cerruti
Lanificio F.lli Cerruti S.p.A. was founded in 1881 in Biella, the cradle of the Italian textile tradition, by brothers Stefano, Antonio and Quintino Cerruti, who came from a long line of textile devotees dating back to 1700. The company expanded steadily over time and from the second postwar period focused production exclusively on the highest quality fabrics. Since 1951 the woollen mill, with a workforce today of around 400 – is run by Nino Cerruti today, after 40 years as a major fashion label, has transferred his own experience into the collection of fabrics for Men, Women and Parcour intended for a more discerning and fulfilled clientele.
Preziosi
This family contains the best of the elements produced and processed that together strive for perfection and link tradition and modernity through the luxury of fabric.
These are fabrics woven from super-precious compositions of Vicuña in various weights (planned this season also for more casual use), flannel and worsted attire in pure Cerruti cashmere.
In this context, there are also super-fine wools in the 180’s and 210’s variants for the perfect tailored artire.
iParty
Lanificio F.lli Cerruti has interpreted the world of the special occasion and event with elegance and expertise.
Combinations of precious and natural fibres, plays of weaves and chintz finishing, which the company excels in, are the elements which convey the fabric luminousness and pleasure.
It is the family of ceremony, of the evening, of special and unforgettable moments. It is the place for dreams and magic.
ALPACA
The Lanificio f.lli Cerruti keeps supplying the most important tailors worldwide with top quality fabrics. The best Peruvian vicuna, the cashmere from Inner Mongolia and the finest Australian wools are merged to weave extremely precious fabrics.
With their unique feel and sophisticated look the fabrics are obtained through state of the art dyeing and finishing techniques that enhance their value. The Firm’s travel through the world’s finest fibers started as far back as the ‘50s, when Cerruti imported the first lots of raw materials still totally unknown in Europe, and continues to this day with the exclusive Alpaca Suri, a refined material for connoisseurs.
Coming from Perù and considerably rarer than the more common Alpaca Huacaya, the Suri fiber is richer, longer and softer, has a full feel and looks definitely like fur. These features got Alpaca International Association to choose Lanificio f.lli Cerruti as Partner for 2015.
MOHAIR
The Lanificio f.lli Cerruti keeps supplying the most important tailors worldwide with top quality fabrics. The best Peruvian vicuna, the cashmere from Inner Mongolia and the finest Australian wools are merged to weave extremely precious fabrics. With their unique feel and sophisticated look the fabrics are obtained through state of the art dyeing and finishing techniques that enhance their value. The Firm’s travel through the world’s finest fibers started as far back as the ‘50s, when Cerruti imported the first lots of raw materials still totally unknown in Europe, and continues to this day with the exclusive Alpaca Suri, a refined material for connoisseurs.
Coming from Perù and considerably rarer than the more common Alpaca Huacaya, the Suri fiber is richer, longer and softer, has a full feel and looks definitely like fur. These features got Alpaca International Association to choose Lanificio f.lli Cerruti as Partner for 2015.
Nobility 150’s AAAAAA
It is the family that has allowed to cross the limit and produce emotions less and less common and more and more dense, to enrich the extraordinary everyday life and dreams, excitement and sophistication. The letter A, according to the ancient fiber qualification method, refers to the length, the brightness and color of the fiber.
The sheeps of the region of Queensland in Australia that produce the wool category AAAAA* wear throughout their life a cloak to protect their valuable fleece from the aggression of sun and rain. The combination of high technicality and craft experience constitutes the glue of this system, built around important values . The search for sweet and luxurious sensations between reality and pleasure, the consistent application of subjectivity, the genuine desire of differentiation are the needs to which the Luxury product responds.
*The AAAAA system is an index associated with a quality of wool that denotes the fineness of the fiber and gives strength and beauty to a tissue. As the index is high as the fiber is fine.
PRESTIGE
Its fineness below 18 microns and its hand full of passionate impulses make this article the archetypal of Tailored Cerruti’s world.
The exasperated research in the yarns used is a multi-faceted and versatile proposal, where, thanks to the good performance and poor creasivity make it a good traveling companion.
A sleek and comfortable fabric but that does not give in to compromises in his sartorial soul.
CASHMERE
The Lanificio Cerruti has interpreted the exclusiveness of Cashmere with a wide range of colours, where blends and contemporary tones go side by side with traditional shades for a unique and thrilling proposal.
Natural, contemporary treatments, tradition and innovation for Cerruti cashmere.
Soft and intangible, dyed with natural dyes for the 100%Bio version, it is the first fabric to be certified by Tessile e Salute (Textile and Health) as being entirely ecological.
Cotton and silk blended with cashmere, lightness and luxury accompany the Cashmerelight proposal where inspiration and taste find the highest expression in style. Coats and refined jackets complete this innovative family, rich in tradition.
OXYGEN
Born in the creative laboratories of Lanificio F.lli Cerruti, Oxygen is a collection developed exclusively for the world of jackets.
Our proposal is unique due to the color range as well as designs. The combed yarns allow the creation of fabrics perfectly adapted not only for tailored jackets but for unlined coats as well; more innovative and unusual.
Our finishing techniques offer a collection of fabrics with a traditional flavour but with a modern feeling or hand; perfect for a contemporary jacket.
