Product Update
The Kyoto Project
We've Levelled Up!
All of us at the Cloakroom are thrilled to announce an exciting new chapter in our tailoring story. After 8 years of working with a very skilled team of tailors in Japan, we’ve updated how our suits are made. After almost 2 years of discussions, we are very honoured to have received an invitation to work with one of Japan’s most revered tailors, located just outside Kyoto. To commemorate this new collaboration, our full ownership group traveled to Japan in December last year to formalize this new partnership.
What has Changed?
As well as a new team of tailors making our suits, we have in the last 2 years gone through a process of rigorous analysis to identify key areas of improvement that we wanted to make to our proprietary pattern—a process we called the ‘Kyoto Project’. The result of this is a jacket that has been refined with several pattern changes, while our pants pattern has been fully reworked from scratch.
The DNA of our jacket remains intact (rotated shoulders, high lapel, open quarters, etc.), but now incorporates a more balanced fit, especially noticeable through the shoulders and chest. In Australia and Canada, we see a lot of clients with a strong shoulder and front chest profile, and these changes allow us to accommodate this more precisely than we could previously. As well as this, the pattern’s geometry across the hips and vents has been changed for an even cleaner fit.
Defined by Impossible Lightness
Our new tailoring partner’s expertise also allows for our jacket to be now made in a lighter construction, creating an unbelievable drape and softness that we’ve always aspired to have. Our team were in awe of the skilled handwork and superior craftsmanship on display, resulting in more artisan details. On top of this, our process now includes a new level of ‘iron work’ during the construction of the jacket, resulting in a more 3-dimensional fit to maximize comfort and movement—a feat that can only be achieved through the expert manipulation of heat and steam.