The cloth decides more than the colour
Almost everyone chooses cloth by colour, which is precisely the one thing that does not change how a garment falls. These are the three that do.
Measured in grams, and it does not mean warmth
Heavy cloth is not warmer: it falls differently. Weight is what makes a lapel stay where you put it or give up by mid-afternoon.
- 200 – 280g/m
Summer
Little drape, and it creases without apology. That is the price of wearing it in July.
- 280 – 360g/m
All year
The range where almost everything works. If you will only own one piece, it is here.
- 360 – 500g/m
Winter
It falls on its own, with no help. A coat starts at this weight.
How the threads cross
Before colour and before pattern, cloth is a way of crossing two threads. These three are the ones the configurator draws — drawn, not photographed, because no specific cloth has been in front of a camera yet.
Plain
One thread over, one under. Nowhere to hide: any fault in the cutting shows in full.
Stripe
A vertical line at fixed intervals. It lengthens the figure, and the seams must match or it shouts.
Herringbone
A twill that reverses every few threads. Texture without colour, and far more forgiving than plain.
What it is made of
Fibre decides how the garment ages, which is a different question from how it looks on the first day.
- Wool
- Does almost everything well and recovers on its own from a day spent sitting. It is the default answer and usually the right one.
- Linen
- Creases on purpose. Anyone who chooses it is choosing that, not tolerating it.
- Cashmere
- Soft and fragile at once. Magnificent in a coat, reckless in a trouser.
What the house holds
There is no range yet. When there is, it appears here.
Cloth is chosen with the cloth in your hand
No screen tells you how a length of wool weighs, or how it falls when you let go of it. So this part is not decided here: it is decided at the atelier, with you touching it. If you already have something in mind, say so when you book and it will be ready.
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