Loro Piana vs Zegna Cashmere

[whoopee]

^ where is that? Drapers is great. Some of the best supers I've handled.

 

[Crowlin]

Originally Posted by Fishball

Loro Piana vs Zegna Cashmere, which one is better?
I am thinking of buying Cashmere Jacketing for coming Fall, would like to know which make better Cashmere.
Personally I have found both to be of very high quality, though you could certainly make the point that Loro Piana has more experience with cashmere.

 

[chorse123]

What about Piacenza? Despos has praise for them on his website, or did at least. I saw a very very cool grey with white windowpane in cashmere at Mr. Ned.

 

[T4phage]

Originally Posted by whoopee

^ where is that? Drapers is great. Some of the best supers I've handled.

At Drapers in Bologna.

 

[pabloj]

Colombo makes great cashmere, visit their outlet if you happen to be in Italy, it's close to Loro Piana outlet in Romagnano Sesia.

 

[SirSuturesALot]

I've had good experiences with both Loro Piana and Colombo. A pair of 100% cashmere pants I have from Loro Piana is especially decadent.

 

[Eustace Tilley]

Originally Posted by pabloj

Colombo makes great cashmere, visit their outlet if you happen to be in Italy, it's close to Loro Piana outlet in Romagnano Sesia.

+1

 

[Fishball]

Thanks all of you for the advice.

Sorry that Zegna and LP are the only choice, I have to pick between this two.
One more point to think of, if Zegna is just half the price of LP. Let said Zegna is USD450/m and LP is USD1000/m. How would you choose?

 

[SirSuturesALot]

Originally Posted by Fishball

Let said Zegna is USD450/m and LP is USD1000/m.
Wow? I can't claim to have extensive experience with fabric pricing, but this sounds a bit high.

 

[Despos]

Originally Posted by chorse123

What about Piacenza? Despos has praise for them on his website, or did at least. I saw a very very cool grey with white windowpane in cashmere at Mr. Ned.

I don't have a website.

 

[Sator]

Originally Posted by RJman

Often confused --

Jacketing = cloth used to make jackets
Coating = cloth used to make (over?)coats
Suiting = cloth used to make suits
Shirting = cloth used to make shirts

Nevertheless, out of pretension, some retailers add the "-ing" suffix to their ready-made clothing in order to sound more formal/British/whatever.

The most English way of all is this:

Coating = cloth to make coats (eg lounge, sports, morning, dress) +/- matching waistcoat & trousers
Overcoating= cloth to make overcoats to wear over the lounge/sports/morning/dress coat

H Lesser use this rather charmingly old fashioned nomenclature.

 

[pabloj]

Originally Posted by Despos

I don't have a website.
Lanificio Piacenza
Lanificio Colombo

 

[chorse123]

Originally Posted by Despos

I don't have a website.

Uh oh! My mistake. Here is the website...

http://www.despostailoring.net/Suppliers.aspx

 

[Despos]

Originally Posted by chorse123

Uh oh! My mistake. Here is the website...

http://www.despostailoring.net/Suppliers.aspx

For the record. that is the business my father started in 1949, my brother took it over and sold it with the name Despos Tailoring around 10 years ago. I have no connection with that business in Fort Wayne.