Italy A-Z

[alden]

Post your pictures here:

[Gruto]

Caraceni Sartoria in Rome, Spring 2011 (No, NJS, I don't get freebies for sharing these photos)

[Gruto]

A. Caraceni, Milano, Fall 2010 (No, NJS, I don't get freebies for sharing these photos)

[NJS]

Better luck next time, then, Gruto. But they are nice pictures.
NJS

[Gruto]

Better luck next time, then, Gruto.

After reading your unforced and witty books about classic dressing, I guess you know a few tricks in that area.

[NJS]

Better luck next time, then, Gruto.

After reading your unforced and witty books about classic dressing, I guess you know a few tricks in that area.

Thank you for that. But even not a single shoe lace came to me for the business references in the books: just free pictures and some generous (on-going and successful) stocking of the books in places such as Foster/Maxwell. I am not sure where you got the idea that I thought that you got freebies. It must be from my reference, sometime, to 'advertorials' and I must have mistaken your identity when I made it. For that I unreservedly apologize. Pax.
NJS

[dopey]

Nice photos of the Rome shop, Gruto. I missed Carlo and Mr. Caraceni when I was there this summer.

[old henry]

Look at the sleeve on the blue DB on the guy with the glasses and moustache. Wow..

[Gruto]

A little more about the photos:

- Carlo Tonini, head cutter (who Dopey mentions)

- Unfortunately, I have forgotten the name of the kind gentleman on photo in the middle but he is head jacket tailor.

- Massimiliano Andreacchio, the son-in-law of Augusto Caraceni, and his son Massimiliano Andreacchio Caraceni, both head cutters.

[old henry]

Well, that sleeve is poetry. The arm hole is high and has no agrivation. No discomfort. The armhole shapes the sleeve. This sleeve fits perfectly into its scye. This is not a clunky tailor. This is a fine craftsman. The shoulder and collar rest effortlessly and snug on the neck and the perfectly balanced front drapes so smoothly over. And it is a subtle coat. Nothing jumps. Easy. I like how the rounded collar meets the lapel. Easy.

[Gruto]

Well, that sleeve is poetry. The arm hole is high and has no agrivation. No discomfort. The armhole shapes the sleeve. This sleeve fits perfectly into its scye. This is not a clunky tailor. This is a fine craftsman.

Frank, thank you for explaining the magic. When I said hello to mr. Andreacchio, I thought "that is the most well fitting jacket I have ever seen".

[old henry]

Beauty, Right ? Great face , too. I like this guy..

[Gruto]

Beauty, Right ?

Indeed, beauty.

[old henry]

Gruto, that is what I mean by a piped sleeve.

[Costi]

Gruto, that is what I mean by a piped sleeve.

Great plum-bing