Corriere della Sera reported that Prince William had chosen Angelo Inglese, one of the firm's top tailors, after receiving the gift of a bespoke shirt from friends who had been on holiday in the area.
Sr. Inglese, who has inevitably been dubbed 'English Angel', told Affaritaliani, the news website: "It all started with his close friends who spend their summer holidays in Puglia. They are my customers and bought a couple shirts as a gift. From there, the idea of the shirt for the wedding."
"They gave my shirts to Prince William as a gift and then he asked me to design him a shirt for his wedding. He got the event manager to call me," added Inglese, who claims to include David Beckham and the Japanese prime minister among his high-profile clients.
The tailor described the royal wedding shirt as "classic but innovative and youthful at the same time." He said it would be very fitted, with rounded collar tips and a high wing collar, "that will make William look thinner."
All the buttons will be hidden, save for one which he said would be special and valuable. The shirt would feature a piqué bib and the rest would be in poplin, "cotton named after the Popes who used it for their elegant long gowns," according to Inglese. "The buttonholes will be hand-embroidered with thread of Scotland (lisle)".
A spokeswoman for Clarence House said the report was total speculation and that no details of what either Prince William or Kate would be wearing would be known until the day of the wedding.
It is not the first time Prince William has had an eye for Italian fashion. In one of the official engagement photographs taken by Mario Testino, he is wearing a cashmere sweater by the designer of de luxe menswear, Brunello Cucinelli, who is known as "the king of cashmere", and which was loaned to him by the photographer.
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