Kiton

Kiton is a company of the textile industry in the luxury segment, which specializes in custom tailoring. It was founded in 1956 by Ciro Paone and Antonio Carola in Naples. The company's actual name is " Ciro Paone SpA ". The company, however, usually occurs under the brand name " Kiton ". This name comes from the Greek chiton. The brand was launched in 1968. The company is headed by Paones nephew, Antonio De Matteis.

History

Company founder Ciro Paone comes from a Neapolitan cloth merchant family and was already working at a young age in the family business with. In 1956 he founded his own company. Followed in 1968 by the market transition from Kiton.

Economic structure and management

Kiton is a corporation. In 2011, a turnover of 80 million euros. The Chief Executive Officer, ie the managing director, the company is Antonio De Matteis. Antonio Paone is responsible for Kiton USA. Both are nephews of the co-founder Ciro Paone.

Suits

The company produced about 20,000 suits in 2007. Kiton has 330 Schneider.

There are two lines for made ​​suits:

  • The classic line with suits 7000-8000 Dollar
  • Introduced in 2010, the CIPA 1960 line with suits from $ 5,500, which focuses on narrow, contemporary cuts.

Tailor-made suits cost range in price from 13,000 to $ 56,000 for the " K -50 " line, whose name stems from the labor hours per unit and the number manufactured copies per year.

Other products

Kiton shirts are also hand- processed and cost about $ 1,000. Sunglasses, pants and jeans are also offered. The perfumes of Kiton are trademarks of The Estée Lauder Companies.

Branches

Kiton has branches in Azerbaijan, China, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Ukraine, the United States, the United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan. Kiton is also available at certain retailers such as Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue or Degand.

Schneider school

Ciro Paone founded near the Kiton factory in Arzano, a suburb of Naples, a tailoring school. The only " machines" that are used, are needles, sewing rings and scissors.

Types of business entity Chiton (costume)
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