Pal Zileri
Italian tailoring from Vicenza since 1980 — formal and smart menswear, named for a palazzo.
Pal Zileri was created in 1980 by the Forall tailoring company in Vicenza, its name evoking Palazzo Zileri, a building in the city's historic centre. The house makes formal and smart-casual menswear — suits, jackets, and coats — in the Italian sartorial tradition, cutting and constructing garments from cloth often woven by specialist mills.
Vicenza, 1980.
Pal Zileri was created in 1980 by the Forall tailoring company in Vicenza; the name evokes Palazzo Zileri, a building in the city’s historic centre. The house makes formal and smart-casual menswear — suits, jackets and coats — in the Italian sartorial tradition.
As a maker, Pal Zileri cuts and constructs the garment; the cloth is frequently woven by the great Italian mills.
The marks of the house.
- 01Vicenza tailoringCreated 1980 by the Forall company; suits and jackets in the northern-Italian sartorial tradition.
- 02Formal to smartA range from full formal tailoring to lighter, softer smart-casual construction.
- 03Made in ItalyCut and constructed in Italy.
- 04The nameDrawn from Palazzo Zileri, a building in the historic centre of Vicenza.
"A suit takes its name from a palazzo and its make from a workshop — both are Vicenza."— Anemoia Vestiaire, on Pal Zileri
Who made it, and who wove it.
As a tailoring house, Pal Zileri cuts and constructs the garment — the cloth itself is often woven by a specialist mill. A “Pal Zileri coat in Loro Piana cloth” means Pal Zileri made the coat and Loro Piana wove the fabric: two different kinds of excellence, and two different names doing two different jobs on the same label.
Why vintage Pal Zileri
is worth it.
Italian construction of this kind ages well, and a well-kept piece in fine mill cloth carries a hand that is expensive to reproduce today — a make you can read in the shoulder and the canvas before you read anything else.
Pal Zileri in the archive.
About Pal Zileri.
Where does the name Pal Zileri come from?
The name evokes Palazzo Zileri, a building in the historic centre of Vicenza. The house itself was created in 1980 by the Forall tailoring company, based in that same city in northern Italy.
What kind of menswear does Pal Zileri make?
Pal Zileri makes a range from full formal tailoring to lighter, softer smart-casual construction — suits, jackets, and coats in the northern Italian sartorial tradition, all cut and constructed in Italy.
Does Pal Zileri weave its own cloth?
No — as a tailoring house, Pal Zileri cuts and constructs the garment, while the cloth itself is frequently woven by a specialist Italian mill. A 'Pal Zileri coat in Loro Piana cloth' means the two houses each contributed their own expertise.
Is vintage Pal Zileri a good buy?
Italian construction of this kind ages well, and a well-kept piece in fine mill cloth carries a hand that is expensive to reproduce today. Vintage lets you own that level of make with its condition described plainly.