The bespoke suit: for business, weddings and leisure
The bespoke suit at CICIPEEL®: how occasion, cut and fabric work together – from the business suit and the wedding suit to the double-breasted suit for leisure.
A suit that fits hardly draws attention – and that is precisely the point. If you don’t have to worry about sleeve length or straining buttons, you can concentrate on the meeting, the celebration or your day off. That is what the bespoke suit from CICIPEEL® is about.
The occasion comes first
Before we talk about fabrics, we talk about the occasion.
Business. A suit for everyday working life is worn often and has to stand up to a lot: sitting, travelling, long days. What counts here is a hard-wearing cloth and a cut that allows you to move.
Wedding. For your own big day, or as a guest, the suit may be more festive – in cloth, colour and details. Because the date is fixed, we plan the making of the suit around it from the very beginning.
Leisure. A suit does not have to be formal. Lighter cloths, softer shoulders, a jacket that can also be worn with a shirt and no tie, or with knitwear: that, too, is made to measure.
Classics, reimagined
The double-breasted suit is a classic of menswear. We like to combine traditional cuts with modern cloths and favour clean lines: little ornament, and a clean silhouette instead. The result is a suit that works at the office just as well as at a private occasion.
Measuring at 21 points
For the bespoke suit, we work with a 21-point measuring system. It helps to fit the suit to your body and your posture rather than to a standard size. The fitting adds the finishing touches: that is where the suit is adjusted until it fits.
Bring your own ideas
You have a clear idea but cannot find the right suit anywhere? Then bring your idea along – a sketch, a photo, a detail you like. Barbara Pluskat, the designer behind CICIPEEL®, will develop a design with you that suits you and the occasion.
How the making of the suit proceeds, step by step, is described in From the first conversation to the finished piece.
Revised version of three articles published in German on 28 August 2024 («Massgeschneiderte Anzüge für den modernen Mann: Exklusive Designs …», «… Perfekte Passform …» and «Teil 2: … im Einklang mit den neuesten Fashion-Trends …»). Merged and edited in Swiss Standard German. Removed: superlatives and comparisons without evidence («unique», «considerably more than conventional made-to-measure»), claims about trends and sustainability without evidence, and AI-generated illustrations that did not show the atelier. Translated from the German.
