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Naturino
Falc S.p.A. is an Italian footwear manufacturer founded in Civitanova Marche (MC) in 1974. The name Falc derives from ‘Falchetti’, a historical name by which the inhabitants of the upper part of the town were known. The ''Falcotto'' line of shoes, created for children who crawl and toddlers, was introduced by Falc in 1982. Six years later in 1988, this company of Marche Region launched the ''Naturino'' line on the market whose characterising features are the ‘sand effect’ system and a slip-out insole. In 1989 Falc acquired the Moschino license for children’s footwear. Falc entered the field of footwear for adults in 2005 when it introduced the ''Moschino’s'' Men’s collection and presented the ''Voile Blanche'' unisex line. Today, Falc produces more than 2 million pairs of shoes a year and in recent years the company has opened 5000 sales outlets, 50 exclusive stores, factories in different countries and branch offices in the United States, Canada, Singapore, China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fashion Industry
Fashion is a form of self-expression and autonomy at a particular period and place and in a specific context, of clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle, and body posture. The term implies a look defined by the fashion industry as that which is ''trending''. Everything that is considered ''fashion'' is available and popularized by the fashion system (industry and media). Given the rise in mass production of commodities and clothing at lower prices and global reach, sustainability has become an urgent issue among politicians, brands, and consumers. Definitions The French word , meaning "fashion", dates as far back as 1482, while the English word denoting something "in style" dates only to the 16th century. Other words exist related to concepts of style and appeal that precede ''mode''. In the 12th and 13th century Old French the concept of elegance begins to appear in the context of aristocratic preferences to enhance beauty and display refinement, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calzaturificio Fratelli Soldini
Calzaturificio Fratelli Soldini SpA is an Italian footwear manufacturer founded in Arezzo in 1945. History In the spring of 1944, following a tip off, the Germans confiscated a machine for sewing shoes, belonging to the Soldini family. The machine was redeemed a few days later by Gustavo Soldini. Thanks to that machine, in 1945, Gustavo, together with his brothers Giuseppe and Ermenegildo began making shoes, first in a small area of their home and then in their first workshop. The market of reference was initially Arezzo and Florence, while the deliveries were made by bicycle during the weekend. In the 1950s, Soldini opened his first factory in Capolona, on the banks of the River Arno, and then a second factory in Anghiari which marked the shift in production from small business to industry, with a workforce of over 800. The product was orientated towards the national marketplace, but also to the United States. To meet demand, another factory was opened in Malta, which carr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krizia
Krizia is a designer label and manufacturer of ladies' handbags, clothing, footwear and perfumes. The ready-to-wear fashion label was established in 1954 in Milan, Italy, by Mariuccia Mandelli (1925–2015). Her husband Aldo Pinto was chairman of the company. History Mandelli unveiled her first black-and-white collection at the Palazzo Pitti in Florence, Italy, in 1964, which earned her a Critica della Moda award. The brand's first and historic location was on Via della Spiga, 23 in Milan. Under Mandelli, Krizia rapidly expanded during the 1960s and 1970s. In 1971, Krizia released a version of shorts cut "very short", an early form of hot pants. Every year, Mandelli would knit a different animal on selected items of her collection. In 1985, Krizia opened a private art showroom (Spazio Krizia) on Via Manin, 21, in Milan. At its height, in the 1990s, the fashion house was doing half a billion dollars of annual business. It was while at the helm of Krizia that Mandelli introduced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iceberg (fashion House)
Iceberg is an Italian luxury fashion design house. Founded in 1974 by Silvano Gerani and Giuliana Marchini, the house produces women's and men's' ' prêt-a-porter', accessories, fragrances and childrenswear. It is part of the Gilmar Group, founded in 1962. Its headquarters are in San Giovanni in Marignano, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. The founders' son Paolo Gerani is the creative person and the manager. Starting as knitwear specialists, Iceberg were an early proponent of the concept of fashionable sportswear, later expanding into leatherwear and jeans. Their products have been worn by Pamela Anderson, Paris Hilton, Lil' Flip, Lil Bill, Lil' Kim and Mischa Barton. Lil' Flip references Iceberg clothing in many of his songs. In July 2011 the company collection was presented at the catwalk of The Brandery fashion show in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gucci
Gucci (, ; ) is an Italian high-end luxury fashion house based in Florence, Italy. Its product lines include handbags, ready-to-wear, footwear, accessories, and home decoration; and it licenses its name and branding to Coty, Inc. for fragrance and cosmetics under the name Gucci Beauty. Gucci was founded in 1921 by Guccio Gucci (1881–1953) in Florence, Tuscany. Under the direction of Aldo Gucci (son of Guccio), Gucci became a worldwide-known brand, an icon of the Italian ''Dolce Vita''. Following family feuds during the 1980s, the Gucci family was entirely ousted from the capital of the company by 1993. After this crisis, the brand was revived with a provocative 'Porno Chic' props. In 1999, Gucci was acquired by the French conglomerate Pinault Printemps Redoute, which later became Kering. During the 2010s, Gucci became an iconic ' geek-chic' brand. In 2019, Gucci operated 487 stores for 17,157 employees, and generated €9.628 billion in sales (€8.2 billion in 2018). Marco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gravati
