With the architecturally inclined Carlo Brandelli as creative director, Kilgour is revisiting the raw elements of Savile Row tailoring. Shirts came with architectural “stand collars” and fly fronts so the buttons remain invisible – “much purer,” Brandelli reasoned – while jackets exhibited asymmetric lapels and shawl collars in a very stylish lesson on geometry.
Looks ranged from a “stand shawl” jacket with the collar popped up to a luxuriously sporty 34-gauge merino wool “tracksuit” with a shawl collar and suit trousers. One jacket came in gray Alcantara — the fabric used for the seats in Aston Martin cars.
Brandelli’s take on eveningwear featured a contrast collar tuxedo waistcoat in a nod to old-school white tie, and a worsted wool jacket shot with subtle gold thread. This is tailoring for the tech generation.