The Legend of Fine Italian Cut Suits

When it comes to the best, most expensive suits in the world 9 times out of 10 they will be Italian cut suits. This comes as no surprise to most people who know suits as Italian cut suits have been the standard bearer fro style and fashion, when it comes to the realm of mens tailored fashions, for decades. the question remanis, Is the legend of the finely cut Italian suit justified? What makes this suits the top of the food chain, and why is it the most requested cut of suit any where else in the world.

To begin to answer this question, first things first, what exactly is an Italian cut suit? The general consensus is the example designed by fashion house Brioni in the late 50′s. Favored by the Hollywood elite of the day, their house cut featured well padded shoulders, a tapered wasit, high cut arm eyes, no vents and triple pleated trousers that came to a heavy taper, this matched very well with Italian shoes which do not have a heavy welt. The over all impression of the cut gave its wearer a significant “V” shape. While the suit cuts of the day often revolved around a British cut which gave a more hour glass shape, the Italian cut was so dramatic that it only took one galnce to realize that there was some thing truly remarkable about the suit. Todays Italian cut suits resemble little of the original, ironicly tosdays uitalian cut suit s are more like the traditional British suits.