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With contributions from more than 30 of Italy’s most creative fashion studios, designer Stefano Chiassai reimagines denim as a luxury material replete with untapped stylistic potential

Denim was first manufactured in the late 1800s as the fabric of choice for men who needed a sturdy uniform that could withstand the wear and tear of physical labor. In the years since, it has become a ubiquitous material in all manners of dress, including high fashion. In BlueTailoring, Italian fashion designer Stefano Chiassai traverses the landscape of menswear to find new potentials for the iconic blue fabric in the realm of luxury tailoring. Denim becomes “the object of cross-pollination,” a hybrid of materials and unusual techniques that incorporates elevated craftsmanship and new technologies. For this project, Chiassai enlisted the expertise of over 30 Italian companies, providing readers with a snapshot of the country’s most vibrant contemporary fashion studios and their cutting-edge designs. Together with these collaborators, Chiassai proposes his own unconventional interpretations of the most popular fabric on the planet.

Denim is a symbol of cultural globalisation. Democratic, versatile, resistant to the passing of time and to changing tastes and styles, it embodies rebellion and standardisation at the same time. Stefano Chassai, an established designer on the international scene, searches for new variations of the iconic blue fabric in the sphere of men's wardrobe: mixed with other materials and ennobled with unusual techniques, between craftsmanship and new technologies, denim leaves the casual universe to enter the field of tailoring, as the raw material for a new concept of elegance. The result is Blue Tailoring, the story of an ideal collection, a creative laboratory and manifesto of the stylist's poetics. With the collaboration of over 30 Italian companies, Stefano Chiassai tells his original interpretation of the most widespread fabric on the planet. The book is divided into 10 chapters in which the designer tackles different design methods and combinations of materials, exploring new concepts of form. It also includes an interview by Claudio Marenco Mores and critical texts by Paola Maddaluno, Bruno Casini, Antonio Mancinelli and Claudio Marenco Mores.

Text in English and Italian.