D'AMBROSIO TODAY
For over forty years, Lillo D'Ambrosio has been able to spread the refinement and craftsmanship of his product on the national and international scene. Throughout its history, the Sartoria D'Ambrosio has had, and still has, the honor of counting well-known personalities from show business, politics and finance among its customers.
Attention to the smallest detail follows the entire manufacturing process, which is entirely done by hand: from the choice of fabrics to the phase of delivery to the customer, in order to create impeccable models of excellent quality.
HOW WE WORK
The attention to the smallest detail follows the entire manufacturing process, from the choice of fabrics to the phase of delivery to the customer, in order to create impeccable models of excellent quality.
Choice of fabrics
After agreeing on the line of the garment and on every detail, the customer chooses the fabric together with the cutter
Measures
When taking the measurements, the cutter also notes the customer's physical characteristics, according to a code of absolute discretion.
Drawing
The cutter draws the dress model corresponding to the chosen model and the customer's measurements on the classic brown wrapping paper. The model, created thanks to an ingenious calculation method and a great sensitivity acquired over years of experience, will be the "scaffolding" of the dress.
Cutting procedure
The cutter traces the outlines of the pattern on the fabric with chalk and begins the hand cut with scissors.
Imastitura first test
The sewing of the dress is entrusted to specialist tailors in each garment. The first seam is temporary and is sewn with white basting thread.
First try
During the fitting, the customer sees the chosen fabric for the first time in the form of a dress. Substantial changes can still be made at this stage.
Second test
After the first fitting, the dress is unstitched and returned to the respective tailors, who sew a second version, making the changes agreed upon during the fitting.
Stitches by hand
To make the dress compliant they are sewn by hand, with countless stitches, inserts in hemp, cotton, cloth or horsehair. In order to speed up this procedure, the inserts in the finished jackets are hot glued, but the final result is very different.
Fabric ironing
While sewing, the tailor irons the fabric several times, moistening it and shaping it with a hot iron. Ironing and padding give the dress its three-dimensional look. The elastic horsehair, in particular, ensures that the folds of the fabric, such as on the chest or on the lapels, last over time.
Buttonholes
After measuring and after cutting, another important step is the creation of the eyelets (buttonholes) which are sewn only when the customer is fully satisfied with the suit.
Ironing of the dress
The last to put his hand to the garment is the ironer who gives it the final shape with the iron. This is precisely one of the details that represents the craftsmanship of our laboratory. Old irons weighing over 5kg are used, the most suitable for giving the final look to the dress.
Delivery
The D'Ambrosio suit, cut to measure, sewn entirely by hand, using the finest fabrics in the world, represents the perfect synthesis between traditional elegance and originality in detail.
Choice of fabric
Drawing
Cut
First try
DICTIONARY
MEN'S SINGLE-BREASTED SUIT:
Men's one-piece suit, consisting of a jacket, with non-overlapping buttoning, and trousers made with the same fabric.
TAILORED DRESS:
Women's or men's suit, hand-made with the tailoring method, on specific customer measurements.
BLAZER:
Men's double-breasted jacket, lined, with characteristic golden buttons, with patch or slit pockets. It is worn over flannel or cool wool trousers.
TRENCH COAT
Feminine and masculine sporty coat that takes up the shape of the raincoat.
RANDOM
Comfortable, informal, masculine and feminine style of clothing, characterized by comfortable and practical items such as jeans, jackets, sweatshirts and T-shirts, fashionable in the 70s.
CHESTERFIELD
Also called chesterfield coat. Nineteenth-century coat, in woolen fabric, originally for men and then also for women, initially only grey, then also blue, black and beige. Black velvet collar and fabric lapels. The single-breasted version is the most frequent, hidden buttoning, straight line, knee length.
CHIC
Elegant, fine, distinct. It's a French word of German origin, "schick", the meaning convenient, appropriate, while today it means elegant.
SUIT
Men's suit consisting of jacket and trousers, optionally accompanied by the waistcoat. All garments are made with the same fabric.
DOUBLE-BREASTED
A type of fastening characteristic of elegant jackets, in which the two parts of the front of the jacket are joined together with two parallel rows of buttons.
LINED
Of a piece of clothing or an accessory whose internal part is lined with a silk, wool or synthetic fabric, called lining.
FORMAL
Classic, conventional, men's and women's clothing style.
FRAC
Men's evening suit. Short front jacket with long wingtip tails at back.
It is worn accompanied by a waistcoat and white shirt with front, white bow tie, straight-leg trousers with vertical satin bands.
pinstripe
Fabric generally in dark colored combed wool (grey, anthracite, blue, black, brown) with very thin white stripes. Typically masculine.
JACKET
Men's and women's outerwear. It covers the upper part of the body, is totally open on the front and reaches below the hips. It can be single or double-breasted, winter and summer, it changes the fabric used.
VEST
Men's garment to be worn under a jacket and over a shirt, sleeveless, close-fitting, fastened by buttons, with or without lapels. Sometimes with small welt pockets. The back can be in silk.
PADDING:
Fluffy material: goose down, acrylic, etc.
used to stuff clothing or
part of them.
LODEN
Characteristic coat of Tyrolean origin for men and women, made with the homonymous fabric, with a slightly flared line, sleeves with flap and background pleat on the back, slanted pockets and leather buttons.
SINGLE-BREASTED
Of a male or female outerwear, closed by a single row of buttons.
PARADE
Synonym of fashion show. Presentation of clothing worn by models and models. Professional parades are held twice a year. The summer collections of women's pret-a-porter are presented in September/October, while the winter ones are presented in February/March, six months ahead of the sales season.
tuxedos
Term derived from the English "to smoke". Synonymous with tuxedo and dinner jacket. Men's evening dress. The dinner jacket, in black or dark blue light fabric, can be single or double-breasted, the silk lapels are peak or shawl. The white or ecru version is suitable for evening parties outdoors or on a cruise. The trousers, without turn-ups, have a silk band applied on the external side seam. It is worn with a white shirt with double cuffs,
fastened with cufflinks or with special buttons. Often the shirt has a front with very small folds or a pique insert is applied to it. The tie must be black, as the white one is reserved for the tailcoat. A cummerbund covers the waist.
TRENCH
From the English "trench", trench. Men's raincoat, but also loved by women. It is double-breasted, in waterproofed cotton, with raglan sleeves and shoulder pads. Tight at the waist by
a belt. This item of clothing also has a military origin; his name; trench coat, in fact means "trench coat". Created for British officers, it was part of their uniform during the First World War. Each of its parts, which today seems to us purely
ornamental, actually had a specific function. The strap placed at the edge of the neck
it allowed you to lift it up and close it to protect yourself from the rain, like those sewn on the edge
of the sleeves. While the water bottle and the water bottle were hung from the metal rings applied to the belt
other items. It was made famous by Humphrey Bogart in "Casablanca".
ULSTER
Coat of Irish origin. It is above all masculine, but also feminine, with a straight line, knee-length, double-breasted, cinched at the waist by a belt or martingale. Wide lapels and patch or flap pockets. It also describes a heavy outerwear fabric from the Irish region of the same name.
WHITE TIE
Synonymous with tailcoat, as it is worn with a white tie.