Italian menswear pioneer Alfredo Corneliani founded his brand, Corneliani, in the 1930s in Mantua, Italy. In 1958, his sons Claudio and Carlalberto opened an S.p.A in the same name that allowed the brand to expand internationally and solidify themselves as an Italian fashion house. They were one of the first brands to create sportscoats with a removal vest piece and continue their refined innovation by still developing their own fabric in Biella, Italy with all designs being created in the same Mantua factory they used nearly 100 years ago.