P-K-L
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Ever since my first and only WAYWT post has been published on PutThisOn.com, people have asked me for more details about my tailor. http://putthison.com/post/42033174608/real-people-outerwear-its-probably-just-the
I recently wrote an article about my new shirtmaking adventure, thus I decided to write a report about my tailor too.
As the title states, Raffaele is located in Naples.
He is located inside a residential building - near Via Chiaia and Via Toledo- without any obvious sign of a sartoria being inside - as so often in Naples.
Ring the bell...
Walk up the stairs...
...open the door...
...and find his sartoria!
The place is small - it consists of two rooms and a small attic. The first room (maybe 12m²) contains the cutting table and room for some projects in progress. The second room (maybe 8m²) is the fitting room, where some more semi-finished and projects are located. Unfortunately I have no pictures of the attic; it contains more cloth and work in progress.
Raffaele has been working as a tailor for over 50 years and his tailoring contains many of the elements of the so called Napoli style - a light jacket with soft shoulders, extended front darts and lots of hand stitching.
I am really impressed by his work - I truly enjoy the fit of the things he made for me but also his work ethos - he is always on time and does not need to find lame excuses why he did not meet previously agreed deadlines.
This time I ordered three suits made of Minnis fresco (0511, 0520 and 0569) as well as a blue Draper's sports coat and a beige pair of linen trousers and a light grey pair of summer worsteds. Of course I will post pictures once the garments will be finished- which should be by the end of April!
More pictures - work in progress...
Cutting sleeves of a customer's jacket:
Mario, Raffaele's companion (picture taken last summer, thus the warm weather attire )
My WAYWT pictures:
Two of the jackets he made for me:
One of my linen jackets:
In case you have any more questions - feel free to ask!
I recently wrote an article about my new shirtmaking adventure, thus I decided to write a report about my tailor too.
As the title states, Raffaele is located in Naples.
He is located inside a residential building - near Via Chiaia and Via Toledo- without any obvious sign of a sartoria being inside - as so often in Naples.
Ring the bell...
Walk up the stairs...
...open the door...
...and find his sartoria!
The place is small - it consists of two rooms and a small attic. The first room (maybe 12m²) contains the cutting table and room for some projects in progress. The second room (maybe 8m²) is the fitting room, where some more semi-finished and projects are located. Unfortunately I have no pictures of the attic; it contains more cloth and work in progress.
Raffaele has been working as a tailor for over 50 years and his tailoring contains many of the elements of the so called Napoli style - a light jacket with soft shoulders, extended front darts and lots of hand stitching.
I am really impressed by his work - I truly enjoy the fit of the things he made for me but also his work ethos - he is always on time and does not need to find lame excuses why he did not meet previously agreed deadlines.
This time I ordered three suits made of Minnis fresco (0511, 0520 and 0569) as well as a blue Draper's sports coat and a beige pair of linen trousers and a light grey pair of summer worsteds. Of course I will post pictures once the garments will be finished- which should be by the end of April!
More pictures - work in progress...
Cutting sleeves of a customer's jacket:
Mario, Raffaele's companion (picture taken last summer, thus the warm weather attire )
My WAYWT pictures:
Two of the jackets he made for me:
One of my linen jackets:
In case you have any more questions - feel free to ask!
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