Sartoria Vestrucci x Fox Brothers Three-Piece Prince of Wales Flannel Suit

The jacket is cut true to the Florentine way, which is more akin to the British style of tailoring than your typical Neapolitan tailor, an example being the straight breast pocket versus the Neapolitan ‘barchetta’ pocket. With an extended shoulder that adds a touch of masculinity to the silhouette, the gauge of the straight, three-roll-two lapel is significantly low and characteristically Florentine and meets at the naval. The jacket has fairly closed quarters and a lightly padded chest. Design details like flap pockets add a touch of formality to the style. The trousers are cut with a single reverse pleats and feature belt loops, while the single-breasted waistcoat has five buttons and two pockets.

Stefano Bemer, founded in 1983, is undeniably Florence’s foremost bespoke shoemaker that’s been marketing its product in brilliant fashion (explore its Instagram and prepare to fall in love, trust me). The company gained great publicity around the turn of the century as being the shoemaker that three-time Academy Award winner Daniel Day-Lewis, became infatuated with, and consequently underwent an apprenticeship with Stefano. Sadly, the eponymous founder passed away in 2012, but that hasn’t held back the CEO Melani from pushing the brand forward and it’s now one of the most desirable shoemakers in the world.

The sneakers are particularly special, too, and it’s something that Fox Brothers has done infrequently but well over the years (there was a highly successful collaboration with Nike in 2013), but not with a shoemaker of Bemer’s standard. The two styles are easy to wear and come in two variations of the Prince of Wales check — one the same as the suit, and one more exaggerated. The former is a whole-cut — if you can consider it that, as it’s not leather — with a pull tag on the tongue with white laces, and the other a two-tone, with a complementary brown calf toe cap and tongue, and black laces. It might be a bit too much to wear the sneakers with the suit, and we don’t recommend it, but that’s not to mean that you shouldn't try it. Both sneakers have of course been constructed to Bemer’s exacting standards, with hand-stitched uppers and top drawer materials.

Overall, it’s a concise and classic collaboration that combines the best of both worlds, these being the Italian and English ways of all things sartorial, and we’re certain that you will enjoy and cherish it in your wardrobe.