Our Story
A new generation reimagining a 1927 legacy.
Nearly a hundred years of tailoring, carried forward by the hands of the family that started it.
Where it began
It started with a needle and a name.
[HERITAGE OPENING — Waxmanhouse, 1927. The founder, where the craft was learned (the sewing school in Poland), how the house took root in Montréal. Establish old-world credibility: generations of families, weddings and proms across decades, the reputation built one garment at a time. 2–3 short paragraphs. This is the "old money," Kingsman-feeling world — reliability, trust, nothing mishandled.]
[Continue the heritage thread — the craft standards, the in-house tailoring, the people who came back for their children's and grandchildren's weddings 50–70 years later. Keep it about Waxmanhouse here; Miguel arrives in the next beat.]
[THE BRIDGE SENTENCE — one clean line naming the lineage and the 2019 launch. Names the Waxmanhouse founder, Miguel's relationship to him, and the moment MigsWax began. Everything before this is Waxmanhouse; everything after is Miguel. e.g. "In 2019, [founder]'s great-grandson Miguel opened MigsWax in the same building — same tailors, same cloth, a new point of view."]
A new generation
Same craft. New point of view.
[MIGUEL — "the suit guy since he was a kid." Exposed to the trade at 6, summer job at 15, full-time at 18. His taste, his eye, why he does it: making someone's vision real for the most important moments of their life. What "new-world creative direction" means — the bolder cuts, colour, and ideas the conservative parent house wouldn't attempt.]
[The synthesis — old-world credibility × new-world growth. Same building, same tailors, same inventory as Waxmanhouse, but a modern brand built for new grooms and a new generation. MigsWax isn't replacing the legacy; it's the next chapter of it.]
A map of time
The moments that built the house — and the hands that carried it.
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Photo — founder / Poland sewing-school portrait1927
The house is founded
[The origin — the founder, the craft brought from the old country, the first doors open in Montréal.]
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Photo — vintage shop / family1930s–1980s
Generations of trust
[An "era" entry compressing a half-century — weddings, proms, and families across decades; the reputation compounding one garment at a time.]
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Photo — Waxmanhouse at Fashion Week; Miguel as a kid among the adults[year]
Waxmanhouse takes the runway
[A peak moment for the house — Waxmanhouse at Fashion Week. And there in the room, a little kid among the adults: Miguel, already part of it. The first time the two stories share a frame.]
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Photo — Miguel as a baby, ideally in the store1997
A suit guy is born
[August 31, 1997 — Miguel is born into the family trade. The next chapter of the house arrives before he can walk.]
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Photo — young Miguel in the shop, around the tailors and cloth~2003
Raised on the shop floor
[Growing up inside the store — around the cloth, the tailors, the fittings. Exposed to the craft by age six; the love of it forming early. (Year approximate — confirm.)]
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Photo — teenage Miguel working / first summer job~2012–2015
From summer job to the trade
[A first summer job at 15, then working full-time at 18 — learning the house from the inside out. (Years approximate, derived from a 1997 birth — confirm.)]
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Photo — early MigsWax / Miguel at launch2019
MigsWax begins
[Miguel launches MigsWax in the same building — same tailors, same cloth, a new point of view. The modern chapter of a near-century-old craft.]
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Photo — Miguel today / recent workToday
Old-world craft, new-world direction
[Where things stand now — made-to-measure for a new generation, built on a century of trust. The two stories, now one.]
From the archive
Pieces of the story — then and now.
See the work, or come get measured.