First of all I want to thank you guys for all the incredible posts and insights on this forum. I'm an avid reader and always enjoy the conversations between you guys a lot. This will be my first post so please bear with me ;-)
The epitome of my wardrobe are the suits and jackets from Cesare Attolini. I'm wearing them for many years with a lot of passion but nowadays I get more and more doubts to keep buying them. First of all the mtm prices for a suit are very expensive at the moment (around €5000, while I used to pay €3000-€3500 5-10 years ago) and they keep rising. Secondly, because I'm reading the posts on this forum and PS about bespoke tailoring, it seems that mtm can never reach the heights of bespoke. I'm 201cm tall, 95kg so I can definitely see the benefit for that.
So if you consider both points, I have the feeling that for my budget and my willingness to travel to Italy, I can get a better product with the added benefit of an interesting experience to meet the tailors and learn more about this world. I have a few questions to you:
- where does Attolini stands exactly if you compare them with bespoke tailors? Obviously you can't compare the fits as bespoke will always win that battle, but more about the quality in general.
- where should I start? With an entry level tailor that costs 1/3 of Attolini to see the difference between them? Or going to the serious names with glorious reputations?
I'm looking at Ciardi, Panico and Eduardo de Simone (at their price point I'm really curious to see what you will get for that) but I'm happy to hear other recommendations. The only style I truly dislike is that of Rubinacci. The Ciardi suits on PS are my favorite so far, but Simon is not as tall as me.
Would be great to hear your thoughts and recommendations!
The epitome of my wardrobe are the suits and jackets from Cesare Attolini. I'm wearing them for many years with a lot of passion but nowadays I get more and more doubts to keep buying them. First of all the mtm prices for a suit are very expensive at the moment (around €5000, while I used to pay €3000-€3500 5-10 years ago) and they keep rising. Secondly, because I'm reading the posts on this forum and PS about bespoke tailoring, it seems that mtm can never reach the heights of bespoke. I'm 201cm tall, 95kg so I can definitely see the benefit for that.
So if you consider both points, I have the feeling that for my budget and my willingness to travel to Italy, I can get a better product with the added benefit of an interesting experience to meet the tailors and learn more about this world. I have a few questions to you:
- where does Attolini stands exactly if you compare them with bespoke tailors? Obviously you can't compare the fits as bespoke will always win that battle, but more about the quality in general.
- where should I start? With an entry level tailor that costs 1/3 of Attolini to see the difference between them? Or going to the serious names with glorious reputations?
I'm looking at Ciardi, Panico and Eduardo de Simone (at their price point I'm really curious to see what you will get for that) but I'm happy to hear other recommendations. The only style I truly dislike is that of Rubinacci. The Ciardi suits on PS are my favorite so far, but Simon is not as tall as me.
Would be great to hear your thoughts and recommendations!