Neapolitan tailoring is defined by softness — light construction, unpadded shoulders, a jacket that moves with the body. That same spirit reaches the breast pocket. Instead of a straight, severe welt, the barchetta curves gently upward at its ends, like the hull of a small boat. The name says exactly what it is: barchetta, ‘little boat.’

The curve is subtle — a few millimetres of rise — but it changes the whole character of the chest. It is softer, more relaxed, unmistakably hand-made. Set above a soft shoulder and a rolling lapel, it completes the southern Italian silhouette.