Serge
Weave: Batavia. It is a solid fabric with a diagonal effect obtained with worsted yarns.
Application: Suits and above all the classical blur blazer.
 
Grisaille
The name comes from the french "Gris", the grey colour.
Weave: Batavia. It is obtained with worsted yarns in a scalar pattern.
Application: Suits and Trousers.
 
Millerays
Weave: Levantine or Batavia.
Colour effects are obtained with 2 light threads and 2 dark threads in the warp.
Application: Jacket, Suits and Trousers.
 
Bound's-tooth Check
The french name, hen's foot, derives from the impression suggested by checks.
Weave: Batavia. The colour effect is obtained with four light threads and four dark threads in the warp with both woollen and worsted yarns.
Application: Jackets and Suits.
 
Chalk-Stripe
Fabrics with more or less spaced vertical stripes on a solid coloured ground.
Weave: Batavia and Twill.
Application: Suits.
 
Russion Twill
It derives from the casimir weave.
Application: Suits, Trousers, Jackets.
 
Prince of Wales
It is one of the most classical patterns of menswear. It is obtained with two or four light and dark threads both in the warp and the weft.
Weave: Twill.
Application: Suits and Jackets.
 
Bird's Eye
Weave: Specific with two light threads and two dark threads, worsted yarn.
Application: Suits.
 
Priest's Hat
It is called this way as it recalls the priests' tricorn hat of 1700.
Weave: A special weave called priest's hat on a Batavia base.
Application: Suits and Jackets. It is a classical for sports-jackets.
 
Herringbone
Broken diagonal lines with a change in direction.
Weave: Batavia. Application: Jackets and Suits.
 
Twill
It derives from the serge weave. Fabrics feature more or less striking diagonal lines depending on the colour contrast between warp and weft.
Application: Suits and Trousers.
 
Shepherd's Check
It is the classic symmetrical check obtained with the same number of warp and weft threads (698) repeated in different colour tones or contrasting colours.
Weave: Batavia and Plain Weave.
Application: Jackets.