Escuderia Suixtil supplied the race wear for the entire Argentinian Armada (team) headed by Fangio on their first European tour in 1949 and was the 24-time GP champion’s official race wear designer as well as the national race team’s sponsor.

Suixtil’s famous colours, light blue and yellow – the latter symbolic of the Argentinian sun - with the embroidered red logo graced the podiums of the most important races of the '50s and early '60s. Suixtil also started what has become the standard practice of putting a brand name on legendary cars, such as Fangio’s Volpi (which, in true sponsor fashion, Suixtil helped to buy), Gonzales’s Ferrari and Mieres’s OSCA.   

“Suixtil’s ‘vintage’ clothing revives the flavour of Escuderia Suixtil’s international successes by racing heroes such as Stirling Moss, Peter Collins, Maurice Trintignant and Hans Herrmann. Suixtil is the only racing brand from the ‘50s, clothing the very best drivers of the time, who sported as much style as their iconic cars. Suixtil’s colours were on the podiums of all grand prix and saloon races,’ says Simon Selkin, managing director of SuixtilGB.   

With marques such as Lancia, Alfa Romeo and Ferrari at Brooklands battling it out in the biggest gathering of competing classic racing cars since before the war, Suixtil’s presence as the first, original race wear designer suitably honours speed, achievement and the unique style of the era.

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