Perfection is often fundamental, essential to the object at hand. This is the method behind Scabal, a company that creates some of the worlds most inventive fabrics. While the brand does offer its own made-to-measure line, the business essence has not strayed from its founding. The cloth they manufacture remains the highest quality extant. Creating 30 to 40 new designs each season for a total inventory of nearly 5,000 different varieties of fabric, Scabal requires the finest raw materials, and its collections reflect such selectivity. Since the 1960s, the company has maintained its reputation as an unparalleled master in the manufacture of one-of-a-kind illustrious fabric. Employing only the skilled, the well-taught, this is not your average textile mill. Every sequence in a fabrics construction requires a specialist close-at-hand, but the constant inspection of each creation comes as no surprise to those whove seen the final work. With components ranging from distinctive cashmere to incorporated diamond fragments, these fabrics embrace fanciful and costly details while maintaining a discreet elegance. Nothing is overdone. Muted colors balance opulence, and Scabals advanced technology assures that its products are more than just extravagant fabric. Distinguished, these designs become the underpinnings of sartorial finesse. The first to create worsted vicua for suiting, Scabal weaves the most delicate wool, both rare and beautiful. The filaments which compose it have a hollow nature which makes vicua remarkably warm, yet extremely fragile. The resulting fabric is left untreated in order to preserve the sensitive wool. Accordingly, the material maintains its natural range of color, from a warm gray to a rich mahogany. Exclusive to the Andes Mountains, the fiber is shorn from the vicua, a relative of the llama and believed to be the wild ancestor of the domesticated alpaca. These slender, golden animals generally produce just 500 grams of wool each year, yet theyve long been the stuff of legend, an Incan myth. Their fleece has always been highly regarded, dangerously so, as the popularity of vicua wool nearly resulted in the animals extinction in 1825. Applying the most sophisticated and well-guarded techniques, Scabal also offers a line of Treasure Box fabrics, which blend a variety of precious metals with high-grade wool. The collection provides fourteen different designs. The most notable of which offsets gold and platinum flecks against deep-blue wool. A pinstripe of ultra-thin, 24-karat gold elegantly denotes reserved indulgence. Yet the most impressive of Scabals fabrics is also the most subtle. Referred to as Diamond Chip, the fabric is surprisingly demure. Only a slight sheen gives away its glamorous nature, the result of diminutive diamonds spread throughout a Super 150s variety of wool before the spinning process begins. Deserving of special attention, the fabric is manufactured at Scabals own English weaving mill in Huddersfield and is supplemented with silk. The final product is exceptionally comfortable, notwithstanding the interwoven diamond fragments, and is the ideal suiting material for the accomplished man. For the coming season, Scabal seeks a more casual appeal than has been found at the formal runway shows of the past year. As an alternative, they have incorporated strong colors into their fall and winter collections. Relaxed greens, decadent burgundies, and dark violets introduce contemporary hues and vibrant elements into a collection that is sure to provide a much needed escape from the traditional holiday ensembles. As a modern alternative to wool, the companys recent Colorado line weaves superfine cotton for the ideal informal blazer. The companys made-to-measure line also looks for a gentler alternative to the stiff suit. Their soft jacket boldly omits shoulder pads, emphasizing a natural fit.
