NILE WOOL
The house

From the shop floor to the source

Open swatch books of navy and grey suiting on a table
  1. At fifteen

    Ali Hajjo starts in the family business. Cloth was in the room before it was a career.

  2. Retail

    In the suit shops he learns which cloth customers reach for and come back to.

  3. 2023

    Summers inside a suit factory, and studies in Barcelona.

  4. 2024

    Buys cloth from Drapers in Bologna and becomes their agent in Egypt.

  5. 2026

    With Drago, Stylbiella and Lanitex, he founds Nile Wool.

Every cloth we carry is chosen for one reason: it holds up on the cutting table, and on the body.

Navy suiting chalked for a jacket on a tailor's cutting table
They cut our cloth
Egypt
Maison Gamil, Ahmed Hamdy, Mr Tuxedos, Hajjo, Coin
Syria
Loris Azzaro, Hajjo, Mabro, Zax, Pierre Cardin

From a two metre cut to a full run