Mathieu Castanier
BESPOKE TAILORING
The Lookbook · Volume I
One client.
One paper pattern.
Twenty-three cuts drawn by hand, in English and Italian cloth. Business, black tie and travel, each one drafted for a single body and archived for life.
01 · The House
Not a suit.
A second skin.
Every garment in this book begins the same way: a sheet of brown paper, a pair of shears, and a client who will never be measured twice for the same body.
Trained in the discipline of Savile Row and shaped by the Italian art of the needle, the House cuts soft construction, natural shoulders and a silhouette drawn by hand. Thirty-seven hours of patient handwork vanish into a line so natural the garment is forgotten on the body.
Your paper pattern is archived by the House for life. Every suit that follows is cut from it.
02 · The Lookbook
Twenty-three cuts.
Three chapters.
Each piece below is cut, drafted and finished to your own pattern. The panels show the cloth reference of the model, weave, ground colour and silk facing. The final cloth is chosen with you, bunches open, at your fitting.
Chapter I · Business Suits
Semi bespoke · 3 models · from $2,600Chapter II · Black Tie & Tuxedo
Semi bespoke · 13 models · from $2,900Chapter III · Casual Stretch
Semi bespoke · 7 models · from $2,80003 · The Bespoke Process
Five acts.
One garment, forever.
From the first handshake to the final press, a single tailor follows you. Here is exactly what happens, and when.
The Consultation
It begins with listening. Your life, your climate, your calendar. Silhouette, lapel, buttoning, vents and lining are decided together, cloth bunches open on the table.
60 to 90 minutesThe Cloth
Chosen from the finest European mills, Holland & Sherry, Loro Piana, Vitale Barberis Canonico, Zegna, Reda. Weight, weave and season matched to the way you actually wear a suit.
Same appointmentThe Pattern
Thirty measurements and a study of your posture become a paper pattern cut for you alone. It is numbered, named, and archived by the House for life.
Week 1The Fittings
Basted, then forward. The garment is opened, corrected and closed again until the balance is right and the cloth falls without being asked to.
Weeks 3 to 7The Delivery
Hand-finished, pressed and delivered to you, at home, at the office, or at a trunk show. Alterations and re-cuts stay open to you for life.
Weeks 8 to 10
The Fitting Room
Made to be worn
for decades.
The atelier travels to you: New York, Miami, Orlando, Los Angeles, London, Geneva, Monaco, Dubai, Doha and Cabo San Lucas.
Reserve a private fitting04 · Our Cloth Houses
Woven in Biella.
Woven on Savile Row.
By appointment only
Your pattern is waiting.
One private hour, thirty measurements, and a garment begun for you alone.