Inside Men’s Fashion House Kiton, Home of the $9,000 Suit

In this week’s Lap of Luxury, we visit Italian fashion brand Kiton. Never heard of it? When it comes to men’s bespoke shirts and suits, Kiton is the best of the best plus one. In fact, that’s the brand’s motto. As the president of Kiton USA, Antonio Paone says in Italian: Il meglio del meglio piu uno. Kiton was founded in the 1950s in Naples, Italy, as a fabric merchant. In the 1960s, Antonio’s uncle, Ciro Paone, transformed the brand into a tailoring business.