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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountLiveNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaMartin Greenfield: Tailor who survived Auschwitz and dressed presidents diesPublished38 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsThe HolocaustImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Martin Greenfield became one of the best known tailors in the United StatesBy George WrightBBC NewsAn Auschwitz survivor who went on to become a tailor for clients including six US presidents, Frank Sinatra and Leonardo DiCaprio has died aged 95.As a teenager, Martin Greenfield was imprisoned at the concentration camp where he washed the guards’ clothes.After he was beaten for accidentally ripping a shirt, a fellow prisoner taught him to sew.In 1945, at the age of 19, he was freed. He boarded a ship to New York with just $10 in his pocket.He later became arguably the best men’s tailor in the United States.Born Maximilian Grunfeld to a Jewish family from a part of Czechoslovakia that is now in Ukraine, he was sent to Auschwitz as a teenager.Mending the shirt opened up a new world for him. He wore it underneath his uniform, and found he was able to move more freely because it was mistakenly thought to signify special privileges.”The day I first wore that shirt was the day I learned clothes possess power,” he wrote in his memoir Measure of a Man: From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents’ Tailor.At the end of World War Two, Greenfield travelled to the US and found a job at a Brooklyn clothing factory. Three decades later he bought the factory, naming it after himself.Image source, AlamyImage caption, Greenfield’s suits have been worn in many movies – including by Leonardo DiCaprio in The Great Gatsby…Image source, AlamyImage caption, … and by Joaquin Phoenix in JokerImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Greenfield made this tan suit for Barack Obama in 2014Image source, AlamyImage caption, And Steve Buscemi wore a Greenfield number in Boardwalk Empire – the tailor made more than 600 suits for 173 characters in the seriesGreenfield became one of the most renowned tailors in America, dressing six presidents including Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Joe Biden.He also became the go-to for some of the biggest names in sport and showbiz, including Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Denzel Washington and Kobe Bryant. He eventually passed the company on to two of his sons, whom he had with his wife Arlene, who survives him. In an Instagram tribute, his sons wrote: “Martin Greenfield survived the atrocities of the Holocaust with his humanity intact, living his life delighted to meet everyone he encountered with his infectious smile.”Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The walls of Martin Greenfield’s office – lined with photos and letters from presidents and film starsRelated TopicsThe HolocaustTop StoriesUS accuses Apple of monopolising smartphone marketPublished1 hour agoWomen hit by pension age rise push for higher payoutPublished1 hour agoInterest rate cuts ‘on the way’, says Bank bossPublished1 hour agoFeatures’I want the £45,000 state pension that was stolen from me’A museum tried reverse misogyny. 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[ad_1] Martin Greenfield was one of the US’ most renowned tailors, dressing six presidents and numerous celebrities.