Held twice annually in the historic Fortezza di Basso in Florence, Italy, since humble beginnings in 1972, Pitti Uomo has evolved from a simple trade fair to become the most important gathering of the classic menswear community on the calendar.
Pitti Uomo sees menswear aficionados from around the world congregate in Florence.
Officine Paladino’s founder Vishal Advani visited the show this European summer with his wife, Henna — the couple attired, of course, in tailoring cut from choice Paladino cloth. On the first day of the fair, Vishal sported a remarkable suit from Bangkok sartorial house RAMS, featuring the maison’s signature wide lapel, a shooting back (to allow for all the action Pitti could throw at him) with belted detail, and high-waisted trousers. The suit was fabricated in Paladino’s charmingly summery OP2556 Peach.
A suit in Paladino OP2556 Peach with the singular RAMS vintage tennis lining, printed exclusively for the
ascendant Bangkok outfitters.
Pitti Partners
The guys from RAMS, Golf and Bank, were on site with their partners, looking dapper as always. RAMS got its start about ten years ago and the house is now a prominent fixture on the southeast Asian sartorial scene, known for its debonair 1970s-influenced styling. (Look out for our full interview with Bank and Golf in the very near future.)
The ladies and gentlemen of RAMS from Bangkok at Pitti.
Distinctive details are a trademark of RAMS, as showcased on this women’s jacket in Paladino cloth, OP2315 Oyster.
Below, Henna Advani wears a deeply rakish three-piece suit with wide lapels, a strong shoulder and a flared trouser. The fully-canvassed ensemble was hand-tailored by Singapore’s In Personam, utilising a Paladino navy wool pinstripe cloth, OP2101 Blarney Stone.
In this In Personam creation, Henna Advani provides proof positive that the pinstripe three-piece suit needn’t look stiff or overly corporate, but can also be worn in a laidback, dapper manner.
A Social Occasion
Pitti has been referred to as a biannual gathering of the global menswear tribes. At this summer’s fair, the Paladino team caught up with friends and business associates from Australasia, the UK, US, Europe and beyond. It was great to see men’s style champions including Fabio Attanasio (a.k.a. The Bespoke Dudes), Shaun Birley (who wore a Benjamin Barker jacket in Paladino’s OP2547 Rio — the same cloth Vishal wears below — one of the fair days), the ever-suave Alexander Kraft, and friends from Asia like the Decorum’s Charles Yap and Colony Clothing’s Kozo Kawamura.
The Bespoke Dude himself, Fabio Attanasio.
In this series of images, Vishal wears a suit from InPersonam in Paladino cloth OP2547 Rio. The ensemble features a half-lined single-breasted jacket and drawstring pants, accompanied by a Panama from Hat of Cain.
Vishal with leading Australian men’s style figure, Shaun Birley. Shaun recently had a jacket made up in Paladino cloth.
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Henna turned heads on the second day of the fair, wearing an ensemble celebrating both subcontinental culture and modern sartorial flair. Her outfit blended a traditional saree with an elegant coat tailored by Perfect Attire in OP2323 Frost, with a lining from Paladino’s super-popular range of graphic prints (OP118 Miami Vice, to be precise).
Choosing our lining named Miami Vice seemed apt for this white sportscoat — a garment famously favoured by the character Sonny Crockett in the popular 1980s TV series.
Saree meets sartorial at Pitti Uomo.
Channelling subcontinental chic.
On Trend
It’s been getting hotter and hotter in Firenze during the mid-year, with the mercury regularly entering the mid-thirties Celsius. Attendees of the summer Pittis have been amending their wardrobes accordingly. We’re now seeing men dressing in a more casual-hybrid manner, as befits the ongoing loosening of male tailored dress codes, with ‘shackets’ and safari jackets remaining popular, a tendency toward light and open-weave cloths (such as linen/silk/wool blends), and a preponderance of earth tones and breezy pastels.
The Pitti dress code has been growing more relaxed, while still staying super sharp.
On the final day of the fair, Vishal wore an ensemble embodying the new approach to summer sartorialism, with get-up from Singapore’s Supremo Tailor, in OP1941 Ocean Denim cloth. As our world evolves, the tailoring we wear evolves with it, and nowhere is that more apparent than at Pitti Uomo. See you next year, gentlemen.
Paladino’s OP1941 Ocean Denim cloth lends a louche mood to an otherwise classic single-breasted suit.
