Born and raised amidst knitting needles, crochet hooks and balls of wool, Rita Bochicchio turned the passion for yarns that she inherited from her mother into a business. She trained with Graziella Guidotti, a famous expert in Italian textile culture. All the weaving is done on manual looms but, in addition to the use of […]

Heir to a tradition handed down from generation to generation since the mid-nineteenth century, Carlo Andreacchio, with his wife Rita Maria Caraceni, continues to create splendid men’s suits in the historic Sartoria A. Caraceni. Completely sewn by hand, they are cut with a technique that gives them a perfect fit. Sportswear, double-breasted blazers, dress coats, […]

The Res Artis workshop of Marco Sangalli carries on a family path and a local tradition, that of the Brianza furniture. The technical knowledge acquired and refined by continuous research, become a source of inspiration giving meaning to the object all handmade where shapes, materials and attention to detail make each piece unique. The realization […]

The Sartoria Molvissimo was born in Martina Franca, a land of traditions and culture. Here, since 1940, hand-made and tailored garments are made, thanks to the family’s decades of experience. Only fabrics of excellent quality, selected with care and skill from the best of the most prestigious Italian textiles, are used. Jackets, wedding dresses, shirts, […]

Angelo Raffaele Andrulli is a skillful luthier who makes and repairs by hand string instruments (violins, violas and cellos) and related accessories, such as chin rests (made with wooden materials, mostly maple-wood and olive-wood from the Matera and Altamura areas), tailpieces and tuning pegs. Instruments of the highest craftsmanship decorated, on request,  with elaborate bas-reliefs, […]

The art of glass-making is truly in Cesare Toffolo’s DNA. Born in Murano into a family of master glassmakers, he learned the secrets of glassblowing as a child. At the age of twenty-one, he had his first public exhibition at Venice’s  Palazzo Cà Vendramin Calergi and, for several decades now, he has been considered to […]

Piero Dri has been performing one of Venice’s most traditional and oldest crafts, that is, the remèr, the artisan who makes the typical Venetian forcolas, the rowlocks in which the gondolier’s oar rests, for 15 years. After a few years of training, he started his own workshop in 2013, the Forcolaio Matto, where every day, […]

After more than twenty years’ experience in international high-end tailoring, in 2019 Carmelina Raco opened her own atelier in one of Milan’s historic neighbourhoods, on the Naviglio Grande canal, where she creates bespoke garments based on the construction and techniques of fine men’s tailoring. Inspired by the elegance and aesthetic rigour of the best artisan […]

Georg Demetz is passionate about an art that his family has pursued for four generations: after studying sculpture at the Art Institute of Ortisei, he practised with different masters to achieve the title of master sculptor in 1987 and work in his own workshop in Ortisei. He is specialised in small sculptures, in particular religious […]

Verna Oro is a workshop that produces gorgeous jewellery and collectibles in gold, silver and precious stones of the highest quality. Behind these wonderful creations are the brothers Fabio and Giampiero Verna, famous goldsmiths from Pescara with a passion for details. Originality, superb craftsmanship and careful workmanship are just some of the features of their […]