Vestrucci charcoal suit: Style Breakdown
I’m very fond of the cut of this Vestrucci suit, and it is more unusual than I realised when I first received it. Although many aspects are similar to Liverano and other related Florentine tailors, there are small and large differences. So th...
Vestrucci charcoal suit: Style Breakdown
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Hi David, Harrison's Burley has a book called pioneer that is a worsted flannel about 320gsm. It sits somewhere between a normal twill worsted and a woolen flannel, definitely more formal than a normal woolen flannel (su...
Jamie’s alternative Pitti picks
Jamie Ferguson (above), the photographer I’ve worked with over the past few years on Permanent Style, has a different style to me. He gets tailoring, and wears tailoring, but he also wears more sportswear, more workwear, and experiments more....
Jamie’s alternative Pitti picks
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I did not see it the first time but now i want to switch that picture to black & white and photoshop an M48 Patton crossing the Mekong Delta behind him....
England and Florence: Understated, rural style
I always wondered why my friend Tommaso was such a fan of British style: he always wore tweed jackets, flannel trousers, Scottish knitwear. Even cotton Harrington jackets. His green tweed jacket from Loris Vestrucci was one reason I was i...
England and Florence: Understated, rural style
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I'm exaggerating, but there is a tendency among many Neapolitans to be a bit flamboyant and try to show off with their clothes - Neapolitans themselves tell me, so it must be true!...
Video: How to buy a bespoke suit
This talk with Tommaso Capozzoli of Sartoria Vestrucci is a useful beginner’s guide for commissioning a suit. Tommaso explains how he would work out what kind of suit a customer wants, how he would direct cloth choices, and how ...
Video: How to buy a bespoke suit
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Thanks so much for your guidance!...
Sartoria Vestrucci charcoal-flannel suit: Review
Right. Let’s do this by first running through the Vestrucci style and cut, and then going into the more subjective areas of reaction and experience. The suit being discussed is a Holland & Sherry charcoal flannel that I had made over...
Sartoria Vestrucci charcoal-flannel suit: Review
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Well, they're different styles in some ways - did you get a sense of that from reading both reviews, and perhaps looking at the Style Breakdown pieces on each as well?...
Permanent Style, Shibumi and Bennett Winch at Ves...
For all those coming to Pitti in January, there will be a display of some Permanent Style products at Sartoria Vestrucci on the Thursday, followed by drinks. Luca Avitabile will be there, offering wholesale on the Friday Polos, and I will be helpin...
Permanent Style, Shibumi and Bennett Winch at Ves...
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Around four weeks?...
Sartoria Vestrucci launches: Bespoke and ready-to...
This summer there were several launch events at Pitti Uomo. Kenji opened up in Florence again, with his new Tie Your Tie store (small but lovely); Benedikt had his Shibumi showroom with new tailoring; it was effectively the launch of Neapolitan trou...
Sartoria Vestrucci launches: Bespoke and ready-to...
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In a week or two, just waiting on photos...
