Drago (fabric Mill)
Drago is a wool mill founded in 1973 by Umberto and Laura Drago in Biella, Italy. Their son, Paolo Drago, is the current President and CEO. The mill produces 1,750,000 meters of fabrics per year. Drago fabrics are exported all over the world. Drago sells some fabric under its own brand, but sells mainly under other brand labels.permanentstyle.coItaly’s mills and merchants explained July 29, 2013 References See also *Ermenegildo Zegna *Loro Piana * Dormeuil * Holland & Sherry *Carlo Barbera Luciano Barbera is a high-end men’s clothing company based in Biella, Italy, a town and commune in the northern Italian region of Piedmont. History Prior to producing a clothing company, the Barbera family owned and operated the Carlo Barber ... * Cerruti Companies of Italy Textile companies of Italy Luxury brands {{fashion-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wool
Wool is the textile fibre obtained from sheep and other mammals, especially goats, rabbits, and camelids. The term may also refer to inorganic materials, such as mineral wool and glass wool, that have properties similar to animal wool. As an animal fibre, wool consists of protein together with a small percentage of lipids. This makes it chemically quite distinct from cotton and other plant fibres, which are mainly cellulose. Characteristics Wool is produced by follicles which are small cells located in the skin. These follicles are located in the upper layer of the skin called the epidermis and push down into the second skin layer called the dermis as the wool fibers grow. Follicles can be classed as either primary or secondary follicles. Primary follicles produce three types of fiber: kemp, medullated fibers, and true wool fibers. Secondary follicles only produce true wool fibers. Medullated fibers share nearly identical characteristics to hair and are long but lack c ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Drago (surname)
Drago is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Billy Drago (1945–2019), stage name of American actor ''William Eugene Burrows'' *Dick Drago (born 1945), American baseball player * Filippo Drago (pharmacologist) (born 1954), Italian pharmacologist *Gago Drago (born 1985), stage name of Armenian kickboxer ''Gagik Harutyunyan'' *Luis María Drago (1859–1921), Argentine politician *Massimo Drago (born 1971), Italian football player and coach *Russell S. Drago (1928–1997), American chemist *Tony Drago (born 1965), Maltese snooker and pool player See also * Blackie Drago, a Marvel Comics super-villain known as the Vulture *Drago (given name) *Ivan Drago, a fictional professional boxer from the Rocky film series *Prince del Drago Don Giovanni Battista ''dei Principi'' del Drago, Marchese di Riofreddo (12 August 1860 – 3 May 1956), known in the United States as the Prince del Drago and Prince Don Giovanni del Drago, was a member of the princely family o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Biella
Biella (; pms, Biela; la, Bugella) is a city and ''comune'' in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, the capital of the province of the same name, with a population of 44,324 as of 31 December 2017. It is located about northeast of Turin and about west-northwest of Milan. It lies in the foothills of the Alps, in the Bo mountain range near Mt. Mucrone and Camino, an area rich in springs and lakes fed by the glaciers, the heart of the Biellese Alps irrigated by several mountain streams: the Elvo to the west of the town, the Oropa river and the Cervo to the east. Nearby natural and notable tourist attractions include the Zegna Viewpoint, the Bielmonte Ski Resort, Burcina Natural Reserve, and the moors to the south of town. The Sanctuary of Oropa is a site of religious pilgrimages. In 2003, the Sanctuary of Oropa Sacred Mountain of Oropa became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Biella is an important wool processing and textile centre. There is a small airport in the nearby c ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brand
A brand is a name, term, design, symbol or any other feature that distinguishes one seller's good or service from those of other sellers. Brands are used in business, marketing, and advertising for recognition and, importantly, to create and store value as brand equity for the object identified, to the benefit of the brand's customers, its owners and shareholders. Brand names are sometimes distinguished from Generic brand, generic or store brands. The practice of branding - in the original literal sense of marking by burning - is thought to have begun with the ancient Egyptians, who are known to have engaged in livestock branding as early as 2,700 BCE. Branding was used to differentiate one person's cattle from another's by means of a distinctive symbol burned into the animal's skin with a hot branding iron. If a person stole any of the cattle, anyone else who saw the symbol could deduce the actual owner. The term has been extended to mean a strategic personality for a produ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ermenegildo Zegna
Ermenegildo Zegna (; born 30 September 1955), often simply known and referred to as Gildo Zegna, is an Italian entrepreneur and manager. He is Chairman and CEO of Ermenegildo Zegna Group. Early life and education Gildo is a grandson of Ermenegildo Zegna, who founded the family business in 1910. Gildo Zegna was born in Turin in 1955. His father Angelo, who had run the business since the mid-1960s with his brother Aldo, was the Company's honorary chairman until his death in 2021. Gildo Zegna graduated in economics from the University of London in 1978. In 1981, he attended a managerial program at the Harvard Business School. Career Gildo Zegna entered the family business in 1982, managing the distribution of Zegna products in the U.S. and Canada as President of Ermenegildo Zegna Corporation. From 1986 to 1989 he served as CEO of Italco SA, supervising the distribution of Zegna products in Spain. Gildo Zegna has been a board member of Ermenegildo Zegna Group since 1989, becom ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Loro Piana
