Anna Falkenhagen opened her Hamburg hat store in Schanzenstraße in 1916. Today her great-grandchildren Sabine and Jens Falkenhagen run the business in the fourth generation on Schauenburger Straße, a few minutes from the town hall.
Luigi Wollisch founded Petronius in Milan in 1926, named after Nero's arbiter of taste. His daughters Gigliola and Simona Wollisch run the manufactory today, hand-stitching ties, foulards and pocket squares in the basement of an old Milanese building.
Fabbrica Ombrelli Maglia is the last umbrella manufactory in Milan. Francesco Maglia, nephew of the long-time face of the brand Chino Maglia, has run it since 2019 in the sixth generation, with fabrics woven on Lake Como.
Benedikt Fries founded Berlin tie label Shibumi as an online shop eleven years ago. In our interview he explains the Japanese aesthetic concept of restrained elegance and his personal approach to bespoke.
