Sartoria Litrico
Luxury Goods & Jewelry - London, England, United Kingdom
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Haute Couture and Luxury Bespoke for man The Tailor's shop whose power-dressing transcended the Iron Curtain. Handcrafted in Italy 🇮🇹 since 1951 ✂His success was ensured by a silk jacket he wore to the opera that was noticed by Rossano Brazzi, the actor best known for Three Coins in the Fountain. With Brazzi as his first client, Litrico's fame spread and eventually he bought the shop where he had started as an apprentice. One of his innovations was putting on a men's fashion show, previously only women's wear had been shown on a catwalk.But Litrico really made his mark when he was invited to participate in a 1957 export drive to Russia by the Italian fashion industry. Litrico used photos to make a coat as a gift for Nikita Khrushchev. Khrushchev was so pleased with it that he commissioned a full wardrobe from Litrico for his famous trip to the USA in September 1959. This included the shoes that would become famous by being slammed on the table at the United Nations General Assembly in October 1960.American journalists were so intrigued to see a well-dressed Soviet premier that they asked for the name of his tailor, and he answered that he choosen Litrico for the thaw to the cold war. When Litrico went to the USA shortly afterwards, he found himself besieged by journalists, and his fame was assured. He dressed many world leaders of the era, such as John F. Kennedy, Juan Perón, Tito, Dwight D. Eisenhower and King Hussein of Jordan.He had a particularly close relationship with Christian Barnard which extended beyond dressing the heart surgery pioneer; Litrico helped to pay for hundreds of children to go to Cape Town for operations under Barnard.After Angelo's death, his brother Franco and Sister Giusi took over the company.Today Angelo nephew Luca Litrico, who joined the Company in 1991 while he was 20, is bringing on the family tradition for the top expression of the tailor made italian fashion.
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