The suit that I most recently dissected came with a pair of “pents” (as the Italians refer to them) made by another maker, this one even more well-known than the coat maker. While there was initially some debate about their provenance, Vox tells me that the maker emailed him to confirm that he did, in fact make them (some will recall that Vox obtained the suit second-hand from the original owner). So even though IRead More
Month: September 2015
I recently cut myself a suit out of a length of escorial wool, never having worked with the cloth before. From the Escorial Group’s website- Escorial is a rare and luxurious wool from a small sheep originating from the Spanish Royal flocks of El Escorial, today only to be found in small numbers in Australia and New Zealand. The Escorial difference is in the heart of the fibre, performing as a naturally coiled spring. ThisRead More