• Home
  • Tags
  • silk producer

silk producer news and archive

Fashion

An 18th century Italian silk weaver is launching footwear

An 18th century Italian silk weaver, Antico Setificio Fiorentino, is using its looms to launch a new collection of contemporary footwear. The Florence-based company was founded in 1786 and provided silks to Italy’s noble families. All that history and artisanship has now crossed over to a new category, namely shoes, starting with the silk...

loading...