The Made-to-Measure Approach: The Example of Rome Today

It so happens that local, regional or national particularities are generally linked to the historical and contemporary way of producing and acquiring garments. As such, a particular point in space, such as a city, can produce a diachronic series. So my study will concentrate on the city of Rome – where I was resident at the Villa Médicis in fashion design for a year – on the political, legal and diplomatic heart of Italy with a high population of politicians, government employees, lawyers and diplomats. In today’s world, these professions require suits and shirts that correspond to very precise codes and are worn by a multitude of working men.