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Cesare Attolini Napoli: Flawless Sartorial Jewels
For three generations, with client’s ranging from Hollywood stars to business icons, the Attolini family philosophy about the artistry of tailoring remains unchanged: Thread, needle, thimble and scissors are the only tools needed to create unique handmade garments.

Like his father, Cesare Attolini, master tailor and current creator of the collection, has maintained the style and tradition of handtailoring unchanged. What has changed is that third generation Attolinis, Massimiliano and Giuseppe have brought these sartorial masterpieces to most international cities. From New York to Dubai and from London to Tokyo, Attolini Collection pieces can be found in most exclusive shops around the world.

As Massimiliano puts it: “Elegance is not perfection”.

Today, Cesare Attolini Napoli achieves a perfect balance between modernity and tradition, including trademark inventions such as the barchetta breast pocket, the shirt sleeve shoulder and buttons sewn close together on the jacket sleeve. With 160 tailors, Cesare Attolini now exports to 15 countries. Yet, despite this growth, as Giuseppe says, “The passion to create handmade garments with precise attention to the last detail is the same now as it was then.”

In addition to made-to-measure elegance and care for details, exceptionally careful selection of fabric is another Attolini cornerstone. In fact, after careful research, Massimiliano and Giuseppe themselves personally select all the Attolini exclusive fabrics from small mills both in Italy and Scotland.

Looking toexpand its incomparable commitment to magnifi cent handmade garments, in the last fi ve years Attolini has introduced a collection of shirts and ties, and in fall 2008, it will add a knitwear collection strictly manufactured using jacquard cashmere and silk.

To truly appreciate an Attolini suit, you must look carefully for the wonder of details, such as the fl are of the jacket at the shoulders, the pockets slightly higher than normal, the upper sleeve shaped like a trumpet, the “fi sh-mouthed” lapel notch open wider than the norm, and the breast pocket called a “barchetta,” meaning little boat, whose distinctive shape follows the line of the chest. Those details and countless others make clear that the master of distributing elegance on the human body is without question the house of Cesare Attolini Napoli.