A WEALTHY businessman has turned to a Huddersfield textile firm to help create the world’s most expensive suit.

Moldgreen-based textile dyeing and finishing firm WT Johnson and Sons was commissioned to finish a £70,000 suit by London-based entrepreneur Alexander Amosu.

The business suit, comprising 5,000 individual stitches and garnished with nine 18-carat gold and diamond buttons, was sold to a mystery buyer in central London.

Mr Amosu, who was last year listed as one of Britain’s most influential black males in the Powerlist 2008 rankings and named among The Times Top 40 Under 40 of rising media industry entrepreneurs, made his name selling mobile ring tones – but is now known as a designer of luxury fashion and technology products.

His £70,000 suit uses an exclusive fabric called Vanquish II, which blends together highly-prized qiviuk, vicuna and pashmina wool.

Qiviuk is the world’s most expensive wool, gathered from the Arctic musk ox. Vicuna comes from a rare wild South American animal, which only produces enough wool for shearing every three years, while pashmina comes from the high mountain plateaux of the Himalayas.

The fabric was sourced by Paris-based wool merchant Dormeiul. It was made by cloth company Minova Ltd, based in Dewsbury, and woven by Keighley-based Pennine Weaving before being finished by Johnsons.

Paul Johnson, managing director of WT Johnson, said: “The satisfying thing is that when Mr Amosu wanted to create the best suit in the world, he came to Yorkshire because of our reputation for producing the best.

“It confirms what we are always saying about our ability to create some of the finest textile products in the world.”

Mr Johnson said: “Our brief was to get the finest drape and handle out of the fabric supplied to us.

“We have to make sure we bring out the best in the fabric itself, as the cloth is the main part of the suit.”

Mr Johnson said it was hoped to win repeat orders from Mr Amosu’s company following keen interest in the £70,000 suit among the firm’s “recession-proof” customers.

Mr Amosu’s success stems from launching one of the first ringtone companies in the UK in 1999 – which generated a turnover of £6.3m in four years before being sold.

He went on to launch a website providing exclusive and customised mobile phones for wealthy customers – including footballers, actors and celebrities.

The products include mobile phones in gold, white gold and various colours of diamonds.