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Cantarelli By Brittany West - Monday, December 07, 2009
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"In the Cantarelli lounge - where art comes alive in all its colour and variety - six people relax and enjoy each others’ company.
Imagine a top-class hotel in an international capital city, where the relaxing atmosphere is enhanced by the setting and its contemporary design features.
The keynote features are the elegance of the pinstriped suits and the fact that the people are evidently in plaster casts. But the plaster doesn’t hamper freedom of movement… and it does nothing to temper the overall sense of style conveyed.
“InGessato con Stile is a cute play on words, or a pun” Alessandro Cantarelli tells us (‘in gessato’ meaning ‘pinstripe’ and ‘ingessato’ meaning ‘with a plaster cast’, hence ‘in a plaster cast but with style’). “This pun reflects our philosophy, which is to try to overcome the current general feeling of inactivity or of things having come to a halt”. “Through irony, or wit, we wish to stimulate our customers’ curiosity and suggest they should avoid being conditioned by the difficulties we’re faced with today, and should favour the blend of exclusive style and untrammelled comfort expressed in our new collection”.



This coming together of style and comfort is the true leitmotif of the Cantarelli range. Here, the art of tailoring comes into its own (the finishing work is all by hand). Please note also the decidedly low-key cut of the coat, the variety of the solutions adopted for the jersey cloth, and our use of garment-washing and -dyeing. Alessandro Cantarelli adds, “A requisite our customers have always insisted on is absolute top quality - combined, however, with an equally absolute commitment to research and innovation”. “We are therefore under a moral obligation to satisfy our customers, but we must also surprise them”. “It is with these imperatives in mind that, for 2009, we dedicated a huge amount of attention not just to the cut but also to our yarns and fabrics - our aim being, ambitiously, to place our tailoring traditions at the service of what we call the new Natural Comfort. Comfort as a prerequisite for our items featuring exclusive jersey fabrics, produced only with natural fibres, to provide wearers with eye-catching solutions which also embody the comfort and warmth of a second skin.”
So, for our Autumn/Winter 2009 collection, Natural Comfort represents a new, exclusive standard for male elegance. Cantarelli exploits a sense of irony to underscore the pleasure element – with the accent on the sheer ‘wearability’ of its strikingly original creations." ~ Cantarelli web

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Faconnable By Brittany West - Monday, December 07, 2009
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"It all began in the south of France, in a small tailor’s shop on the "rue de Paradis, Nice”.
In 1950, with the French Riviera as his backdrop, Jean Goldberg created a family business based upon the principles of craftsmanship and passion of quality. From this origin the FAÇONNABLE brand was born, its name coming from the verb "Façonner”, a French word meaning "to fashion”.
Jean Goldberg acquired his reputation on the Riviera thanks to his exceptional talent which quickly attracted, not only the fortunate visitors of this international paradise, but also actors in search of evening wear during the International Film Festival in Cannes. His son Albert worked beside him and learned the inestimable know-how deserving of a great Master Tailor.
After visting New York during the 1960', Albert Goldberg became eager to invent his own vision of menswear. The Sportswear Chic was born. It was at that time that Albert Goldberg took over his father business and launched his first full line collection. Since then, the colors of the Riviera, sumptuous fabrics and timeless elegance influence each FAÇONNABLE collection.



Albert Goldberg developed FAÇONNABLE by establishing boutiques in keys cities across France, Belgium and Portugal. At the same time, the strong appeal of the brand to International wholesalers lead to the rapid expansion of the brand, now available in more than 500 retail outlets worldwide.
The acquisition of FAÇONNABLE by M1 group, a diverse holding investment organization, marks the beginning of a new era for the brand.
M1’s long term vision is to increase brand equity through building upon FAÇONNABLE’s formidable heritage and outstanding craftsmanship.
More than ever, FAÇONNABLE takes the greatest of care in the selection of its raw materials and the manufacturing of its collections.
Authenticity, instinct and talent, the values at the heart of FAÇONNABLE, continue to express the signature of "modern elegance”." ~Faconnable web
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