If you're based in the United States and interested in bespoke tailoring, here are some tailors that are visiting various US cities in the next month or two. The first is Sartoria Solito, a small, family-owned bespoke tailoring business run by a father-and-son team (Gennaro and Luigi). Broadly speaking, Neapolitan tailoring differs from its British and American counterparts in two ways. It's much softer across the shoulder than British tailoring, which means there's less padding. This not only makes the jackets physically more comfortable, but it also results in a more casual, natural silhouette. Additionally, whereas classic American tailoring doesn't have a front dart—which results in straight sides—Neapolitans use an extended front dart that goes from just under the breast pocket to the hem. This makes their coats much more shapely than what you'll find at J. Press (a classic Ivy Style clothier). You can see this in the images above. A Solito jacket typically only has a 1.5 ply pad across the shoulder. Consequently, the jacket ends up following the wearer's natural shoulder line. At the same time, the jackets are quite shapely—just a touch of fullness in the chest combined with a nipped waist and a skirt that hugs the hips. I find their jackets to be magically slimming—a bit more "youthful" than a drape-cut British jacket but not overly trendy or slim-fit. Luigi, the son who travels for these trunk shows, will be visiting New York City next week. He will also be in Los Angeles and San Francisco sometime in October (possibly November). You can contact him for details. For contrast, Steven Hitchcock is a British tailor who specializes in what's known as a "drape cut" (although his jackets have less drape than other tailors who specialize in this style, such as Steed and Redmayne). Hitchcock has some personal connection to the style: his father, John, was the head cutter at Anderson & Sheppard for many years, and Anderson & Sheppard is the most famous tailoring house for this type of silhouette. The term drape cut refers to a specific method of cutting and making. In the early 20th century, Dutch-English tailor Frederick Scholte noticed that the chest on a Guard's coat would puff out when he belted up the waist, making the wearer underneath look very muscular and masculine. So he built this silhouette into his patterns. The drape cut has a bit of fullness in the chest, which results in excess fabric "draping" near the armhole. It's also typically combined with a "soft English" shoulder—softer than what you'll get from military tailors such as Gieves & Hawkes, but not as soft as what you'll find in Naples. You can see this silhouette on my friend Andy in the smaller photo above (although this specific suit doesn't show the drape effect well. And in any case, Steven cuts a slightly less drape-y coat than other drape tailors). But you can see how it results in a more traditional English look. Steven also made the vicuna polo coat you see on King Charles above. If you've ever admired a photo of Cary Grant, you probably want to use this tailor. He will be in New York City and Washington later this month, then returning in February. As always, I don't get anything from announcing these trunk shows. I only do them because I love this craft and would like to see independent businesses survive in what's a very difficult industry. If you have any questions, please contact the tailors.