Articles written by Fabio Attanasio

Scent of Tailoring

The Italian and Spanish Jacket: a comparative review

"Panama" Hat, but produced in Ecuador

The real story behind the production of world-renowned Panama hats

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The French Chapter: Ardentes Clipei

Bespoke review of a suit featuring some typically French details

Ardentes Clipei is a Paris-based tailoring house – whose name litterally means “Burning Shields”. It has been founded by R Keep reading

The Milanese Chapter: Four Shirtmakers

I gave four Canclini cottons to four shirtmakers. This is what happened

So this was my genius plan: to commission a made-to-measur Keep reading

Vacheron Constantin at Abbey Road Studios

Unveiling the Fiftysix Tourbillon

Review: SIHH 2018

My impressions on the latest collections presented at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie

Geneva. January 2018. Regular as clockwork, this year's Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie played host to the latest in the frontiers of mechanisms and complications in the Richemont maison. Keep reading

Review: Belvest Made-to-Measure Suit

Pre-established patterns counterbalanced by a sartorial attention to the details

A few weeks ago, I was invited to Piazzola sul Brenta, in the province of Padua, to the Keep reading

The Sardinian Chapter: Berrettificio Demurtas

The flat cap is not only Sicilian or British

I meet Giovanni Demurtas in his workshop in Jerzu (NU), t Keep reading

Miserocchi Shoemaker

The history behind the driving loafers

  France, 1930s saw the birth of the very first driving loafers, but they did not meet with success amongst the public; after the war, the patent was bought by the Mostile shoe-makers in Vigevano, Italy, and car shoe Keep reading

The Roman Chapter: Sartoria Habitus

The Young Romantics of the bespoke tailoring scene in Rome

Gabriele, Bernardo, Lucia and Eleonora. Four young people between the ages of twenty and thirty meet in the class of a course organised by the Accademia dei Sartori. Keep reading