Isaia
Italian menswear brand
Isaia is a Neapolitan tailoring luxury brand founded by Enrico Isaia in Casalnuovo di Napoli in 1920. The brand is recognized by its tiny red coral logo, which is a good-luck charm in Naples. The brand describes its clientele as "passionate, sophisticated, irreverent, eclectic and elegant."
Gianluca Isaia is the chief executive officer.
Stores
Isaia has monobrand stores in Naples, Baku, Bal Harbour, Beverly Hills, Capri, Chicago, Cyprus, Ekaterinburg, Hong Kong, Kuwait city, Kyiv, Las Vegas, London, Macao, Milan, Miami Bal Harbour, Moscow, Palm Beach, Ulaanbaatar, New Delhi, New York City, Riyadh, St. Petersburg, St. Moritz, San Francisco, Rome, Toronto and Tokyo.
History
Isaia was founded in Napoli by Enrico Isaia, who opened a fabric store for Neapolitan tailoring, and later a small atelier next to the store. In 1957, the brothers Enrico, Rosario and Corrado Isaia moved the business to Casalnuovo, a village near Napoli where tailoring was a large part of the economy, and Isaia became a men's tailoring company. Enrico Isaia died at age 84 on 7 March 2017.
Coral legend
In Naples, the mythical origin story of red coral is well known.
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