Size guide: jacket and trousers

Measurements of the finished garment, in centimetres. The trousers come in the size that matches the jacket.

Jacket

Size	46	48	50	52	54	56	58	60	62
Chest, laid flat	51	53	55	57	59	61	63	65	67
Back length	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82
Sleeve	64.3	65.1	65.8	66.6	67.3	68.1	68.8	69.6	70.3

Trousers

Jacket size	46	48	50	52	54	56	58	60	62
Trouser size	40	42	44	46	48	50	52	54	56
Waist, all round	80	84	88	92	96	100	104	108	112
Inside leg	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86

Chest is measured across the buttoned jacket laid flat, just below the armholes; double it to compare with your own chest. Jacket and trousers come as a pair (jacket 48, trousers 42), but you can choose the trouser size separately: the waist is twice the trouser size. The trousers arrive with the hem left open, so they can be finished to your exact length: free of charge at our Lisbon atelier, or in a few minutes by any tailor near you.

How to find your size

Measure a jacket you like. Lay it flat, buttoned, and measure the chest just below the armholes. Find the closest number in the table.
Or tell us about you. Height, weight and the size you usually wear: we choose for you.
Or come to the atelier. Avenida da Liberdade 110, Lisbon, daily 11:00–19:00, by appointment.

Two ways to order

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Monogram
Worldwide shipping
Fitting at the Lisbon atelier
Trouser hemming at the atelier

Not the right fit? Take it to a tailor near you and we refund up to €100 of the alteration, within 30 days. How it works

Made by hand in Portugal

Full canvas. A horsehair and cotton canvas is stitched by hand between the cloth and the lining, never glued. The jacket keeps its shape and, with wear, takes the shape of your chest and shoulders.
Cut and sewn for you after you order, at our own workshop in Serra da Estrela, Portugal. The canvas and the finishing are done by hand.

A black two-piece suit in Italian Super 130s wool, for evening events and formal occasions.

Made to order. Choose your size and we cut and sew it for you at our workshop in Portugal; it is ready in 4 weeks and ships free worldwide, reaching you in about 5 weeks in Portugal, the EU and the US, and in 5–7 weeks elsewhere. Your monogram is included in the price. If you would rather be measured, book a fitting at Avenida da Liberdade 110 in Lisbon and we make it to your measurements.

Vitale Barberis Canonico Super 130s wool, black
Full canvas construction, finished by hand in Portugal
Jacket and trousers, sizes 46 to 62
Free shipping worldwide

The Full Story — Cloth, Construction & Fit

Cut from Vitale Barberis Canonico Super 130s, woven in the same Italian mill that supplies most of the houses this atelier is measured against. Super 130s is the point where a cloth is fine enough to drape rather than sit, and still dense enough to hold a crease through a full day. The finish is matte. Sheen in a business suit reads as effort.

A black suit is the one most men own last and reach for at the least convenient moment: a funeral, a board meeting called at short notice, an evening where a dinner jacket would be too much and navy too casual. It earns its place by being ready rather than by being worn often.

The peak lapel is what separates this from a plain black two-button. It lifts the shoulder line and gives the jacket a formality that a notch lapel does not have, which is exactly why it works after six in the evening as well as before.

Construction is full canvas: horsehair and cotton stitched by hand between the cloth and the lining, never bonded with adhesive. A fused jacket looks correct on the first day and stiff by the third month; a canvassed one softens into the shoulders it belongs to and fits better in year two than it did in week one. Everything is made at our own workshop in the Serra da Estrela, not assembled on a line.

More on the suit: Made to measure: prices and timings · Ten rules for a suit worth keeping