Architecture for the modern silhouette.
L'Atelier Vinchi · Maestro 001
Eight garments. Three mills. Two hundred of each. Designed to be worn until they cannot be worn, then mended, then worn again.
Maestro 001 — The 8 Pieces
Maestro Hoodie
480 GSM · Biella Wool-Cotton
Atelier Crewneck
380 GSM · Biella Loopwheel
Firma Tee
220 GSM · Porto Ring-Spun
Firenze Tee
280 GSM · Porto Heavy Cotton
Casa Hoodie
320 GSM · Biella French Terry
Strada Long Sleeve
260 GSM · Wakayama Loopwheel
Sigillo Tee
260 GSM · Porto Combed Cotton
Origine Tee
200 GSM · Porto Pima Cotton
The Process · Three Origins
01 · Japan
Where our loopwheel jersey is knitted on vintage circular machines that run at one-twentieth the speed of industry standard. The result is a fabric with no tension stress — softer with every wash, stronger with every year. There are fewer than thirty of these machines left in the world. We use seven of them.
02 · Italy
The alpine valley that has spun wool for European houses since 1663. Our heavyweight terry — used in the Maestro Hoodie and Atelier Crewneck — is a custom blend of merino and long-staple cotton, looped by a mill whose name we do not print. They have asked us not to. So we don't.
03 · Portugal
Portuguese cotton, ring-spun and combed twice. The reason a Vinchi tee holds its shape into the fifth year. Our partner mill — three generations old, still family-run — cuts and finishes every shirt by hand. We send back garments that fall outside one millimetre of spec. They never argue.
— A Manifesto —
We do not believe in seasons. We believe in garments worn until they cannot be worn — then mended, then worn again.
We do not believe in trends. We believe in the quiet that arrives when a thing is simply correct.
We do not believe in scale. We make two hundred of each piece. When they are gone, they are gone.
This is the only luxury we recognise: a garment that outlives the moment it was bought in.
— L'Atelier Vinchi · Maestro 001