A friendly reminder that this Friday is the last day to put in an order for the custom run of tobacco Fresco I’m organizing. If you’re unfamiliar with Fresco, you can learn everything there is to know about it here.
Readers who don’t yet have a tailor might be interested to know that No Man Walks Alone will be taking some of this cloth for a project with Sartoria Formosa. Formosa, for those unfamiliar, is one of the more renowned tailoring houses in Naples. The firm’s founder, Mario Formosa, was a tailor who dressed some of Italy’s most famous stars in the mid-20th century, and many say that he cut a better double breasted jacket than Rubinacci at the time.
Unfortunately, he passed away some years ago, but his son Gennaro has taken over the business and expanded the company into both ready-to-wear and made-to-measure manufacturing. This project with No Man Walks Alone, for example, will be made-to-order, where customers can decide (as a group) what details they want. At the moment, the current consensus is to get something with two patch pockets, a welted breast, notch lapel, 3/2 roll front, double vents, light horn buttons, and quarter lining. With Formosa’s regular light construction and soft shoulders, this will be a nice Neapolitan style made from a breathable English fabric that can be worn as a sport coat, suit, or suit separates.
The price of the sport coat will be $1,750 (with a reimbursement credit of up to $100 for post-purchase alterations). The price of the suit will be $2,190 (with a tailoring reimbursement credit of $140). You can see how Formosa’s silhouettes look here, here, and here. Interested parties can email No Man Walks Alone.
Otherwise, if you’re only interested in the cloth and have another tailor, you can put in your order through me. The cost is $70/ meter, with a shipping price of $47 for up to five meters. Again, deadline is this Friday
(Pictured below: A Formosa suit in navy Fresco, available at No Man Walks Alone, and the always well-dressed Voxsartoria in two different runs of brown Fresco).
