The Italians at TRANOÏ Paris - Cité de la Mode et du Design
Loyal participants for many years, these designers constantly bring their strength in design and quality manufacturing to TRANOÏ each season.
FALIERO SARTI
L’Accessorio Faliero Sarti was founded in 1992 as a division of Lanificio Faliero Sarti, one of the most famous Italian textile factories born in 1949 that still now produces very high quality fabrics for fashion designers all over the world.
Monica Sarti designs and creates all the L’accessorio Faliero sarti collections. Her grandfather Faliero (founder of Lanificio Faliero Sarti) passed to Monica the passion for this world. As well, she still gives stilisti services, as a producer, to a lot of important designers. A special feature of the collection designed by Monica, is given by time she devotes to continuous research of particular materials,research of fabrics and yarns and different solutions in pairing up,painting and working the fabrics....the fabric is like a white page where you can play with all the colors of the world and yarns in multi dimensions and shapes.
In the new collection will be light fabrics such as cotton, linen, cashmere and washed silk in bright colours. Some of the print designs have been inspired by the contemporary art with geometric shapes and multicolour stripes. The basic qualities have been developed in dusty colours. More than ever a special attention is placed in the development of men’s scarves.
GIORGIO BRATO
Giorgio Braschi, the Italian designer was born in Bologna in 1967; his family has always been in involved in the production of leather garments. Initially, his business consisted of producing technical performance motorbike jackets in leather; later this evolved into production for prêt-à-porter collections and gave rise to his consuming and ongoing passion for fashion. In 2001, Braschi had the winning idea of fusing the luxury of leather with fashion style to create a collection of high quality dyed leather garments. Research and the techniques of craftmanship workings enabled him to create special items of clothing and accessories in softest nappa leather.
Craftsmanship, comfort, innovation and originality are the characteristics of the magician of garment dyed leather, Giorgio Brato. His work exhibits a winning combination of vintage and contemporary taste that fuses in hand-crafted luxury leather. The specific treatments and processing give to each piece a precious uniqueness, making Giorgio Brato one of the representatives of 'made in Italy' at an international level.
The craftsmanship aspect of the designers production endows the collection with a refined look and a lived-in feel. Each garment is unique and is distinguished by its original lines and shapes, which when combined with special washing techniques create jackets, bags and shoes each with an individual look. Each Giorgio Brato item in leather is special and once worn continues to adapt to the body becoming a second skin.
ROBERTO COLLINA
Roberto Collina company started as a family business in 1953, in Crevalcore, a manufacturing area near Bologna where the headquarters - a company-loft characterized by the atmosphere of a big country-house – is still situated.
Addressed since the beginning to high-end stores, Roberto Collina brand distinguishes itself for the fine selection of quality materials and the use of luxury yarns – from mohair to cashmere, from alpaca to angora, from camel to super light merinos, from silk to ice cotton-, always respecting its hand-crafted origins and exploring from season to season the latest fashion trends.
The cleaner the brand style is, the more sophisticated the manufacturing is: “behind every single item there is a long research story” states Roberto Collina: “we take care of every single production process in our company – from the material selection to the creation of the collections and we carefully oversee the production chain and the work of our satellite laboratories. The unceasing research work takes place all over the world, in New York and Los Angeles flea vintage markets as well as in Tokyo coolest stores and everywhere there is a garment able to convey emotions.
Our aim is to create a product which is contemporary and at the same time keen on the design also gleaning from our archive.
Present in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany - “the first and most receptive among the foreign markets” - Roberto Collina brand has recorded a growing interest, over the years, in Asian countries such as Japan and South Korea: a success guaranteed by the combination of cutting-edge technologies and the most artisan techniques, which strengthens the international profile of the brand including it among the most exclusive and well known Made in Italy knitwear brands.