Naples - custom tailor Tofani

Naples, a Haven of Hand Work by Suzy Menkes

In a basement room on a street where motor bikes and honking horns drown out even the insistent church bells, Davide Tofani is working on a typical Neapolitan soft jacket. “When I make a suit, it is like shaping a second skin of my customer,” the tailor says. “I cannot imagine making a suit without knowing the body that will use it.”