The house

A tailor's ledger, not a fashion campaign.

CIVARA dresses Egyptian and Gulf professionals who already buy imported luxury and are quietly tired of paying duty on it. They read labels. They ask where a fabric comes from. They will pay for a piece that lasts eight years and will not pay for a logo. So the house opened with one garment instead of a collection, and will not add a second until the first is right.

Cairo — Autumn MMXXVI

Every angle of the only thing we make.

The Sceptre Crew with cream chinos, front.
The Sceptre Crew seen at three-quarters.
The Sceptre Crew from behind, cream chinos.
The Sceptre Crew with cream wide-leg trousers.
The Sceptre Crew at three-quarters, wide-leg trousers.
The Sceptre Crew from behind, wide-leg trousers.
Close detail of the ribbed cuff and the wordmark.

The yarn

Cotton spun a few hours from where it was picked.

Giza 87, long-staple, grown in the Nile Delta. Spun in Alexandria, plied with merino, knitted and linked in Cairo — the whole chain inside one country, most of it inside one day's drive.

87

Giza grade

03

Cities, one chain

01

Pieces in the run

00

Duty passed on

Art direction

A grey wall and an even light. The garment has to carry it.

No location, no props, no weather doing the work. One neutral ground, light broad enough that nothing is flattered and nothing is hidden, and the same four frames for every piece — front, three-quarter, back, seated. Skin texture, yarn slubs and the crease at the elbow all stay.

The crew collar and shoulder, seen close.
The wordmark above the ribbed cuff.
The crew collar worn at the neck.

Appointments

Zamalek, by appointment.

Fittings run Tuesday to Saturday. Bring the knit you wear most and we will size against it.

Request an appointment