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Turnbull & Asser tailoring Photo: Courtesy Turnbull & Asser
See full version: Behind the Scenes of the Worlds Best Tailors
Turnbull & Asser tailoring Photo: Courtesy Turnbull & Asser
The Italian fashion brand’s new custom program presents an array of fabrics, linings, patches, and detailing that can be used to personalize everything from suits with graphic silk lining to denim jackets, knitwear, and silk shirts. [links]
For a bespoke shirt from the largest selection of fabrics (more than 5,000), Ascot Chang is your go-to. Clients can also choose from numerous collar and cuff models, thread colors, monograms, and more. here
If you don’t have time to visit the Savile Row shop, one of Gieves & Hawkes’s tailors will come to your home or office to measure you for any garment, from a topcoat to a colorful velvet evening jacket. [links]
Lorenzo Cifonelli gives the impression of a European aristocrat with his impeccably tailored double-breasted jacket, his salt-and-pepper beard, and the way he gracefully greets a woman with a brief kiss on the wrist. As a fourth-generation tailor, Lorenzo, like his cousin Massimo, was trained by Adriano Cifonelli—his father and Massimo’s uncle—to measure, cut, and sew the perfect suit. He is used to cavorting with aristocrats and international industrialists who come to him to outfit their wardrobes. While the Cifonellis often travel to meet their worldly clients, many customers prefer to visit the family’s upstairs Parisian salon on rue Marbeuf that their grandfather established in 1936. “It’s a like a private club,” says Lorenzo, “and our clients enjoy this exclusive and confidential place.”
As the pioneer of the Neapolitan-style jacket, this family-owned company continues to deliver impeccably tailored suits that still allow room to move with ease.
Gucci hasn’t rushed to divest itself from its 1970s heyday style – all that “Halston, Gucci, Fiorucci” high glamour at Studio 54. And it still works. If you want a decidedly eclectic suit – with contrast piping, or some embroidery, for example; just about anything that would disqualify said suit from the boardroom – then Gucci is where to go.
Thom Browne was years ahead of the pack in terms of taking a fresh look at classic tailoring proportions in order to do something new; something that traditionalists felt was ridiculous, but which nevertheless went on to remould fashion tailoring for the next decade. Browne plays with proportions, his aesthetic somewhat akin to having put your woollen suit through a hot wash – think close-fitting, shorter length jackets and cropped, ankle-flashing trousers. more
If you want a suit that’s very much of the times, Prada should be your first port of call. While it can do classic, the brand has – at least since its 1990s renaissance – never felt constrained by received wisdom as to what a suit should be. If it’s feeling “scuba”, expect a suit in neoprene; if it’s feeling “army”, expect one with lots of pockets; if it’s “punk”, expect zips all over. You get the idea: this is the suit as an experimental platform. [links]
Predicated as these are on broadly reflecting seasonal shifts – which is why it’s impossible to speak of any of them having a distinct house style – the designers may struggle to offer you a suit that functions as an all-purpose work horse, that you’ll be wearing for years to come, but you will find one that’s ready to play with form, colour and detail. And it’s this play that adds a twist to what is, at heart, an inherently conservative garment; and in a way that those tailoring specialists likely will not indulge.
Most of these suits are necessarily reserved for the superclass: The world's leading businessmen, celebrities, and world leaders who can afford to spend more money on a single suit than you can afford to spend on your car (or even your house). Such is the nature and allure of the exclusivity inherent in these, the 10 most expensive men’s suits in the world.
The Dormeuil family business was established over 170 years ago, in 1842. The Vanquish II fabric is the brainchild of the patriarch, Jules Dormeuil, mixing the best British and French cloth to design the ultimate luxury tailored suits. It has been claimed that they've offered their services to kings, presidents, and celebrities for years. This particularly expensive suit consists of six of the world’s rarest fabrics: royal Qivuik, Ambassador, Dorsilk, Kirgzy White, and Fifteen Point Eight - clearly, the price-tag reflects that. [links]
You might be wondering what the World Wood Record Challenge is? It’s a competition sponsored and hosted by the cashmere manufacturers Loro Piana, currently owned by the brothers Luigi and Sergio Loro Piana. Each year they call for aspiring designers to create and tailor their best suits for men. Through a voting selection, the best designer is chosen, and their design is precisely cut into 50 suits to be sold under the Loro Piana brand.
Founder: G.C Coppley , E. Finch Noyes and James Randall
Established in: 1883
Headquarters: Canada
Website: www.coppley.com more
Coppley, a suit brand which is known across the globe for its refined suits style and custom fittings. Currently, based in Canada, Coppley had a much colorful past. The ownership of Company shifted from one to another but that never affected the style and precision of their suits. Coppley offers a unique program where any tailor can provide measurements and one can have a world class suit delivered at home. Precise dimensions and a British style are the USP of Coppley. here
Founder: Nazareno Fonticoli and Gaetano Savini
Established in: 1945
Headquarters: Rome, Italy
Website: www.brioni.com more
Hugo boss, abbreviated as BOSS is a German fashion house famous for his high end products. Initially, a uniform supplier for Nazi party during World War II, Hugo Boss made fortunes after turning their focus to Men Suits. Hugo boss’ Suits are well famed for its Timeless and elegant style. Whether a classic fit or a modern one, Hugo Boss always has something special to offer. Hugo Boss is the representation of iconic style in United States and across the globe. [links]