I’m excited to see Anglo-Italian now offers made to order tailoring online.
I love just about everything about the shop, co-founded by Jake Grantham and Alex Pirounis. It’s one of those shops whose point of view is so good, and executed so well, that you almost take it for granted. Like “of course this exists.” The clothing is great from top to bottom, from the perfectly tapered jeans (now available in ecru!) to the Neapolitan tailored jackets cut in cloths designed in-house. I reviewed their tailored jackets in 2018, so take a look at that if you haven’t yet.
Alex told me in 2017 when I visited them in London that their tailoring focus was primarily on made to measure, with small ready to wear collections each season. Since then, they’ve built out their ready to wear business to include t-shirts, a curated selection of shoes (made by Crockett & Jones), and those exclusive house cloths (which they sell by the meter, so you can have any tailor in the world make something from it if you want).
A couple years ago I was searching for a perfect double breasted navy blazer for summer, and messaged Jake about doing a made to order jacket since their stock size 52 fit me really well. One issue that kept me from doing so at the time was being able to look at and decide on a fabric remotely. Now, that’s basically a non-issue (unless you’re looking for something outside their range of fabrics). You’ll never replace being able to feel a cloth in-hand, but having high quality photos of swatches with great lighting is the next best thing (and is honestly pretty rare in the world of fabric swatches). And since the cloths available are all of their own design and fabrication, you can trust none of them are bad. (In contrast, open those books from the big fabric mills, and what percentage make you question the taste of the designer?).
They promise a 5-week lead time, which is extremely reasonable. That may stretch a little longer in the future as the world restarts and their Italian workshop gets busier, if I were to guess. The only downside for me, as an American, is the Pound-to-Dollar conversion combined with import duties. But I always have to remind myself: if they were based in the U.S., those duties would simply be included in the price.
Make your own made-to-order jacket from Anglo-Italian here.
It doesnt look like Alex is at Anglo Italian anymore. Do you know what the deal with that is?
Hi John sorry for the late reply. That does seem to be the case and unfortunately I have no idea the story. Hoping it’s not some kind of falling out