Colmar

Mario and Irma Colombo founded Manifattura Mario Colombo & C. in Monza, with a strong bond to the local community, then important for the production of felt for hats and gaiters. The latter were the first important product made by Colmar. The brand name was created in the same period, jotted down on a cigarette packet during an exercise in the imagination amongst friends at the bar and it was made up of the surname and the first name of the founder: COLombo MARio

In this decade the brand has grown both on the sporting side and in lifestyle. The brand has further explored research both in increasingly technical and performing fabrics to help the sporting performance and in the world of fashion. Important collaborations have started with companies such as Directa Plus, which produces Graphene (Colmar was the first company to apply it on a fabric) and with designers of international fame: capsule collections with Au Jour le Jour, Shayne Oliver and White Mountaineering. The company is still a “family business” and is run by the third generation, the grandsons of the founder, Mario, Giulio and Carlo, and it still has strong bonds in the Monza area. Wholesale E: Photo credit: Colmar Originals