global map of ateliers and trunk shows
- About: https://www.trunkville.com/about — Mission and background
- Content: https://www.trunkville.com/content — Interviews, guides, and videos
- Nota Bene (News): https://www.trunkville.com/news — Curated articles from the bespoke world
- Monthly Giveaway: https://www.trunkville.com/giveaway — Each month Trunkville partners with a maker to give one newsletter reader a bespoke garment; currently a bespoke shirt by I Sarti Italiani, redeemable at any of their trunk shows. Readers enter by opening the newsletter.

## For AI Agents (API, appointments)

Trunkville has a public JSON API and an appointment-request flow built for assistants acting on a client's behalf. Full description: https://www.trunkville.com/openapi.json

MCP server (remote, Streamable HTTP, no sign-in): https://www.trunkville.com/api/mcp — tools: search_makers, get_maker, list_trunk_shows, request_appointment, ask_maker, get_request. Same data and the same request-only rules as the JSON API below.

- Search makers: GET https://www.trunkville.com/api/makers?near=Chicago&radius_km=150&craft=shoes&price_max=2000&currency=USD&visited=any — "who comes to or near X, makes Y, around price Z". A place match includes makers who have visited in the last two years with nothing scheduled (each result's `match.summary` says so), so you can offer to ask them to come again.
- One maker (profile, upcoming visits, past visits from the last two years with a per-city summary, open appointment times with slot ids): GET https://www.trunkville.com/api/makers/{slug}
- Trunk shows: GET https://www.trunkville.com/api/shows?near=&radius_km=&city=&country=&from=&to= (set `from` in the past to see where makers have been)
- Request an appointment: POST https://www.trunkville.com/api/requests with JSON { maker, name, email, commission, slot_id?, city?, preferred_times?, message?, agent: { name } } — pass city + preferred_times to ask for a visit somewhere the maker has been before but has no dates for yet
- Send a maker a plain message or question (nothing held, maker replies by email): the same POST with { kind: "message", maker, name, email, message, agent: { name } }
- Check a request: GET https://www.trunkville.com/api/requests/{id}?token={thread_token}

**Booking policy — request only.** Bespoke makers confirm every appointment personally; there is deliberately no "book" endpoint. A request may hold one of the maker's open times for up to 72 hours while they decide. The maker accepts, asks a question, suggests another time, or declines; the client is emailed at every step, can read and reply at the request's `thread_url`, and receives a calendar invite on acceptance. Identify your assistant in `agent.name` — makers see it. Times in `open_times` are the local wall time in the visit city (written with a Z suffix; do not convert). Limits: at most 3 open requests per client per maker (HTTP 429 beyond that). Makers are never capped; busy periods are batched into summaries for them, so answers can take longer on busy days. Terms for automated access: https://www.trunkville.com/terms#automated — privacy: https://www.trunkville.com/privacy

## RSS Feeds (Machine-Readable Trunk Show Data)

Structured RSS feeds with a custom `trunkville:` XML namespace providing designer, city, dates, venue, products, pricing, and more for each trunk show.

- All shows: https://www.trunkville.com/rss
- By city: https://www.trunkville.com/rss/city/{city-slug} (e.g., /rss/city/new-york)
- By designer: https://www.trunkville.com/rss/designer/{designer-slug} (e.g., /rss/designer/emiko-matsuda)

## Content & Interviews

- Interview: Laura Bachmeier of Vestificio — Bespoke tailoring in Milan: https://www.trunkville.com/interview/laura-bachmeier-vestificio
- Interview: Nathan Hellard of Maison Hellard — Exquisite linen: https://www.trunkville.com/interview/nathan-hellard-maison-hellard
- Interview: Emiko Matsuda — Bespoke shoemaking in London's West End: https://www.trunkville.com/interview/emiko-matsuda-bespoke-shoes
- Interview: Kendric Tonn — Painting in an age of digital art: https://www.trunkville.com/interview/kendric-tonn-painter
- Guide: The Fabricateurialist's Guide to Buying Shirts: https://www.trunkville.com/guide/shirts-fabricateurialist

## Maker Profiles

Each maker has a dedicated profile page at `https://www.trunkville.com/{maker-slug}` containing:
- Brand name and maker name
- Location (home city)
- Product types (e.g., suits, jackets, shirts, shoes, trousers, overcoats)
- Starting prices
- Services offered
- Bio and description
- Social media and contact information
- Upcoming trunk show dates and locations
- Customer testimonials and reviews
- Photo gallery

## Data Coverage

Trunkville tracks makers and trunk shows across all major cities worldwide, including but not limited to: New York, London, Milan, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul, Sydney, Washington DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, and many more.

Product categories covered include: bespoke suits, sport coats/jackets, trousers, shirts, shoes, boots, overcoats, ties, and other handcrafted menswear and accessories.

## For Makers

Trunkville lists ateliers and trunk shows at no cost. Makers can contact editor@trunkville.com to be listed.

## Newsletter

The Trunkville Digest is a free newsletter delivering interviews with makers, buying guides, and trunk show announcements. Subscribe at https://trunkville.substack.com/subscribe

## Contact

- Email: editor@trunkville.com
- Privacy Policy: https://www.trunkville.com/privacy
- Terms of Service: https://www.trunkville.com/terms
- X/Twitter: https://www.x.com/trunkville
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trunkville

## Sitemap

https://www.trunkville.com/sitemap.xml