What Sets An Isaia Suit Apart

Upgrading closet essentials with Isaia suits

Isaia suits are available in a delightful variety of styles, sizes and colors. The items are statement pieces that can transform any ensemble. Each Isaia suit featured on Stylight comes is made with remarkable craftsmanship and lend a touch of sophistication regardless of color or style preference. Bold hues complement smart suit design and it's easy to discover the ideal business suit that matches formal outfits.

What Sets An Isaia Suit Apart

Established in Naples in the 1920s, this classic, family-owned Italian brand began life as a fabric store before expanding into tailoring, and today Isaia’s blend of technology and tradition is world renowned.
In the decades since then, Isaia has shown the world of menswear why their “Made in Naples” tag is one to be looked out for, and here we’re detailing what it is exactly that sets their suits apart.

Neapolitan sophistication

The Isaia man is like Naples. He knows how to go beyond stereotypical clichés. Passionate, sophisticated, dynamic, classic, and ever-changing, he is always searching for his own style, and he believes in unadulterated uniqueness. His spontaneous, magnetic and natural elegance is tailor-made around his individuality and this is often represented through the Isaia suits he wears.

The Breast Pocket

The breast pocket on all Isaia jackets is slightly slanted, evocative of a typical Neapolitan fishing boat. In fact the pocket is called a taschino a barchetta (boat-shaped breast pocket) in Italian. This kind of pocket takes longer to sew and requires maximum care in executing the finishing details.

Fine fabrics

With a patterned fabric, cutting the cloth by hand is absolutely essential to ensure that checks, stripes and other designs line up perfectly to create a smooth and continuous pattern.  Isaia sources nothing but the finest fabrics for its suits, shirts and ties.

The Italian Extra

Extra fabric is hand-sewn on the front under-collar of every Isaia jacket. In the past, during the postwar years, a tailor needed this extra fabric in order to reverse the jacket fabric of his less well-to-do customers, to get a few more wears out of the garment. Today it is a mark of class and a symbol of traditional Neapolitan tailoring so every man who buys an Isaia suit feels that same nostalgia.

Ace Up The Sleeve

The Neapolitan-style armhole on every Isaia suit is small and set very high. As the diameter of the armhole is smaller than the diameter of the sleeve-head, it’s up to the skill of the tailor to hand set the sleeve-head’s extra fabric into the armhole, through the use of a “grinze” in the shoulder. The tailor’s expert hands create the right amount of ease to ensure maximum comfort and a perfect fit, making your suit a literal cut above the rest.

Isaia’s success is largely due to its ability to reinterpret the concept of Italian history and combine that tradition with innovation and style.  For any man who strives for dressing to impress, the proof is in the suit–as long as it’s an Isaia.

For a suit that sets you apart, invest in Isaia.

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