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Piacenza Alashan Fantasy 92 cashmere 8 silk

Advanced sky blue plaid greys accident dye

EXCLUSIVE EXTREME HANDWORK DESIGN

ADVANCED MULTIPLE HAND “ACCIDENT-DYED” FRATELLI PIACENZA 1733 “ALASHAN FANTASY” 92% CASHMERE 8% SILK SUPERLUX CLOTH WITH SILK HAND-STITCHED BUTTONHOLES & FONTANA

REAL HORN “ROBERTA” DESIGN BUTTONS

This very special version of the GBS Evolution II super limited edition CVS01 shirt design is one of only 2 pieces of its kind made by hand in the entire world. It was created from a classic European cut tailored shirt pattern and french early twentieth century workwear details from our extensive tailoring research, and cut using an exceptionally soft superlux “Alashan Fantasy” 92 percent cashmere and 8 percent silk windowpane plaid weave fabric woven in Pollone Biella by the oldest woolen mill still operating in the world today and the world most renowned maker of cashmere fabrics- Fratelli Piacenza 1733... then individually specially “accident-dyed” in our workrooms at Cavarzere Venezia using an advanced extreme handmade technology GBS process which required over 2 days of highly specialized work to achieve its amazing colors, patina effects and softness. The design features a special 1930's workwear double-breast pocket design combined with an impeccable classic European tailored men’s shirt cut and design, special all hand stitched detail work in contrast pure silk threads, expert single-needle stitching throughout, beautifully finished all-french-seamed interior construction, all hand stitched pure silk thread label detailing work, amazing sandblasted “Roberta” design real horn buttons made for us in Parma, Italy by Claudio and Cinzia Fontana, the greatest living button makers in the world today, and no less than 12 of our signature hand sewn buttonholes (each one requires 8-10 minutes to cut and sew, over 3 hours of expert and painstaking work on buttonholes and buttons for a single shirt) in luxurious pure silk Bozzolo Reale Milano Seta threads. The piece also features our world leading pure silk label created exclusively for us by Mion SpA in Torreglia which is the first label in the luxury industry to completely eliminate plastic polyester yarns in it which was triple hand accident dyed to achieve its stunning colors and luster, and comes with a hand signed deluxe GBS handmade triple filtration tailor's respiratory community mask as standard equipment for ongoing Covid-19 pandemic protection wear. Variations in color and color density are not imperfections or irregularities, but specific characteristics of the special fabric, and hand making technique. Please treat buttons and buttonholes with extreme care. We recommend professional clean only or hand wash cold water and protecting buttons with foil or plastic wrap when washing. Do not put in washing machine or machine dryer.