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Stitching Only · Italy

Stitching for your own fabric in Italy

If an unstitched suit is waiting in your wardrobe in Italy, perhaps brought back from Lahore, sent by family or ordered online, Stitching Only is how it becomes an outfit cut to your measurements. Your fabric travels to us in Pakistan, and the finished outfit comes back to you.

  • Made in Pakistan, shipped to Italy
  • 5 to 7 working days to make, plus shipping
  • Quote in EUR, USD or GBP
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From Italy

Stitching Only for Italy

You supply an unstitched suit or fabric, and we cut, stitch and finish it to your measurements.

Sizes, delivery and sending fabric from Italy: ordering from Italy.

Poste Italiane or a courier, after we confirm

Whether you send it through Poste Italiane or an international courier, start by sending us daylight photos of every piece, with the lengths if you know them; our guide to photographing fabric for a quote shows how. We check that the fabric suits the design you want and that there is enough, and agree how it should be sent. You book and pay for this first shipment yourself, unless your quote says otherwise.

Filling in the customs declaration

Pakistan is outside the EU, so your parcel needs a customs declaration. Describe it plainly, for example “two unstitched lawn suits, cotton”, state an honest value, and keep the receipt and tracking number. If you are sending several suits for different people, put each in its own bag with a name and the agreed design.

Planning around the seasons

In the north, order a winter suit before the fog sets in; in the south, a lawn suit before the heat. Your outfit is cut and stitched in 5 to 7 working days once the fabric has reached us and the quote is paid in full, and the return shipment to Italy comes on top of that. Tell us any date you are working towards, such as Eid, and the quote shows whether it looks realistic. If you would rather post nothing, Fabric + Stitching in Italy is the alternative.

How it works

Stitching Only step by step

  1. 01

    Photograph your fabric

    Send daylight photos of every piece, with the lengths if you know them, and tell us the design you want.

  2. 02

    We confirm it before you post

    We check the fabric is suitable and enough for your design, and agree how to send it to Pakistan, before anything goes in the post.

  3. 03

    You send it, we make it

    Once your fabric reaches us and your quote is paid in full, we cut and stitch it in 5 to 7 working days.

  4. 04

    Your outfit comes back

    The finished outfit is shipped to you as a second, separate delivery, with delivery and any import charges already in your quote.

  • Single pieces welcome

    One outfit is enough. No minimum bundle.

  • Full payment in advance

    You pay once you’ve approved your quote, before we cut anything.

  • 5 to 7 working days to make

    Production time only. Shipping is added on top.

  • Delivered worldwide

    Delivery and import charges are included in your quote.

Can you stitch fabric bought at an Italian market?

Yes, subject to fabric suitability and sufficient quantity. Cotton, linen or a light wool bought by the metre can all be considered; send photos and the length first.

Who pays for sending my fabric to Pakistan?

You arrange and pay for that first shipment, unless your quote says otherwise. Your quote covers the return of the finished outfit to Italy, with any import charges.

Softly wrinkled white cotton fabric in natural light

Ready when you are

Stitching Only delivered to Italy

Tell us what you want and your city in Italy. We reply with a written quote in euros, US dollars or pounds, whichever you choose, including delivery and import charges. Once you approve and pay in full, we make it in 5 to 7 working days.

No commitment until you approve your written quote.