Martin Greenfield (far left) is one of America's most respected custom suit-makers, dressing everyone from movie stars to presidents -- including Barack Obama -- over the course of his illustrious career. He and his sons Tod and Jay (L-R) run Martin Greenfield Clothiers in Brooklyn.
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Before moving to American from the former Czechoslovakia as a teenager in 1947, he survived two years in Nazi concentration camps, including Auschwitz and Theresienstadt, the latter of which he revisited in 1989.
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It was designer Donna Karan who, at the behest of Hillary Clinton, contacted Greenfield about dressing Bill Clinton -- seen here during a fitting in his White House bedroom. When Greenfield first saw Clinton's closet, he thought "this had to be one of the most pathetic presidential wardrobes in American history."
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He's designed suits for a number of movie stars, including Paul Newman, Ben Affleck, and Leonardo DiCaprio -- seen here being fitted for a Wolf of Wall Street costume.
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Greenfield is also responsible for all of the suits worn by the cast of Boardwalk Empire, including Steve Buscemi.
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It was Greenfield who convinced basketball star Carmelo Anthony (seen here with his wife) to wear tails to the 2014 Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Director Baz Lurhrmann also benefited from Greenfield's sartorial expertise when he attended the Met Gala this year. They had worked together previously on costumes for The Great Gatsby.
