Italian Trabaldo Togna Merino Wool Suit — Left the Slipper

Costume homme Regal Alabaster en laine mérinos italienne Trabaldo Togna Estrato Super 120's. Montage semi-entoilé et extensibilité naturelle.

The midday sun caught in the unruly chestnut locks falling across his forehead. He stood beside the warm stone balustrade—a fine, sculpted profile, his gaze slightly lowered, an upright, unhurried posture, and ankles loosely crossed.
He wore a white suit tailored from Italian Trabaldo Togna Estrato merino—soft and matte, as if carved from alabaster, moving in rhythm with his breathing without a single strained crease, made for this terrace above the sea.

Again and again, his eyes drifted toward the white marble staircase descending into the manicured garden.
For a split second, he thought he caught a glimpse of her silhouette on the steps.
His gaze traced the railing and searched the far end of the terrace—no, just a trick of the light.
She wasn’t by the columns, nor in the gaps between the green branches.
He knew perfectly well she couldn’t be here, at this private reception—yet she still lingered in every turn of his head and every passing shadow.

He sank into a wicker chair, closed his eyes against the breeze, and let a crystal glass sway lazily between his long, calm fingers.

"Eric, you are remarkably far away from here today," said a woman in flowing silk as she paused beside him—the hostess of the villa, accustomed to noticing everything at her gatherings.

He opened his eyes, returning for a second from his thoughts, and instinctively touched the black bow tie he barely felt around his neck.

"Oh, yes… a wonderful day," he smiled back absently, though what stood before his eyes was not this sunlit terrace at all.

Instead, he saw a narrow street, the chime of a bell above the door of a small café, and the scent of freshly ground espresso.

Yesterday, it had all happened in a heartbeat.
She had darted out from behind a corner table far too quickly—endearing, slightly windswept, clutching an armful of papers—and collided with him right on the threshold.
Hot coffee splashed from her paper cup, leaving a dark stain across his navy jacket.

She froze, wide-eyed, before tumbling into a rush of breathless, tangled apologies.
Grabbing napkins from the counter, she tried to blot his lapel, pulled her hand back at once, and kept repeating, "I’m so sorry, I truly didn’t mean to, I’m hopelessly clumsy"—and in that genuine, unguarded fluster there wasn’t a trace of polished society pretense.

He had only laughed then and told her it was just clothes.
Yet she had watched him walk away for a long time, clutching the empty cup to her chest.

"You’ve been staring at that staircase all afternoon as if you’re expecting someone who isn’t on the guest list," the woman chuckled softly. "Is everything alright?"

He looked once more at the empty marble steps she was unlikely ever to climb, and let a faint smile cross his lips.

"More than alright. I just remembered a girl who spilled coffee on me yesterday."

"Ah, so that’s what it is!" his aunt exclaimed with a smile. "My dear, you already have the suit—you look every bit the refined prince. Only, pumpkins don’t grow in my garden."

Sartorial Specifications & Tailoring Details

Textile & Fabric Certification

• Fiber Composition: 100% Australian Virgin Merino Wool (pure, unblended superfine fleece certified under the Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) Gold Standard for natural breathability and thermal balance).
• Yarn & Weave Specification: Super 120’s worsted suiting spun with Trabaldo Togna’s signature high-twist yarn engineering, delivering up to 20% natural mechanical elasticity and instant crease recovery without a single gram of synthetic fiber.
• Fabric Weight: 290 g/m — substantial, opaque four-season suiting weight calibrated for crisp structural poise and fluid drape in bright daylight or evening venues.
• Quality & Mill Heritage: Imported Italian Estrato (TT1840) cloth (Art. LB002851), woven in Piedmont, Italy by Trabaldo Togna (established 1840) — renowned among bespoke ateliers for pioneering 100% natural-stretch worsteds.
• Colorway: Regal Alabaster.

Jacket Architecture & Construction

• Silhouette: Tailored Italian single-breasted silhouette featuring a subtly elevated waistline to elongate leg proportions, softly structured natural shoulders, and an anatomically contoured back panel.
• Internal Structure: Traditional Half-Canvas construction utilizing a floating natural horsehair and linen chest canvas. Provides a structured, adaptive drape that molds to the body over time.
• Lapel Architecture: Classic 9 cm notch lapel with a traditional boutonnière, ready for a flower or lapel pin.
• Lapel Roll & Pick Stitching: Unpressed, sculptural lapel roll framed by precision AMF edge stitching, capturing the subtle nuance of classic sartorial pick-work.
• Collar: Color-matched melton wool undercollar with a flexible gorge seam, preventing neck tension and hugging the collar line cleanly.
• Closure & Fastenings: Single-breasted two-button stance secured with genuine natural ox-bone buttons, each finished with hand-wrapped thread shanks for durability and tactile luxury.
• Sleeve Engineering & Cuffs: Two-piece ergonomic sleeves pitched to follow the natural curve of the arm, finished with functional four-button surgeon’s cuffs and operable buttonholes.
• Ventilation: Classic dual side vents engineered to preserve an unbroken, tailored back line whether standing or seated.
• Pockets: Sartorial curved barchetta-style chest welt pocket and tailored horizontal flap hip pockets.
• Interior Finishing: Fully lined in a high-density, anti-transparency stretch lining (94% Polyester / 6% Spandex; reinforced +30 g/m² weight) paired with a white-interfaced full-facing construction so the lining moves in sync with the Estrato wool while preventing show-through.

Trouser Tailoring & Ergonomics

• Cut & Silhouette: Clean flat-front straight-leg architectural cut with crisp vertical creases that visually lengthen the silhouette.
• Waistband Engineering: Sword-point extended waistband tab with a natural cream bone button closure and YKK zipper fly.
• Internal Grip: Interior waistband curtain lined with a continuous micro-textured anti-slip gripper strip to keep dress shirts securely tucked throughout the event.
• Pocket Styling: Dual streamlined front slant pockets and dual rear buttoned jetted welt pockets.