Solbiati fabric

Solbiati specializes in the production of more casual cottons and linens. Founded in 1874 in Busto Arsizio, Italy, the company quickly became known as the leader in linen textiles. Realizing that specializing in this niche, Solbiati grew by innovating the linen flax fiber using different weaving and finishing techniques. We've found their cottons to be equally impressive and present them as a luxury cloth for those wanting the best-draping cotton suit.

Harvesting fibre-flax involves pulling the entire plant around 30 days after the flowering stage—to preserve the longest possible fibres. Then the pulled stems undergo retting, where moisture and microbes break down the binding pectins so the bast fibers can be separated and processed into linen.