Gravati is a family-owned company founded in Milan, Italy in 1909. It manufactures men's and women's dress shoes in Vigevano, Italy. Although Gravati uses a variety of shoe construction methods, including Bologna and Goodyear construction, the majority of their production uses the Blake construction method. The shoes are hand-crafted entirely within the factory by skilled artisans and technicians. Every pattern of every Gravati shoe is hand-cut. Unlike most modern shoe manufacturers, Gravati does not maintain stock—retailers must specify the patterns, lasts, leathers, soles, and construction methods that they want; only then will the factory make the shoes. Their production methods are typical of many upper-echelon shoemakers in that the uppers are cut (or clicked), lasted and finished by hand, however all sewing is done by machine. Gravati's american retailers include Stanley Korshak, Davide Cenci and Wilkes Bashford. See also *List of Italian companies Italy is a unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Goose (company)
Golden Goose is an Italian high fashion sneaker brand based in Venice, Italy. After belonging to The Carlyle Group for three years, it was sold to Permira Permira is a global investment firm. Founded in 1985, the firm advises funds with assets under management of €60+ billion. The Permira funds have made approximately 300 private equity investments in four key sectors: Technology, Consumer, Ser ... in 2020. In 2022, Golden Goose purchased its main sneaker supplier, Italian Fashion Team. References External links * Clothing brands of Italy Shoe companies of Italy Shoe brands Clothing companies established in 2000 2000 establishments in Italy 2017 mergers and acquisitions 2020 mergers and acquisitions {{Italy-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geox
Geox is an Italian brand of shoe and clothing manufactured with waterproof/breathable fabrics. Corporate history The company was founded in 1995 by Mario Polegato. The brand name, Geox, was created from a mixture between the Greek word “geo” (earth), and “x”, a letter-element symbolizing technology. Polegato was born in 1952 near Treviso. Originally groomed to take over the family wine-making business, company promotional material has it that the idea for the shoe came when he participated in a wine industry conference in Reno Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada-California border, about north from Lake Tahoe, known as "The Biggest Little City in the World". Known for its casino and tourism industry, Reno is th ...; while out jogging in Reno's hot desert climate, his feet got hot from the exertion and he had the idea to cut a couple of holes in the soles of his shoes with a Swiss Army knife. He developed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genny
Genny is an Italian ready-to-wear manufacturer. It was founded in Ancona in 1961 by Arnaldo Girombelli. History Born in Ancona, Arnaldo Girombelli was the owner of a boutique with an adjacent small tailor workshop for skirts and blouses in his hometown. After gradually expanding the workshop and increasing the number of seamstresses, in 1962 he founded a label for his creations, "Genny", named after his eldest daughter. In the second half of the 1960s Genny started to have a large success thanks to a line of pleated oblique skirts obtained through a new treatment technique of cloth, then in 1973 it introduced a youthful line, "Byblos", and Gianni Versace became its designer. Later, Guy Paulin and his assistant Christian Lacroix replaced Versace at Byblos, while Versace launched another Genny's experimental line, "Complice". In 1983, Byblos became an independent company. After the death of Girombelli, his wife Donatella became the chairwoman of the group. In 2001 Prada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garolini
Garolini was an Italian shoe design and manufacturing company. It was founded by American spouses Ann "Bidi" and Albert "Al" Finkelstein in 1971. History In 1971, the Finkelsteins created Garolini, named after their son Gary and daughter Lynn. The business had limited success until the famous designer Halston saw the design work done by Bidi Finkelstein. Garolini's shoes began to appear in Halston advertisements. These ads were painted by famous pop artist Andy Warhol Andy Warhol (; born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationsh .... The Finkelsteins sold the company to US Shoes in 1980. Though Garolini was named after the founders' children, Gary Stan and Lynn Finkelstein had nothing to do with the business. References External linksReplica Sneakers [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Furla
Furla is an Italian-inclusive luxury brand that defined the leather goods category since 1927. The brand is dedicated to creating luxury-standard accessories which are for a broad audience of consumers, both women and men. Furla stands for quality, creativity, and an optimistic yet confident personality. The company has expanded beyond its core business of high-quality leather bags adding shoes, small leather goods, eyewear, watches, scarves, fragrances, and jewels to allow everyone to experience its Italian style. History Furla was founded in Bologna in 1927 by Aldo Furlanetto to initially deal with the distribution of products and fashionable ladies' accessories via wholesale. In 1955, the first Furla store was opened in Bologna, nowadays still operating. Starting from the 70s, Aldo Furlanetto was supported by his children Carlo, Paolo, and Giovanna Furlanetto. In the same decade, Furla released the first collection of bags. At the beginning of the 90s, Furla started to open stor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiorucci
Fiorucci () is an Italian fashion label founded by Elio Fiorucci in 1967. The first Fiorucci shop exposed Milan to the styles of Swinging London and to American classics such as the T-shirt and jeans. By the late 1970s, the direction of stylistic influence had reversed, and the Fiorucci store in New York City become famous for the foreign fashions it introduced to the United States. Known as the "daytime Studio 54," it attracted trendsetters from Andy Warhol to Madonna. As a leader in the globalisation of fashion, Fiorucci scoured the globe for underground trends, introducing a newly affluent mass market to styles such as thongs from Brazil and Afghan coats. The label also popularised camouflage and leopard-skin prints before creating the designer jean market with the invention of stretch jeans. Advertising for these jeans usually featured a woman's buttocks in skin-tight denim, or in one case obscured by pink fluffy handcuffs, whilst the company logo was two cheeky angels m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
