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Business suits are worn hard, and a good one hangs as cleanly on Friday evening as it did on Monday morning. Wool manages it, given a day's rest between wears.
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Three suits for a working year

Navy and grey come first, and no office will question either. The third can carry more character, a check perhaps, or a dark green flannel that looks nothing like the other two. Green can be the best suit in a creative studio and conspicuous in a conservative one.

A pinstripe shows every lazy seam, and a check has to line up wherever two pieces of cloth meet. For a navy check we go to Vitale Barberis Canonico, whose cloth cuts true. A register from 1663 records its first known sale, a length of grey twill for the Duke of Savoy, and thirteen generations later the family is still weaving in the Biella Alps. When crisp English worsted feels too stern, we turn to Fratelli Tallia di Delfino in the village of Strona, whose cloth is softer in the hand than its weight would suggest.

Your initials can go in the lining, where nobody across the table will ever see them. When the diary leaves no room for Redfern, a video appointment works from your desk, in any time zone.