Mammini
Mammini is an Italian tailoring house specializing in equestrian wear, situated in Via del Corso in Rome. It was founded in the mid-nineteenth century by Attilio Mammini, who was tailor to Giuseppe Mazzini.
During this period, tailoring ateliers did not yet produce clothing suitable for horse riding. The change came about in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when a new way of mounting horses was adopted and the stirrups shortened. As a result the leg was more bent in the saddle and pants needed to be fuller. Pericle Mammini, Attilio’s son, decided to redesign riding trousers to improve the rider’s bearing.
Taking the advice of Prince Odescalchi, in 1929 the family opened another atelier in Rome, close to Piazza Santi Apostoli. Up until the 1940s, it was popular with cavalry officials and also supplied the House of Savoy. Mammini’s fame was based on his tailoring expertise and his choice of luxury textiles. Baggy pants were made with covercoat and cavalry twill for winter, and cotton and suede fustian for the summer, a procedure that continues to this day although demand is much reduced.
Gary Cooper, passing through Rome, ordered pants made of French leather and several jackets. Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor were also esteemed clients, as was the Iranian Empress Soraya, who ordered Amazonian outfits. The atelier served champions and gentlemen riders, such as the brothers Piero and Raimondo D’Inzeo and Graziano Mancinelli. To this day, it is one of the few workshops able to make bespoke jackets for equestrian competitions and fox hunting.
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