Custom Clothing Delivered to Italy

Delivery to Italy: IVA, customs duty and courier fees

Your outfit is shipped from Pakistan to your address in Italy, and the delivery method and its cost are set out in your written quote, which also includes any import duties, taxes and customs or courier fees. Because the parcel comes from outside the EU, it passes through Italian customs, run by l’Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli, and the rules below are what apply to it.

The European Commission explains that since 1 July 2021 all goods imported into the EU are subject to VAT, which in Italy is IVA; it is paid either through the seller’s registration in the EU’s Import One-Stop Shop (IOSS) or when the parcel is imported. From 1 July 2026 the EU also applies a temporary €3 customs duty for each category of goods on low-value parcels worth up to €150 from outside the EU, until 1 July 2028, replacing the previous €150 duty exemption, as the Council of the EU confirmed. The courier that clears the parcel may add a handling fee of its own.

With us, the IVA, the flat EU duty and any courier handling fee are already included in your quote, so there is nothing extra to pay when your parcel arrives. If a courier ever asks you for payment on delivery, contact us before paying anything. We do not give tax advice; the Europe overview and our guide to ordering from Europe cover the same rules across the EU.

Italian sizes, centimetres and the words people search for

Italian size labels (taglie) are numbered differently from French, German and UK sizes, and they vary from brand to brand, so an Italian 42 tells us very little about how a kameez should sit on you. That is why we never work from a size label. Measure in centimetres with the size guide and our guide to measuring for a shalwar kameez; if your tape is in inches, that works too. Our dress size comparison explains why labels mislead.

In Italian, a dressmaker is a sarta and made to measure is su misura, so people looking for this kind of service in Italy often search for a sarta su misura or abiti pakistani su misura. The outfit itself is usually still called a shalwar kameez, while a kurta is often sold in Italian shops as a tunica.

From Milan to Rome: cities, climate and Eid

We have written guides for Milan, Rome, Brescia, Bologna, Florence and Turin, as well as Naples, Verona, Bergamo and Genoa, and ordering works in the same way from anywhere else in Italy.

Italy’s climate splits the wardrobe in two. Summers are hot almost everywhere, which calls for lawn and cotton cut loose (summer outfits for hot weather). Winters in the north, across the Po valley and at the foot of the Alps, are cold and damp, and that is when khaddar, karandi and marina earn their place (winter fabrics compared).

For Eid, start early and tell us your date, because Stitching Only means fabric travelling to Pakistan and the finished outfit travelling to you. The Eid outfit timeline and our guide to ordering made to measure from Italy help you plan, and when you are ready you can request a quote for Italy.

Abayas and kaftans, from Milan to Rome

We make abayas to measure for Milan, Rome, Bologna, Turin, Florence and the rest of Italy. Choose one of our abaya designs or send a photo, then pick nida, crepe or chiffon, any colour, an open or closed front and plain or embroidered work. If you are torn between the two fronts, open or closed compares how each one wears.

Kaftans are cut to your measurements in the same way, long and loose for a hot August in Rome or with sleeves for a cool spring evening in Milan. Maxi and evening dresses are made to measure too, and our tiered chiffon maxi dress comes in seven colours; day or evening helps if you are dressing for a night event.