Patrick Johnson, P. Johnson Tailors

For a tailor, Patrick Johnson doesn’t talk all that much about clothes. More important is the question of the best fishing spots in Sydney Harbour, and what time to hit the beach on crowded weekends. This is a man who grew up crazy-racing quadbikes around his family’s farm in South Australia, and whose happiest moments are spent by the ocean with his wife and two young children. That isn’t to say his craft is somehow secondary – his obsession with cuts, collars, dyes and weaves has afforded him legendary status in the world of made-to-measure tailoring. It’s a status he wears with easy informality, like a fine-knit sweater slung around the shoulders. After all, he stumbled upon the secret of his craft early in his career: good design is the natural expression of a life well lived.