BILLY 2 Prince of Wales: new climbing trousers in tartan fabric

Despite our incurable attention to all that ‘the new’ offers us, we have always loved to propose garments that go beyond the fashions of individual seasons or trends. The tartan fabric also succeeds in responding to this need of ours, representing at the same time a super-classic fabric with timeless charm.

This type of fabric, especially in its red and green shades, is certainly synonymous with Great Britain, and immediately makes us travel with our minds to the historical stages of the Old World where it dictated the rules of new lifestyles and rebellion movements.

Initially used among the ‘well-to-do’ families of 19th century Scotland, the tartan became a symbol of national unity after various vicissitudes that saw it initially banned by the English monarchy, only to be adopted with even greater enthusiasm by all those who did not want to conform to the British regime.

Following in the wake of the ever-growing popular consensus that this cloth continued to gain, even the Royal Family decided – obviously only at a later stage – to adopt it as the emblem of the monarchy. Thus began a long period of ‘revival’ of this fabric, which began to be associated with elegance and the more formal occasions of high society.

For an entire generation, however, the tartan was also a symbol of youthful rebellion in the hard years when people opposed family and society, and sought ‘social’ identification with peers of equally irreverent spirit. We are of course talking about the punk subculture, where tartan trousers became a symbol of the strongest provocative current ever.

Today, tartan is considered by many to be a ‘vintage’ fabric, but this does not preclude its wide use in haute couture, which, year after year, offers us new creations and innovative uses with unchanging appeal.

We chose to create a limited edition of tartan trousers to give climbers of every generation the opportunity to wear an exclusive look that reflects their whimsical and authentic character. The unprecedented pattern is also a symbol of our way of experiencing the creation of clothing: a style that is unique and unmistakable, with attention to both the smallest details and the raw materials, enhancing the originality of our products.

As with the other velvet garments we produce, the Prince of Wales version of Grillo are created using stocks of fabric remnants of the highest quality. In this way we can guarantee you the top in terms of material used at an affordable price.

Monvic clothing was created with the idea of allowing everyone, climbers and non-climbers alike, to spend their free time with comfortable, practical garments with technical characteristics suited to the season.

Monvic trousers are your companions in adventure: their durability will make you choose them for climbing in the gym and for the most intense evenings on indoor boulders, their softness and comfort will make you want to wear them even for an aperitif with friends or for an informal day at the office.