Custom-made shoes: one of the very few things designed to combine luxury, elegance and comfort. The shoes made by Daniela Ghezzo cocoon the feet in a caressing touch. She learned the technique, but also began creating her own style, by dividing her time between a Roman workshop specialising in men’s shoes and the Venetian workshop […]

Mastro Cencio creates true “gems” of the highest craftsmanship having both aesthetic and historic value. All processing stages are aimed at preserving and keeping the heritage of the past alive. While experimenting with modern and contemporary ceramic-making techniques, the production focuses on the archaeology field, from classical to medieval times, and the workshop offers customers […]

Since 1996, the paper materials restoration workshop directed by Silvia Gazzina has specialized in prints, drawings, paintings on paper and parchments. The main approach is conservative restoration, with reversible interventions and materials, taking into account the nature of the work without changing its function. The workshop also makes faithful reproductions of antique bindings – born […]

Musella Dembech is an elegant tailor’s shop of long-standing. The secrets of a highly skilled trade bordering on art have been handed down through three generations. A sophisticated style that Francesco Musella, a master tailor of the old Milanese Caraceni school, alongside his son Gianfrancesco, has built gradually, day by day, viewing the customer as […]

An internationally renowned master perfumer – with a portfolio boasting clients such as Gucci, Harrods, Richard Ginori and IWC – in his OL’Factory in the heart of Florence, Sileno Cheloni creates made-to-measure perfumes and unique olfactory experiences, such as the Sensory Dinner and the Incense Ceremony. A perfumer-explorer who blends rare, natural raw materials, essences […]

Born and raised in his family’s goldsmith’s shop, Alessandro Bardi perfected his skills by training in Florence and attending courses ranging from gemology to 3D design. Every creation is entirely made by hand. In addition to gold, he uses silver and natural precious stones, in particular, diamonds, sapphires and rubies, with which he creates one-of-a-kind […]

When it comes to creating custom-made shoes, Marini takes the matter very seriously: every stage is performed by hand, starting from the wooden last, made to the specifications of the customer’s feet, up to every single detail regarding the shoes. Marini was established in 1899 by Giuseppe Marini, a master shoemaker who, owing to his […]

Valgrisa® is the first “prêt- à porter montagnard” brand of the Western Alps, which gets its name from the Valgrisenche area, where the ancient art of loom-weaving has always been practiced. An in-depth study of the local history and commitment to the development of local manufacturing traditions, combined with a design capable of reinterpreting each […]

Giacomo Oleandro’s workshop is based in Florence, in the picturesque Santo Spirito neighborhood. A skillful and passionate artisan whose family has been working wood for three generations, Giacomo creates period furniture and reproductions of antique furniture of the highest craftsmanship and taste, but also custom-made and modern-style pieces. Our modern-day fast-paced lifestyle has not persuaded […]

The business was started in 1911 by the three Moretti brothers, for the purpose of producing the two traditional Venetian glass pearls: the Rosetta and the Millefiori mosaic. Over one hundred years have gone by since then and, today, their children and grandchildren carry on the family tradition of the Venetian mosaic glass, while expanding […]