A family trade,
carried across
the Atlantic.
Seventy years on the same block, by the same hands.
John and Lina Cappelli came to America from Italy in 1956, both trained in the old tradition — chalk, shears, thimble, and iron. They opened a small shop in Wayne, and quickly became the tailors the Main Line's most discerning men and women came back to.
Ogni punto, ogni cucitura — ancora fatti a mano nella sala sul retro, come me l'ha insegnato mio padre. — Every stitch, every seam, still done by hand in the back room, the way my father taught me.
After John Sr. passed in 1986, Lina kept the shop running with their son, John Jr. Today John Jr. carries the craft forward — cutting, pressing, and fitting every garment himself, the same way three generations have before him.
Our clients are lawyers, doctors, brides, grooms, grandfathers — and men who have been coming to us since they were boys. Your measurements are in our book. Bentornato. Welcome back.