Where the cloth comes from.
More than 5,000 cloths, woven in Italy and Britain. You choose yours at your first appointment, with the books open in front of you, in Surrey or Yaletown.
The mills.
The houses we buy from, and what each one does best.
Italy
15 millsLoro Piana
Quarona · 1924
Extra-fine wools and cashmere, and Summertime, a light cloth made for warm weather.
Zegna
Trivero · 1910
Smooth, hard-wearing worsteds from a wool mill above Biella.
Vitale Barberis Canonico
Pratrivero · 1663
Worsteds and flannels from one of the oldest wool mills in the world.
Reda
Valdilana · 1865
Merino worsteds, from its own sheep farms in New Zealand to finished cloth.
Drago
Lessona · 1973
Super-fine merino worsteds, up to Super 210s.
Piacenza
Pollone · 1733
Cashmere and other rare, soft fibres.
Cerruti
Biella · 1881
Fine wool suiting from the mill that started the Cerruti name.
Tallia di Delfino
Strona · 1903
Super-fine wool cloth, woven from 17-micron double-twisted yarn.
Carlo Barbera
Biella · 1949
Fine suiting and jacketing, now owned by the Naples tailoring house Kiton.
Colombo
Borgosesia · 1967
Cashmere, plus rarer fibres like vicuña and camel hair.
Stylbiella
Biella
A family cloth house that designs and weaves all its cloth in Italy.
Solbiati
Italy · 1874
Linen specialists, for crisp, breathable summer suits.
Ibieffe
Gallarate · 1960
A small family mill weaving cotton shirting.
Carnet
Como
More than 4,000 tailoring cloths, from the Ratti textile group.
Drapers
Biella
Vitale Barberis Canonico cloth, sold by the length to tailors.
Britain and Ireland
8 mills and cloth houses
Fox Brothers
Wellington, England · 1772
Credited with creating flannel for suits, and still weaving it in Somerset.
Abraham Moon
Guiseley, England · 1837
One of Britain's last vertical woollen mills, doing every step on one site.
Magee
Donegal, Ireland · 1866
Donegal tweed, still woven in Donegal.
Bateman Ogden
Bradford, England · 1881
A Bradford cloth merchant supplying tailors with English cloth.
Holland & Sherry
Savile Row, London · 1836
Cloth merchants to Savile Row tailors and beyond.
Dormeuil
Paris, France · 1842
A French cloth house weaving in Yorkshire, home of Sportex.
Scabal
Brussels, Belgium · 1938
Founded in Brussels, weaving at its own mill in Huddersfield.
Officine Paladino
Founded 2017
Small-batch cloth, developed with mills in Italy and Britain.
A quick guide to cloth.
What to look for in the books, by the time of year you'll wear the suit most.
Summer
About 230 to 270 g
Linen
Cool and crisp. The creases are part of the look.
Cotton
Softer and more casual, for daytime and weekends.
Wool, silk and linen
The drape of wool with the breathability of linen.
High-twist wool
An open weave that lets air through and springs back from creases.
Year-round
About 270 to 320 g
Worsted wool
Smooth and hard-wearing, the cloth behind most office suits. Holds a sharp crease.
High-twist worsted
A suit you can wear from spring into autumn.
Winter
About 330 g and up
Flannel
Brushed and soft, and warmer than it looks.
Tweed
Textured and rugged, best for jackets and country suits.
Heavier worsteds
A winter suit that still looks sharp in the office.
Wool and cashmere
Warmth with a finer, softer finish.
Can't find it?
There are thousands more cloths beyond the books. Send us a photo of what you're after and we'll come back with options.
See the cloth in person.
The books are in both showrooms. Tell us the occasion and we'll pull the cloths that suit it.