RSJ13special
Fratelli Piacenza 1733 “Cocoon”
Vicunya & Baby Cashmere
EXCLUSIVE HAND MADE DESIGN
HAND DYED FRATELLI PIACENZA 1733 HYPERLUX “COCOON” BABY CASHMERE & VICUNYA FABRIC WITH AUTHENTIC HAND PAD-STITCHED CONSTRUCTION, PURE COMO SILK LININGS, SILK HANDSTITCHED BUTTONHOLES & FONTANA REAL HORN “ALESSANDRO” DESIGN BUTTONS
THIS very special GBS Evolution version of the super limited edition RSJ13 handmade jacket design is one of only 5 pieces of its kind made by hand in the entire world, each exclusively for Blue Mountain School in London. It was created from a classic 3-button single-breasted notch-lapel jacket pattern from our extensive tailoring research, and cut using a hyperlux fully CITES certified 80 percent Baby Cashmere and 20 percent Argentinian Vicunya 340 gram fabric woven in Pollone Biella, Italy, by the oldest woolen mill and most respected cashmere, fine wool and vicunya fabric makers in the world-Fratelli Piacenza 1733 Spa, combined with a partial lining story in pure silk exclusive Botticelli print 16-momme raso satin cloth made only for us by the legendary Brenna family in Como Italy, the world’s leading center for fine silk production, with pure cupro Bemberg-type sleeve linings woven for us by Tessitura Mauri in Como for maximum lightweight comfort and softness, then individually hand dyed in our world-famous GBS Superworkrooms at Cavarzere Venezia with a special process which required over 18 hours of master work to achieve its special colors, patina effects and softness. The design features very special old-fashioned canvas horsehair front and collar interfacings totally hand-padstitched with over 1000 invisible hand stitches inside to give it its remarkable soft, natural roll line along lapels and collar, real working surgeon's cuffs, advanced new “Alessandro” artisan made horn button designs created exclusively for us by the legendary Fontana family of buttonmakers in Parma, Italy, no less than 12 of our signature hand stitched buttonholes (each one required 10-12 minutes to cut and sew) in luxurious pure silk Bozzolo Reale Milano Seta threads and is handsigned and numbered by the designer. The piece also features our world leading pure silk hand dyed 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 exquisitely attached by hand using pure silk thread--beautifully attached all by hand using pure silk threads.
The special extreme handmade design was created from a classic 3-button single-breasted notch-lapel jacket pattern from our extensive tailoring research, and cut using a hyperlux fully CITES certified 80 percent Baby Cashmere and 20 percent Argentinian Vicunya 340 gram fabric woven by the oldest woolen mill and most respected cashmere, fine wool and vicunya fabric makers in the world--the Lanificio Fratelli Piacenza 1733 Spa in Pollone Biella, Italy...
...The design features very special old-fashioned canvas horsehair front and collar interfacings totally hand-padstitched with over 1000 invisible hand stitches inside to give it its remarkable soft, natural roll line along lapels and collar...
The special pure Argentinian Vicunya label issued exclusively for the piece by the Government of Argentina is also attached entirely by hand in the top center back of the jacket's interior, clearly visible for custom's agents and physical proof of the article's fully-compliant CITES certifified fabric fibres and materials and critical to ensure its owner of its legitimate economic financial value and its sustainable, humane and ethical sourcing....
...combined with beautiful impeccably clean-finished interior construction combining Italian satin taped seaming and a marvelous partial lining story in hand dyed pure silk exclusive Botticelli print 16-momme raso satin cloth made only for us by the legendary Brenna family in Como Italy, the world’s leading center for fine silk fabric creation, with pure cupro Bemberg-type sleeve linings woven for us by Tessitura Mauri in Como for maximum lightweight comfort and softness...
...then individually hand dyed in our world-famous GBS Superworkrooms at Cavarzere Venezia with a special process which required over 18 hours of master work to achieve its special extra dark midnight navy colors, patina effects, shaping and unbelievable softness....
The entirely hand cut and hand built besom flap pockets are fully-lined in the supersoft vicunya and cashmere self fabric making them extraordinarly more comfortable to put your hands into and longer wearing than typical pocket linings, a design feature that requires some 15-20 percent more fabric cost and expense than other luxury clothing makers yet renders the jacket intrinsically better to wear and use and more valuable over the long term. ..
... and real hand made working buttonhole 4-button surgeon's cuffs which can be worn buttoned or unbuttoned and even rolled up for working situations--another unmistakable testament of the RSJ13's extreme handmade fine jacket build features ...
...with ultra-elegant artisan made “Alessandro” design real horn buttons created exclusively for us by the world's greatest living buttonmakers-- Claudio and Cinzia Fontana in Parma, Italy...
...and no less than 12 of our signature hand stitched buttonholes (each one required 10-12 minutes to cut and sew) in luxurious pure silk Bozzolo Reale Milano Seta threads...
...The piece also features our world leading pure silk hand dyed 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 exquisitely attached by hand using pure silk thread--beautifully attached all by hand using pure silk threads...
Handsigned and numbered by the designer and requiring over 100 hours of passion and painstaking skilled craftmanship work to create a single jacket, this extraordinary special version of the RSJ13 extreme handmade superjacket is one of only 5 pieces of its kind made in the entire world exclusively for Blue Mountain School in London. It is not only a serious collector's piece but an extremely elegant, functional and wearable wardrobe investment. Its incredible materials, components, construction and classic easy to wear proportions provide superb ease of movement, comfort and impeccable relaxed casual taste for extensive travel, work and social occasions. Designed and built like no other jacket in the world... a wardrobe investment of unquestionable long-term value.
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13118 euro
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Geoffrey B. Small
Geoffrey B. Small collections are produced exclusively by GEOFFREY B. SMALL MADE IN ITALY S.R.L.
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