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Lanieri: suits from Italy

Thursday, 21 April 2016

Lanieri sells online suits made to measure in Italy. They invited me to try the process which involves selecting from a wide range of Italian fabrics and then entering your measurements online. There's a helpful video that sees you through each stage and your data is checked and any queries raised with you about any details or measurements which lie outside the expected range.

This was all very easy and it's fun choosing all the details of your suit, from cut of lapels, single or double breasted, colours of linings, type of buttons, and so on.

Wearing my Lanieri suit

Lanieri say that the suits are made entirely in Italy. Postage is free and you have a variety of options to have the suit remade, or altered to fit you. Lanieri will reimburse the costs of a tailor if such alterations are needed. 

I selected a Traveller Grey Houndstooth check cloth by Fratelli Tallia di Delfino. A lightweight wool for warmer weather, it has proved to be comfortable, crush and water resistant and soft to touch: Lanieri certainly don't stint on the quality of the cloths. I chose real horn buttons to give the suit a quality look. 


The suit arrived after a few weeks and fitted reasonably well. The legs were too long, but this was easily altered by my tailor. Otherwise the trousers fitted well around waist and seat. I selected a mid-range fit for the trousers: this would be still slim for some and I suggest you go for the widest option unless you want trousers that fit fairly closely around the calves. The jacket was very slightly too long in the sleeves, but it was marginal. Otherwise it was a fair fit over chest and shoulders. Ideally, I'd have had a few further tweaks made, but given the price (from £590 for the cloth chosen) the final result is a very nice suit that has been much admired.


If I were to have another suit made by Lanieri, I would look for something suitable for summer such as the lovely cream hopsack suit pictured above. Now is the time to order that Italian-made summer suit. See Lanieri for more information and to order your suit.

The suit in this feature was provided for review by Lanieri.
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  1. Romain G.22 November 2016 at 09:34

    Hello,
    I just add my 2 cents about Lanieri. I just received my second shirt, after a blazer and another shirt.
    The Ibieffe denim azzuro is beautiful, the shirt is superbly crafted and sized perfectly.
    I need to say that I had a previous shirt to adjust the measurements via the chat customer service.
    The initial measures were taken in Italy, in their showroom in Roma.
    I for sure will be a long term customer of them.
    And if you allow me, if you use the code MOXFUFU when you make a 300 euros+ order, you will get a 100 euros discount, anytime, for anything !

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