The Italian Hand – Stories of Italian tailors and artisans

Stefano Cau mastered the art of combining and using creativity with business strategy. After he developed his strong sense of design and aesthetics, he later on decided to build his own brand, Stefano Cau, by creating high quality ties, pocket squares, suspenders and many more menswear accessories. During our conversation we talked about how his brand evolved from a personal project with many trials and errors up to a well running business that now shines bright in the menswear world. His deep talent in coming up with new ideas not only convinced the asian market to buy from him. Many menswear enthusiasts all over the world love to wear Stefano's ties and accessories. Listen to his story, how he embraced the digital world with all its components and why it is so important for every brand nowadays to build a brand and communicate it through the social media.Stefano Cau's Website: https://www.stefanocau.com/Find Stefano Cau on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stefano.cau/Find me on Instagram and write me a message: https://www.instagram.com/theitalianhand.podcast/

This story is about Francesca Serafin, an energetic, talented and creative entrepreneur who broke out of the world of law in order to pursue her passion – creating pocket squares from her most favorite fabric: silk. What started out as a present for her boyfriend evolved into a brand that many people – including well known influencers, brand ambassadors and tailoring enthusiasts from all around the world – fell in love with. And all that because she creates products that fully resonate with her personality, her passions and her life. Listen to Francesca talking about how she felt in a world she didn't fit into, how she solved business problems with spontaneous creativity and her challenges as a woman in classic menswear.Check out Serà Fine Silk: https://www.serafinesilk.com/Check out Serà Fine Silk on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/serafinesilk/Find Serà Fine Silk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/serafinesilk/Find me on Instagram and/or write me a message: https://www.instagram.com/theitalianhand.podcast/

Quartieri Cravatte emerged from a deep and very captivating family heritage. Fabio Sbranchella, the man behind the brand, sat down with me to talk about his personality, his deep connection towards the city of Milan and his way of merging these two worlds into a beautiful, versatile and unique product: The Tie. Listen to Fabio's story, what difficulties he faced when creating his brand, why he calls Milan 'The hidden city' and why his ties are called 'Hangover Ties'.Check out his brand: www.quartiericravatte.comCheck out his instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quartiericravatte/The design of his brand: https://www.studioup.it/en/portfolio/quartieri-cravatte/Find me on instagram and/or write me a message: https://www.instagram.com/theitalianhand.podcast/

In this follow-up episode with Massimiliano Bresciani of Bresciani 1970, we take a closer look into how Bresciani uses a good work atmosphere filled with joy, loyalty, humor and love towards details to keep its small team together – even during tough times like these. In this episode you will discover why Bresciani 1970 prefers to produce high quality hosiery with very cost intensive details over mass-produced accessories, how Massimilianos father still plays an important role in this and why they prefer to take themselves not too seriously.Check out the Bresciani Store: https://www.bresciani.it/Check out Bresciani's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bresciani1970/Find Bresciani on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/calzificio-m.-bresciani-srl/Find me on Instagram and/or write me a message: https://www.instagram.com/theitalianhand.podcast/

In February 2020, Italy suffered from a huge outbreak of the corona virus, which started a crisis that nobody would have expected. Not much time has passed after the outbreak until a strict lockdown across Italy has been announced, forcing everyone to stay inside. But despite all these sudden challenges that were bringing everyones nerves to its limits, Italy showed us one thing: They never stop being happy. Hearing the voices of the people you appreciate can give you unexpected power and inspiration. This is why I decided to reach out to many different tailors, artisans and influencers of the italian tailoring world and let them speak up and share their thoughts during these times. Enjoy these following voice recordings I received from them, telling us what they are personally doing during the quarantine, how they stay productive and what they learned about themselves from this crisis. Thanks to the following tailors and artisans for joining this project: Adriana Esposito, Alessandro Amirante (Amirante Sartoria Napoletana), Gennaro Sannino (Camiceria Sannino), Damiano Annunziato (Sartoria Dalcuore), Ennio Collaro (Saint Gregory Tailors), Fabio Attanasio, Fabio Sbranchella (Quartieri Cravatte), Francesca Serafin (Serà Fine Silk), Gabriele Corvino (Sartoria Habitus), Ilario Esposito (Ilario Esposito Sartoria Napoletana), Marco Taddei, Massimo Pirrone (PM Eleganza Milanese), Nicola Radano (Spacca Neapolis), Riccardo Verolo (Sartoria Lemmi), Stefano Cau

This is the story of a small hosiery factory located in Spirano, Bergamo, Bresciani 1970. Talking with Massimiliano, I discovered a family business full of passion and humor, being both strictly focused on manufacturing high quality socks and underwear as well as not losing the joy of playing in the little leagues - even though Bresciani 1970 has become well known and respected in the classic menswear scene. In this first segment of the two-part series, CEO Massimiliano tells us why they focus so much on quality, how his father discovered a hidden passion and why they as a small company face the problems of the big ones. In rememberance of Mario Bresciani (1941-2020).Check out the Bresciani Store: https://www.bresciani.it/Check out Bresciani's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bresciani1970/ Find Bresciani on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/calzificio-m.-bresciani-srl/Find me on Instagram and/or write me a message: https://www.instagram.com/theitalianhand.podcast/

To be is to weave – this perfectly describes the mentality of the weaving factory that's highly respected and well known inside the sartorial world for its high quality fabrics for men's shirts: Canclini 1925. In the first episode of The Italian Hand Podcast, family member and creative director Mauro Canclini told me how the family business started in the early days, why the direct communication towards customers and employees is so important and how human values build the basic foundation of the company. Marco Ferrabue, area manager of Canclini, also tells his perspective on focusing on the friendship towards the customers and why a stable team actually creates the brand and the product.Check out the Canclini Website: http://www.canclini.it/Check out Canclini's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/canclini-tessile-s-p-a/Find Canclini on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/canclini1925/Find me on Instagram and/or write me a message: https://www.instagram.com/theitalianhand.podcast/

The Italian Hand is a monthly podcast that directly talks with the masters, artisans and businessmen of italian tailoring throughout the entire value chain and shares their personal and informative experiences and thoughts. Fascinating timeless traditions, the unmistakably loveable italian passion towards craftmanship and the own re-innovation in the age of digital media — this is what The Italian Hand is all about. This Teaser gives a first impression on what the podcast is all about and why it's so important to tell the stories of italian artisans.