Cesare Attolini Blue Cashmere, Silk & Linen Basketweave Summer Jacket
56 IT / 46 US / Extra Extra Large
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Curator's Description
Curator's DescriptionDiscover the Cesare Attolini Blue Cashmere, Silk and Linen Basketweave Summer Jacket, a piece that arrives with a provenance as layered as the fabric itself. The basketweave construction draws cashmere, silk and linen into a surface that sits between dark blue and dark purple, the white melange threads lifting the depth of the ground colour and giving the cloth an almost textural shimmer in natural light. The weave itself is the breathability: the open interlacing of three fibres allows air to circulate without sacrificing the weight and presence that cashmere brings to even a summer cloth. Notch lapels, a 2.5 button front, functioning sleeve buttonholes and a half lining are the marks of a jacket built to move with the body in heat, fully handmade throughout in the Attolini tradition. The buttons, however, are what set this piece apart: cast metal, bearing a family coat of arms and engraved with the words "Banco Central de Reserva del Peru 1974." The Banco Central de Reserva del Peru is the country's central bank, established in 1922, and in 1974 operated under its Executive President Emilio G. Barreto during the reformist military government of General Juan Velasco Alvarado, a period of significant economic activity and international financial engagement. Custom institutional buttons of this kind on bespoke Neapolitan tailoring point to one conclusion: this jacket was almost certainly commissioned for a senior official of the bank, most likely during one of the European financial summits or IMF meetings that brought Latin American central bankers to Rome and Naples in the early 1970s. Whether ordered directly on the Via Chiaia or through a Neapolitan intermediary, the result is a jacket that carries its history in the most literal way possible.
Cesare Attolini remains one of the great names of Neapolitan tailoring, the house founded in the 1930s and credited by many with defining the soft, unstructured aesthetic that Naples exported to the world. A jacket like this, fully handmade and dressed in the buttons of a Peruvian central banker, is exactly the kind of object the house was built to produce: exceptional in itself, and made more so by what it carries.
Materials
MaterialsComposition: 60% Cashmere / 32% Silk / 8% Linen
Color: Blue
Pattern: Mélange
Shipping
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• Customs duties and import fees outside the EU are the customer’s responsibility
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EU customers have the right to withdraw within 14 days of delivery.
• Return shipping is at the customer’s expense
• Items must be returned unworn and in original condition
• Any use beyond indoor fitting may result in a diminished refund
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Sartorial Details
Full Canvas Construction
A sartorial jacket - or coat - needs an interlining that will help give it shape and mold it. Canvas gives the item a tailored and crafted look. In short, it breathes life into it. Purely technical, canvas is made from either horsehair, wool, mohair or camel hair. It could also be a mix of them all, with varying thickness and weight. The canvas is stitched to the jacket, often by hand, thus making the canvas pieces 'floating' in the middle of the inner and outer cloth. This gives the jacket added flexibility. The canvas runs from the upper parts, all the way down to the end of the jacket. After you wear your canvassed suit for a while, it will begin to take your shape and look incredibly natural.
La Spalla Camicia
Spalla Camicia roughly translates to 'shirt sleeve' in Italian and is a shoulder style created and popularized by Neapolitan tailors. The name 'shirt sleeve' was so coined due to the characteristic shirring found at the sleeve's head where the fullness of the larger sleeve collapses. Rather than having the head of the sleeve turned back and stitched inside, the head is lapped under and stitched along the top.
Handmade Buttonhole
Handmade buttonholes are made using a chain of knotted loops called purl stitches that make them strong and visually distinctive. It takes about five seconds to sew a regular buttonhole with a machine – a single handmade buttonhole takes about 10 minutes to sew.
2.5 Button Closure
The ‘tre bottoni stirato a due’, also known as the three rolling on two lapel style, is perhaps the most infamous characteristic of the Neapolitan style jacket. The top button and buttonhole are ornamental, so are left unbuttoned. As the lapel rolls down it elegantly folds over the top button and stops just 4 cm above the second button creating the distinct roll of the lapel the style is known for. As it is intended to remain unbuttoned, the top buttonhole is actually made inside out so the beautiful side will still be visible.
Barchetta Chest Pocket
The barchetta pocket is often thought to be a tailoring detail exclusively from Italy. The word “barchetta” is Italian for “little boat.” It describes how the pocket floats on the chest, gently angled upwards, like the bow of a sailboat.
Neapolitan Darts
Neapolitan master tailors add two darts - think of them as pinched seams - to ensure the jacket’s body achieves a slim silhouette. The process, called mezzo punto riprese, is done entirely by hand.
Kissing Buttons and Handmade Buttonholes
Also known as stacked buttons or waterfall buttons, kissing buttons are associated with Italian tailoring as Italian tailors make their jacket sleeve buttons in the kissing style. In this style, buttons touch each other and overlap one another. Handmade buttonholes; Even this step, apparently the simplest, is treated with an abundance of detail. Attaching the buttons is a job that requires patience and must be completed to perfection.
Tasca a Pignata Patch Pocket
Patch pockets, with their rugged functionality, were unsurprisingly adopted by the military for both shirts and jackets. The lower patch pockets on a Neapolitan jacket are modeled after the tasca a pignata style, and when done in its purest form, are easily recognizable with a rounded-bottom and a unique shape
size
56 IT / 46 US / Extra Extra Large
