No doubt originally slated to be made and listed for sale in April before the pandemic forced the nationwide shutdown in Italy and much of the world, the No Man Walks Alone x Sartoria Carrara tailoring collection for Spring/Summer 2020 has dropped for sale. Better late than never, as these are gorgeous, timeless pieces. Literally every single one is covetable.
If you haven’t read my review of the N.M.W.A. x S.C. tailoring line, go check it out here. Of the various full-canvas ready-to-wear tailoring lines in this general price point ($1k-1500), it’s maybe my favorite or at least tied for first. The styling is mature, the make is high-quality and done by genuine artisans with generations of skill, and the cloth choices from Greg and co. are always sublime.
This season’s is a small collection, with just three suits, three sportcoats and one pair of odd trousers.
My favorite is the sand hopsack in a Marling & Evans wool-linen hopsack. It’s the perfect shade of tan—not too yellow, not too gray (I was consistently disappointed with the shade of tans Eidos always put out, it was always more greige than anything). And it’s got some variation in the coloring with little specks that give it interest when you’re close up, but which don’t call attention to themselves from far away.
The sand has a twin in the same Marling & Evans cloth but in blue, too. Not a dark navy, though not a high or bright blue either. It’s likewise got an outstanding color variation and surface texture. As a summer navy blazer, this would be perfect.
Suit-wise, the two that catch my in particular are the tobacco linen—that ever-popular shade of rich mid brown that yearns for a tall, open collar Italian shirt in pale blue and a pair of loafers-sans-socks—and the navy in Drapers “Ascot” cloth. Greg explains of the Drapers cloth: “For those looking for a really lightweight fabric that doesn’t turn into a hot mess, this is it. Does not fall quite as hard as fresco but exponentially softer.”
Rounding out the collection is a sportcoat in a lightweight gun club check made of tan and charcoal, a suit in lightweight tan cotton gabardine, and a pair of trousers in the Drapers Ascot cloth in a taupe brown.
Check out the full collection here. And you can see their tailoring from the prior seasons here (in case you’re thinking ahead already to colder temps).
Which is your favorite of the whole collection?
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