Scabal is always raising the bar when it involves luxury and technical know-how. One of the more carefully guarded secrets is the procedure Scabal uses for incorporating gold into its fabrics. Now the luxury fabric producer has used the very latest techniques to incorporate platinum and 24-carat gold into a new fabric collection called “Treasure Box”.

The first Scabal cloth with gold was “Gold Treasure”, a fabric incorporating 22-carat gold, and was launched in 1999. The continuing demand meant the collection was re-launched in 2005 with new designs. Gold fever has obviously struck Scabal and they are now launching an ultra fine Super 150’s wool from an exceptional bale of Australian merinos wool in which precious metals are incorporated.

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Scabal worked with the London College of Fashion to interpret drawings Dali made for Scabal in the seventies. Several students have created a 3D interpretation of the masterpieces. The result and the new fabric collection are exhibited at following locations:

22/10 :
Moscou, Russia
14/11 > 15/11 :
Hotel Okura by Daimaru, Tokyo, Japan
22/11 > 05/12 :
Casa Frumoasa, Bucarest, Rumania
11/01 > 18/01 :
Harper&Fields, Augsburg, Germany

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Prestigious publisher Tectum’s latest work is dedicated to the most beautiful luxury ranges. Entitled Handmade, the book is available now, with a first print-run of 25,000 copies. Available in three languages and distributed worldwide in bookstores, galleries and via the Internet.

No less than 12 pages are dedicated to Scabal, alongside sections on Delvaux leather accessories, Santoni shoes, Steinway pianos and Glashütte Original watches.

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In close, respectful collaboration, the craftsmen of Scabal and Delvaux worked together to create perfectly finished bespoke designs in high quality fabric and leather. And that should come as no surprise. Scabal has been creating high quality men's suiting for over seventy years. Since the 1970s, they have been used in the House's own menswear collections and bespoke suits. Since 1829, Delvaux, the oldest fine luxury leather goods company in the world, has sold limited edition luxury leather goods.

You can see the result of this collaboration in the Delvaux shop in Antwerp, in Scabal's Savile Row shop in London, and through select VIP appointments in the Arsenal, the House Delvaux's heartquarters.

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Impression

Surface unevenness after garment pressing, usually around any areas of extra thickness such as pockets and seams.

Inlay

An extra piece of fabric in the garment’s seam, to allow for future alteration.

Interlining (Interfacing)

A layer of fabric inserted between the front and the lining of a jacket or coat. This gives stability, shaperetention and strength. The interlining can be sewn in or bonded by heat.

Iron

A hand tool used when pressing a garment. This is usually pointed at the front and square at the rear with a handle at the top so that a balanced grip may be obtained. Irons are generally heated by electricity butover many years alternative methods have included gas,steam, charcoal or a stove.

Inlay

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Jet or Jetting

(also known in Ireland as a Jeet) A narrow strip of fabric usually cut on the warp and then sewn parallel to the pocket opening, turned over and forming the pocket-mouth edge.

Jetted Pocket

A pocket normally found on the front of a jacket on which the edges are finished by the application of jettings (see above). This pocket often has a flap sewn between the jettings.

Jigger

The button sewn on the inside of the left front on a double breasted jacket or coat, which fastens through the buttonhole on the edge of the right front to support the fabric which forms the overlap of fabric on the front.

Jumper Press

A type of underpressing iron that is mounted on the end of a swing arm through which pressure can be applied by linkage to a foot operated pedal. Used for pressing open seams.

Jetted pocket