Our History

In the year 1944, the journey of Monte Lys began in the hands of Don Manuel Benito, the pioneer of the Benito family house style. 

Despite Don Manuels Spanish roots the origins of our house style can be traced directly to England. It was in Dover street, Mayfair where Don Manuel trained at the infamous tailoring house of Kilgour French Stanbury. Throughout the 1930s Don Ramon would spend eight years honing his skills and perfecting the art of English tailoring in its most golden age. 

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Now a fully trained tailor, Don Manuel returned to Spain and founded his own tailoring house, Monte lys, in the Salamanca neighborhood of Madrid. In the years to come Don Manuel would come to establish himself as one of most renowned tailors in the entirety of Spain