Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Attolini, Borelli, Isaia and Rubinacci have clad the titans of industry for decades but today Naples is home to ...

“You’ve gained weight recently, yes? Around two kilos?,” asked Neapolitan master tailor Luigi Dalcuore, who was surveying long-time client Kelly See from multiple angles. Mr. See was being measured ...

Naples is shaking again, but this time the trembling has nothing to do with Mount Vesuvius. The tremors began last year, when Gianluca Isaia decided to rethink the classic Neapolitan suit, a garment ...

NAPLES, ITALY / ACCESSWIRE / March 26, 2020 / Aristide Tofani is a third generational neapolitan tailor and designer of Sartoria Tofani, a Neapolitan tailoring house founded in 1954. During the last ...

It was an unexpected award in his teenage years that led bespoke tailor Noriyuki Ueki to discover his passion for making clothes. “I made my first shirt and was awarded a prize because the school ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In a workroom close by the Bay of Naples, Antonio De Matteis, chief executive of the Neapolitan tailor Kiton, ...

AS I ENTER THE SECOND FLOOR suit-making shop, the studio's master tailor—a man called Ciccio, wearing a soft-shouldered, subtly pinstriped gray suit—greets me with a smile and a casual "buon giorno." ...

Forget about practicality. A high-end, off-the-rack suit is definitely a pleasure. While made-to-measure and bespoke suits are essential for the executive who can afford the privilege, an off-the-rack ...

In certain fashion circles, mention of the slim black suits of Hedi Slimane and Yves Saint Laurent are held up as the height of style. In tailoring circles, however, the black suit has long been ...