Materials Guide

Cotton lends itself perfectly to casual elegance pants. This beautiful fiber has an extremely soft, plush feel and a beautiful luminosity. Our selection from renowned drapers is of the highest quality, a luxury in ready-to-wear.

Maintenance:

Our cotton fabrics are designed to be machine washable. They do not fear water, however to avoid shrinking of the material, do not use too hot programs (above 30°) with too strong spinning (1000 turns and more), prefer gentler programs that respect the garment. Don’t use a dryer if you don’t want to end up with shorts!

Wool, a natural fiber par excellence, has accompanied Man for thousands of years. Renowned for its warmth in winter, it keeps just as cool in summer. Indeed, wool is especially thermoregulating, ideal for hot weather as well as cold winters.

Wool is the essential material for tailors, it is historically worked with a hot iron and cooked to take the desired shape.

You will find it declined in flannel for the winter and in fresco for the summer!

Maintenance:

Dry cleaning is highly recommended for wool pants. However, it should not be done often: only once a year, or even less! A simple ironing with steam at home or at the dry cleaner is enough in most cases to remove odors, bacteria and to give a good behaviour to the pants.

Tweed is a carded wool fabric. It has a characteristic weave that was popularized by Irish weavers. The particularity of tweed is its small colored and irregular grains, discreetly mottled. It is the flagship material of the winter.

Maintenance:

Dry cleaning is highly recommended for wool pants. However, it should not be done often: only once a year, or even less! A simple ironing with steam at home or at the dry cleaner is enough in most cases to remove odors, bacteria and to give a good behaviour to the pants.

Wool flannel is the queen of mismatched pants. Its mottled texture is ideal with dress pants or a sweater, in addition to an elegant loafer or ankle boot.

Maintenance:

Dry cleaning is highly recommended for wool pants. However, it should not be done often: only once a year, or even less! A simple ironing with steam at home or at the dry cleaner is enough in most cases to remove odors, bacteria and to give a good behaviour to the jacket.

The 100% cotton heavy moleskin is perfect for leisure and relaxation pants. This beautiful heavy cotton is woven then shaved to obtain a suede effect, well known for its softness and strength.

Maintenance:

Cotton is not afraid of water, so these pants are designed to go through the machine, however to avoid shrinkage of the material, do not use programs too hot (above 30 °) with spinning too strong (1000 turns and +), prefer programs more gentle and respectful of the garment. Don’t use a dryer if you don’t want to end up with shorts!

Corduroy, normally, is always made of cotton. So it’s a bit stiff. Loro Piana, the great Italian draper that can only be found in the best tailors, has proposed this sublime blend, with 10% wool. This particularity brings suppleness, warmth, and an exceptional shine. What a pleasure to be able to propose season after season the most pleasant fabrics. We have selected some timeless and easy to coordinate colors. A velvet pants out of the ordinary and very luxurious!

Maintenance:

Dry cleaning is highly recommended for wool pants. However, it should not be done often: only once a year, or even less! A simple ironing with steam at home or at the dry cleaner is enough in most cases to remove odors, bacteria and to give a good behaviour to the pants.

Whipcords are solid twills that embody the British tradition and are suitable for both city and country living. The prominent diagonal ribbing gives the sheets great depth and a very elegant sheen.

Maintenance:

Dry cleaning at the dry cleaners is highly recommended for wool pants. However, it should not be done often: only once a year or less! A simple ironing with steam at home or at the dry cleaner is enough in most cases to remove odors, bacteria and to give a good behaviour to the pants.

Cashmere is a fine and very soft fiber that is obtained from the cashmere goat. Like wool, depending on the weave, cashmere fabric adapts to the different seasons. Its softness makes it a luxury fabric that we like to mix with other materials to combine the benefits.

Silk is like the cashmere of summer! This material is not slippery unlike synthetic fibers and brings softness to the mix. Indeed, silk mixed with other materials brings shine, for a more elegant and rare side!

The word seersucker can be translated into French as crépon de coton. In fact, the colored threads are stretched in the loom while the perpendicular threads are inserted in the weft. When the sheet is released, the colored ribs ripple. This ‘opens’ the weft of the fabric, making it very airy. A must-have for summer.

Maintenance:

Cotton is not afraid of water and therefore is studied to pass in machine, however avoid the too hot programs (above 30 °) with too strong spinning (1000 turns and +), prefer softer programs to avoid that the material shrinks!

We choose linen from drapers for its lightness with barely any weight. It is ideal for the warm seasons. So the pants fall well and have hold. The more you wash the pants, the softer and more comfortable they become. Linen is a fabric that ages well. There is another advantage, it dries very quickly which makes it very pleasant in summer.

Maintenance:

Linen is not afraid of water and can therefore be machine washed. However, to avoid the shrinkage of the material, do not use too hot programs (above 30°) with too strong spinning (1000 revolutions and more), prefer gentler programs that respect the garment. Do not use a dryer if you do not want to end up with shorts!

Next to the super fine wools with suits, V.B.C.’s small cold wool collection has a slightly mottled texture reminiscent of the best winter fabrics. A sort of summer flannel, with a wide open texture to let the air through.

Maintenance:

Dry cleaning is highly recommended for wool pants. However, it should not be done often: only once a year, or even less! A simple ironing with steam at home or at the dry cleaner is enough in most cases to remove odors, bacteria and to give a good behaviour to the pants.