Tech Tailoring

What is Tech Tailoring?

Tech Tailoring represents the harmonious blend of traditional elegance and modern functionality. It's about choosing materials that accommodate both the sprint of a hurried cyclist and the poised appearance required of a businessman.

Technical performance

The core of the Tech Tailoring concept resides in the fabrics' hidden superpowers, designed to make your life easier: their technical performance.

You'll never think twice before putting on your clothes, because the answer will always be "yes": they're right for any situation.

  • Water Repellency

    These materials cause raindrops to run off their surface, preventing them from penetrating the weave. No umbrella? No problem.

  • Breathability

    These fabrics wick away perspiration as effectively (if not more) than the most breathable natural materials.

  • Stretch

    All our Tech Tailoring fabrics have stretch properties. But not all stretch is created equal. For maximum comfort, some fabrics are even more flexible than classic one-way stretch.

  • Easy Care

    The entire Tech Tailoring collection is machine washable at 30°C, quick-drying, and our wrinkle-free fabrics look almost impeccable after just a few hours of drying on a hanger.

Tech tailoring fabrics by

Takisada's story begins in 1864, when Sadasuke Taki moves from his native village in Japan to the city of Nagoya, and begins his career as a retailer of kimonos and fabrics.

More than 150 years later, Takisada continues its distribution business, currently employing 614 people.

Their vast collection of over 4,000 references offers avariety of innovative fabrics, whether wool, cotton or synthetic fibres, with a talent for anticipating trends and market changes.

  • High-Twist

    A highly breathable fabric, reminiscent of the breezy woolen fabrics typical of summer suits... with the additional perks of easy care and fast drying.

  • Micro-Houndstooth

    This micro-houndstooth pattern looks very similar to its classic wool counterpart. Although very lightweight, its thermo-regulating properties make it ideal for 4-season garments. It is also wrinkle-free.

  • Classic Twill

    A twill with a pronounced diagonal texture, whose robust appearance actually conceals a fabric that's fairly light and breathable.

Trabest Collection

Fabrics from the Trabest range are designed to provide the best properties of technical polyester while imitating the feel, elegance and look of classic wool fabrics. All our Trabest fabrics are:

• 100% polyester
• Bi-Stretch
• Machine washable

  • Linen Effect

    All the texture and colour variety of linen, with the added bonus of being easy to care for.

  • Jersey

    These luminous jersey fabrics give you all the ease and breathability you'd find in knitted jackets or trousers, but with more sheen, washability and comfort.

  • Water Repellent

    Arguably the sportiest of our Tech Tailoring fabrics. Their water-repellent properties can protect you from anunexpected downpour, while their Power Stretch properties offer a freedom of movement that will satisfy even the most physically active customers.

Coolmax® EcoMade All season

by Takisada Nagoya

If the philosophy behind Tech Tailoring is "Everything, everywhere, at all times", then fabrics with the CoolMax All Season technology may very well be its best representative. Developed by the textile company LYCRA, Coolmax ECO MADE technical fibres are designed to develop hyper-breathable, quick-drying fabrics made from 100% recycled polyester.

All Coolmax fibres share these basic technical performances, but their range also includes several sub-technologies with more advanced properties. These include Coolmax ALL SEASON fibres, used by Takisada, which offer even greater thermal adaptability, to create fabrics that keep you warm in cold weather, and cool when it's hot.

Chinos & trousers

by Takisada Nagoya

Tough tech tailoring fabrics can be used to imitate classic tailoring designs while adding a touch of performance, they’re just as well suited to contemporary designs with a more casual look, thus yielding hybrid styles that fulfill today’s quest for informal elegance.

  • Classic Chinos

    Made from Coolmax fabric, your chinos will look very similar to any garment-dyed cotton

  • Tech Chinos

    The real tech chinos take comfort a step further by adding a semi-elastic waistband and extra pockets with hidden zips.

  • The 5 Pockets

    The relaxed look of a pair of jeans, but with a different fabric. A look that is both classic and informal.

  • The Cargos

    The Cargo shape is inspired by military and workwear heritage.

  • The Jogpants

    By blending the visual codes of elegant trousers with a sporty drawstring and elastic waistband, these dressier jogpants have become a modern essential.