Kiton

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Country: Italy
Founded: 1968 1960s
Category: Clothing Bags Accessories Footwear Eyewear Fragrance Wallets
Related brands: Clothing brands founded in the 1960s Clothing brands from Italy

Overview

Tagline

The best of the best +1

Kiton is a luxury fashion house founded by Ciro Paone in 1968 in Arzano, near Naples, Italy. Centered on men’s tailored suits, it also offers jackets, shirts, ties, and other items, with handwork in its workshops and the pursuit of quality at its core. The brand’s philosophy is a relentless pursuit of quality that aims to go beyond even the “best of the best.” It also features the School of Haute Couture, aimed at nurturing future generations. KNT is an experimental line based on textile research.

Concept

the relentless pursuit of quality, striving to go beyond even the best of the best

Kiton characteristics

Main traits of Kiton

Luxury & heritage: Position in the luxury market and connections to fashion history and culture.
Polished & dressy: Clean silhouettes and polished, elegant dressing.
Minimal & basics: Minimal design and clean everyday staples.

Based on an analysis of 1,232 brands across 97 criteria, this chart shows the characteristics of Kiton relative to overall brand tendencies.

This chart does not define a brand’s expression or rank brands.

Related brands

Parent brands and sub-brands, ordered by founding year.

Related brands: 2 brands
Founded: 2009-2018

Year Brand Category Description

2009

SARTORIO NAPOLI

Sub-brand

Clothing

A derivative line that adapts the Kiton main line for everyday wear.

SARTORIO NAPOLI is a brand within the Kiton family, a line that reinterprets Naples’ tailo

SARTORIO NAPOLI is a brand within the Kiton family, a line that reinterprets Naples’ tailoring culture for contemporary life. Founded in Naples in 2009, it shifted in 2017 from a wholesale-focused model to sales centered on its own stores. Through soft-feeling materials and unstructured silhouettes, it adapts the advanced tailoring of the Kiton main line into a more practical and versatile form, taking on a role within the group as a classic style closer to everyday wear.

2018

KNT

Sub-brand

An urban activewear line that carries Kiton’s experimental spirit.

KNT, short for Kiton New Textures, is an official line built on Kiton’s precise tailoring

KNT, short for Kiton New Textures, is an official line built on Kiton’s precise tailoring techniques, with textile research at the forefront. Developed by third-generation members Mariano and Walter De Matteis, it expands tailoring into urbanwear informed by urban culture and architecture. With each collection, it revisits the rules of traditional tailoring and serves to connect sportswear and everyday clothing. In contrast to Kiton’s mainline formal tailoring, it is positioned as an experimental direction emphasizing material development, a sporty sensibility, and ease of wear.

2009 Sub-brand

SARTORIO NAPOLI

Clothing

A derivative line that adapts the Kiton main line for everyday wear.

SARTORIO NAPOLI is a brand within the Kiton family, a line that reinterprets Naples’ tailo