Sartoriale

Tons of hand work, even the straight seams are topstitched by hand.

Borrelli´s product becomes such a piece of art for every wardrobe. It is destinated to last for a long time and it´s a pleasure to wear it. L.B . pieces remain soft to the touch and represent a status-symbol in public relations. "Luigi Borrelli S.p.A." consolidates its own position that way. Its garments have crossed the oceans, counting customers such as Al Pacino or Pavarotti and they are shown on the stores-shelves of Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus in New York, at Wilkes Bashford in San Francisco, at Bruno in London or at Louis in Boston, at United Arrows in Japan and in Moscow as well.

• The cutting of every piece is made a part and by hand only. Borrelli prefers his tailor´s mind and skilled hands to machines.   
• In the last step of a breast-pocket processing Borrelli´s clever workers pair the cloth with the left front side of the jacket, following its bit rounded shape. A pocket is rested and stitched by hand only, according to the most strict Neapolitan sartorial tradition. 
• It is an exclusive of Borrelli´s jackets.  Sgavagliatura"is the processing step before placing a collar on a jacket and it is made through a special toil called "pezz e cas" Shoulder, shoulder-pad and sleeve is closed tight and perfectly shaped by tailors´ skilled hands.  
• It takes Borrelli´s workers about 3 hours just to give the finishing touch to the suit inside lining.  
• A Borrelli´s exclusive are "pieces a martello", fasten together through hand embroidered tabs. 
• Over 200 knots on a piping made of cotton fibre are necessary to embroider a buttonhole. The button sewing means tailor´s work is at the end. It is made with a particular three point stitch, called "a zampa di gallina", according to the old Borrelli´s sartorial tradition.  
• Ironing needs ca. 2 hours each jacket. Before being ironed every jacket is moisten with a special pad and than left vaporizing. "