The 10 Best Tailors in Milan (2026)

A. Caraceni is the largest and best known of the Caraceni tailors, and the fullest expression of the Milanese cut: a shoulder set slightly wider than the wearer's own, with a concave 'pagoda' line, a discreetly structured chest and wide peaked lapels with an olive-leaf tip. Augusto Caraceni, younger brother of the Rome tailor Domenico Caraceni, opened at Via Fatebenefratelli 16 in April 1946, after the war had closed his Paris atelier. His son Mario named the business after him in 1972. Since 1998 it has been run by Mario's daughter, Rita Maria Caraceni, and her husband, cutter Carlo Andreacchio, with their son Massimiliano. Clients have included Gianni Agnelli and Eugenio Montale. Prices are not published. It suits clients who want structured, formal Milanese tailoring.

Rubinacci is the Neapolitan firm with the firmest footing in Milan: a shop at Via Gesù 1, a few steps from Via Montenapoleone, with a bespoke salon at the back where clients choose fabric and are fitted, while the garments are made in Naples. Gennaro Rubinacci founded the business there as London House in 1932, and his son Mariano, who died in 2026, opened in Milan in the late 1980s. The jacket is soft and Neapolitan but a little longer and lower-buttoning than most from Naples, and Milanese and English shoulders are also offered. The firm's stock of vintage fabric is a draw in itself. It suits a client who wants Neapolitan bespoke and a broad ready-to-wear range without traveling south.

Musella Dembech is a small family workshop that pairs the lines of the Milanese suit with a lighter make. Francesco Musella trained in Caserta, then worked in Milan for Baratta, Giuseppe Colavito and Mario Donnini, where he made suits for Gianni Agnelli; his son, Gianfrancesco, now cuts. Jackets keep the high collar and leaf-shaped peak lapels of the Milanese tradition, with a padded shoulder narrower than A. Caraceni's and a roll at the sleeve head, and Gianfrancesco favors a double-breasted that fastens easily on its lower button. The Rake counted about 120 suits a year in 2020. Permanent Style gave it its artisan award in 2018 and put a two-piece at $6,400 in 2019. It suits clients who want Milanese lines without stiffness.

Zegna, the Piedmont wool mill turned menswear group, has cut and made bespoke suits by hand in Milan since 2017. Ermenegildo Zegna founded the business as a wool mill in Trivero in 1910; it introduced Su Misura made-to-measure in 1972 and in March 2017 opened a bespoke atelier on the floor above its Via Montenapoleone store, with a private entrance at Via Bigli 26. Clients come for measurements, two fittings and delivery about three months later, and choose from about 900 fabrics, most woven in Trivero. Robb Report gave a starting price of $13,500 in 2017. It suits clients who want a full bespoke wardrobe from one maker and value the fabric as much as the cut.

Cesare Attolini brings one of the founding names of Neapolitan tailoring to Via Bagutta, where its boutique takes bespoke and su misura orders. The company dates its line to 1930, when Vincenzo Attolini cut a soft jacket with a natural shoulder and the curved barchetta breast pocket; his son, Cesare, built the business in Casalnuovo from the late 1980s, and Cesare's sons, Giuseppe and Massimiliano, run it today. About 130 tailors work there, and Permanent Style found in 2026 that about half the tailoring output is bespoke or su misura, with collars and chests made by hand. Its bespoke jackets started at $8,600 in London that year. It suits clients who want a soft Neapolitan jacket fitted in Milan.

Prata & Mastrale runs its tailoring like a private club, a short walk from A. Caraceni, now on Via Appiani. Aldo Invitti di Conca, a Bocconi MBA from a Neapolitan noble family who spent 15 years in his family's toothpaste business, founded it in 2010. He is the patron, not the cutter: The Rake found five tailors, including one cutter, at number 17 in 2020, and Forbes Italia named the master tailor as Cristiano Zerboni. The jackets are made in Milan with a Neapolitan accent and a moderate, unpadded shoulder, and clients are received in a salon with a bar and armchairs. Prices are not published. It suits clients who want a softer made-to-measure suit and enjoy the social side of commissioning one.

Brioni is the Roman firm that staged the first men's fashion show, at Florence's Palazzo Pitti in 1952, and its Milan flagship on Via Gesù has tailors working on the premises. Nazareno Fonticoli and Gaetano Savini founded Brioni on Rome's Via Barberini in 1945; it opened a factory in Penne, Abruzzo, in 1959, and has belonged to the French group Kering, then called PPR, since 2011. The three-floor Milan store opened in 2014 with six full-time tailors and a floor for Su Misura, Brioni's made-to-measure service. Prices are not published; Gentleman's Gazette advised budgeting about $10,000 for made-to-measure in 2023. It suits clients who want a polished, fully canvassed suit from a major brand, fitted in Milan.

Isaia brings Neapolitan made-to-measure to Via Pietro Verri, a few steps from Via Montenapoleone. Enrico Isaia began in Naples in 1920 as a fabric merchant to the city's tailors, added a workshop making suits to measure, and in 1957 moved production with his brothers to Casalnuovo, where every garment is still made. Gianluca Isaia, of the family's third generation, runs the company, which had more than 300 employees in 2023. Jackets have a soft, unpadded shoulder, a high gorge and the curved barchetta breast pocket; Gentleman's Gazette notes a hand-sewn collar and buttonholes but calls it a factory suit. Made-to-measure is ordered in the boutique from about 800 fabrics, including vicuña. It suits clients who want a soft Neapolitan suit without the wait for bespoke.

Rocco Rinarelli is a veteran independent tailor who has made men's suits in central Milan for half a century. Born in Gerocarne, Calabria, he began sewing as a child, moved to Milan in 1960 and learned the trade in tailoring shops in the Ticinese and Cairoli areas. He opened his own business on Via San Giovanni sul Muro in 1974 and moved to Via Terraggio, near Cadorna, in 1989. When the Cinema Orchidea redevelopment forced him out in 2024, he took an unused space next door from the city and reopened at Via Terraggio 5, aged 82. He makes men's suits to measure in the traditional way for Milanese professionals and some foreign clients. It suits those who want an old-school tailor rather than a brand.

Casa Zaffarano is a made-to-measure atelier built around speed and service, in the courtyard of a neoclassical palazzo at Corso Venezia 40. Niccolò Zaffarano, who spent eight years at a large apparel multinational, founded it in 2023 and opened the Corso Venezia showroom in 2024. Clients choose fabrics from Italian and international mills and details down to lapels, thread colors and buttons. A suit takes four to six weeks, or about 20 days on an express service; one fitting is usually enough, and fully handmade garments take three or four. Wedding suits are listed from $1,100 to $3,800. It suits men who want a personal suit quickly and at a moderate price, rather than a traditional bespoke commission.