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The vast ‘envelope’ – the official term for the bag on a hot air balloon – measured over 22 metres in height"},{"url":"https://www.paulsmith.com/discover/stories/the-story-of-our-signature-stripe","quote":"Painted entirely by hand by a group of specialist artisans, the monumental mural took three expert painters five days to complete using 15 gallons of paint, who mixed each of the 40 shades by hand and eye."}],"hand_wound_colour_experiments":[{"url":"https://www.paulsmith.com/discover/stories/the-story-of-our-signature-stripe","quote":"\"We made them with something called windings, where you take a piece of card and a selection of yarns in different colours, then wind the yarn around the card to build up a series of stripes,\" Paul explains. \"Colour is three-dimensional and so by creating the stripes by hand you can see the colours at their most vivid.\""}],"40_colour_varying_width_construction":[{"url":"https://www.paulsmith.com/discover/stories/the-story-of-our-signature-stripe","quote":"The Signature Stripe is made up of an incredible 40 different colours. 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And so I started to research the idea of working with Italian factories, and I was privileged to be able to find some factories that were willing to work with young designers, in very small quantities."},{"url":"https://www.paulsmith.com/uk/discover/stories/the-road-to-italy","quote":"Paul Smith quickly began producing all of its suits in Italy – using Italian fabrics predominantly from the north-west of the country – followed by knitwear, shirts, shoes, and leather goods."}],"small_quantity_relationship_driven_production":[{"url":"https://www.paulsmith.com/uk/discover/stories/the-road-to-italy","quote":"I could find a little factory that would make 20 of this or 30 of that"},{"url":"https://www.paulsmith.com/uk/discover/stories/the-road-to-italy","quote":"I was privileged to be able to find some factories that were willing to work with young designers, in very small quantities."}]},"entry_sources":{"fine_needle_tailoring_shift":["https://www.paulsmith.com/uk/discover/stories/the-road-to-italy"],"small_quantity_relationship_driven_production":["https://www.paulsmith.com/uk/discover/stories/the-road-to-italy"]}},"competitive_pricing_landscape":{"title":"How this shirt's price stacks up against peers","entries":{"polo_ralph_lauren_bridge_to_luxury_gap":"A Polo Ralph Lauren striped cotton shirt appears at $274 CAD in the same market, while the Paul Smith is $475 — the $200 gap buys Italian production, a more exclusive brand cachet, and a playful multicolour stripe that no premium mall brand offers, making the step-up tangible for a buyer prioritising design distinction.","mainline_paul_smith_full_retail_price_band":"Current mainline Paul Smith cotton-poplin shirts list at £175–£275 on MR PORTER/Selfridges, meaning this shirt’s $475 CAD sits at the high end of that band — a premium over basic white poplin but consistent with the brand’s patterned statement pieces.","italian_manufacturing_below_the_800_threshold":"Despite sharing ‘Made in Italy’ production with luxury houses, this shirt’s $475 CAD undercuts numerous Italian-made competitors by a wide margin — Brunello Cucinelli cotton shirts launch above $1,000 CAD and Bode’s full-price shirting reaches $805, so the Paul Smith delivers the same origin and tailoring cachet without the accompanying four-figure ask.","signature_multicolour_pinstripes_vs_premium_competitors":"The shirt’s ‘signature multicoloured pinstripes’ provide an instantly recognisable Paul Smith design code that distinguishes it from a standard solid-stripe shirt at a similar price — comparable Italian-made patterned shirts from Etro and Prada carry full-retail prices of $510–$1,620 CAD, making this an accessible way to own a designer’s distinctive aesthetic."},"entry_quotes":{"polo_ralph_lauren_bridge_to_luxury_gap":[{"url":"https://www.stylight.ca/Item/Paul-Smith/Mens-Colourful-Pinstripes-Shirt-White--10465ac6-1783-51e2-b3d3-b65aae12f2f0/","quote":"Polo Ralph Lauren Striped cotton shirt White $274.00"}],"mainline_paul_smith_full_retail_price_band":[{"url":"https://www.lyst.co.uk/clothing/paul-smith-pinstriped-cotton-poplin-shirt/","quote":"Paul SmithCotton-Poplin Shirt - 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