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" FLORENCE \u2014 It&amp;#039;s remarkable how in just a few stands at Pitti Uomo \u2014 provided you pick the right stands, of course \u2014 you can get a clear picture of what is emerging in high-end menswear. Neapolitan brand Isaia, known for blending exquisite handmade luxury with highly personal ideas about color and pattern, is one of them. Color was instantly in the vanguard, with Isaia leaning toward plum, damson, wine, and other rich, autumnal shades. Suits had the requisite next-to-nothing-there structure for which Neapolitan tailoring is so well known, but also a certain hard-to-pin-down nostalgia and elegance. (Think the Duke of Windsor&amp;#039;s highly personal dandyism, with, perhaps, something a bit Boardwalk Empire about it.) Wine-red picnic check shirts, deep plum ties, and double-breasted plaid suits made using the more robust English cloths from Yorkshire, a longstanding amore for Naples makers. &amp;quot;We have to provoke interest in men and encourage them to go out and take risks,&amp;quot; said Gianluca Isaia, owner and creative thinker behind the brand (pictured after the jump, along with more fine suiting). &amp;quot;If you just give them the same old thing, they will not bite. I think men are ready for something interesting again.&amp;quot;  Click here for live reports from Fashion Week in Florence, Milan, and Paris...or follow @ESQStyle on Twitter. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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