Loro Piana is an Italian company specialized in clothing and textile products. It is considered the largest cashmere manufacturer and the world's leading artisan company processing luxury fibers.Miles Socha and Luisa Zargani (28 October 2021)Loro Piana Enters New Era With New CEO''Women's Wear Daily''. The company has three divisions, namely the textile division – producing high quality textiles using noble fibers such as cashmere and baby cashmere, vicuña wool, linen, and the merino wool - the fashion luxury goods division – producing and distributing menswear, womenswear, shoes and accessories -, and the interior division – producing and distributing interior products. History Originally from Trivero, the Loro Piana family started as merchants of wool at the beginning of the 19th century. In the second half of this century, the family moved its activity to Valsesia and founded the wool spinning mill Fratelli Lora e Compagnia, followed by the wool spinning mill Zignon ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dormeuil
Dormeuil is a French textile company founded in 1842 by 22-year-old Jules Dormeuil. Dormeuil is a French family business founded in 1842, specializing in the manufacture of high-end clothing fabrics and owning its own brand of men's ready-to-wear since 2002. The Dormeuil family has run the business since its inception, and it is currently Dominic Dormeuil who is at the head of the group. The head office is located in France in the town of Wissous in the Île-de-France region. The "Minova" production unit is located in the United Kingdom, in Dewsbury in the county of Yorkshire. The company is also represented by subsidiaries in seven countries. History Dormeuil began with importing English fabrics to France. By 1862 its headquarters were established at 4 rue Vivienne in Paris.Dormeu/ref> The first shop outside France was located at 10 New Burlington Street in London. Created in 1842 In 1842, Jules Dormeuil, great-grandson of a cloth merchant, was employed in a cloth trading b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Holland & Sherry
Holland & Sherry is a fabric mill founded in London in 1836 by Stephen George Holland and Frederick Sherry. It is owned by Individualized Apparel Group as of March 2003. History Holland & Sherry began as merchants at 10 Old Bond Street, London, specializing in woolen and silk cloths. In 1886 Holland & Sherry moved premises to Golden Square, at the time the center of the woolen merchanting trade. By 1900 the firm was exporting to many countries, it was around that time a sales office was established in New York. In the early part of the 20th century, the United Kingdom, Europe, North and South America were the dominant markets for the company. Amongst other distribution arrangements, there was a Holland & Sherry warehouse in St. Petersburg, Russia – a successful market prior to the revolution and now being successfully renewed. By 1982 the business moved to Savile Row - initially 9-10, moving to No. 31 in 2022. Holland & Sherry provide fabrics to tailors and couture designers t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Carlo Barbera
Luciano Barbera is a high-end men’s clothing company based in Biella, Italy, a town and commune in the northern Italian region of Piedmont. History Prior to producing a clothing company, the Barbera family owned and operated the Carlo Barbera Mill, also located in Biella, Italy. In 1962, Luciano Barbera (son of Carlo Barbera) was photographed by ''Vogue'' in a suit made with his family's fabrics. Years later, the owner of the US menswear store LouisBoston offered Luciano to sell his line of clothes, which led the latter to create his clothing brand. In 1971, the Luciano Barbera brand of men's clothes was created, using the Carlo Barbera fabrics to make the clothes. In 2010 the reported average price of fabric from the Carlo Barbera factory was 41 euros a meter ($48.75 a yard). That same year, the company had a $5.8 million debt and was short on orders to settle it, and the mill fabric was acquired by the Napolitan company Kiton. The brand started to be distributed online th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cerruti 1881
Cerruti 1881, also known as Cerruti, is a French luxury fashion house founded in 1967 in Paris by the Italian stylist and fashion producer Nino Cerruti. It was named "1881" because Nino's grandfather established the family woolen mill, Fratelli Cerruti Wool Mill, in Italy in 1881. In 1967, Nino Cerruti founded the Cerruti fashion house, with headquarters at 3 Place de la Madeleine in Paris, and opened his first shop at 27 rue Royale in Paris. The headquarters of the company is still located on rue Royale. In August 2006, the company was acquired by American firm MatlinPatterson Global Advisors. In December 2010, the company was bought by Chinese clothing retailer Trinity Limited. History In 1881, the grandfather of Nino Cerruti founded the textile mill ''Lanificio Fratelli Cerruti''. Located in Biella (Piemonte, Italy), the water in the region is put to use to wash and treat the wool, which is imported principally from Australia and South Africa, so as to develop flannel, tw ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Companies Of Italy
A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared goals. Companies take various forms, such as: * voluntary associations, which may include nonprofit organizations * business entities, whose aim is generating profit * financial entities and banks * programs or educational institutions A company can be created as a legal person so that the company itself has limited liability as members perform or fail to discharge their duty according to the publicly declared incorporation, or published policy. When a company closes, it may need to be liquidated to avoid further legal obligations. Companies may associate and collectively register themselves as new companies; the resulting entities are often known as corporate groups. Meanings and definitions A company can be defined as an "artificial per ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Textile Companies Of Italy
Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc. At first, the word "textiles" only referred to woven fabrics. However, weaving is not the only manufacturing method, and many other methods were later developed to form textile structures based on their intended use. Knitting and non-woven are other popular types of fabric manufacturing. In the contemporary world, textiles satisfy the material needs for versatile applications, from simple daily clothing to bulletproof jackets, spacesuits, and doctor's gowns. Textiles are divided into two groups: Domestic purposes onsumer textilesand technical textiles. In consumer textiles, aesthetics and comfort are the most important factors, but in technical textiles, functional properties are the priority. Geotextiles, industrial textiles, medical textiles, and many other areas are examples of technical textiles, whereas clothing and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |