Maria La Rosa
Maria La Rosa represents the match between tradition and wish to excite with a quality product. Bags and accessories are an example of multidisciplinary research that involves weaving, macrame ', crochet knitting and embroidery. Each fabric is the result of an entirely manual process carried out on traditional wooden frames without mechanical parts.
Every process of loading the warp, knotting the threads until the passage of the shuttle is exclusively manual. The company's history begins with the discovery by Alice and Lisa Ferrari's mother, Maria La Rosa, in fact, of her first wooden frame at a junk shop along the Seine: at this time experimentation begins, and the creation of unusual materials too. Another horizontal joined soon, this time purchased in Salento, vidible in the show-room of Via Lomellina. Alice and Lisa, since childhood, participate in manufacturing activities and to make small loom items.
After studying Design and Languages in Milan, the two sisters dedicated themselves entirely to the family business. In July 2007 they participated in "Who is on next" promoted by Vogue Italia in collaboration with Alta Roma, following which in September 2007 they were selected to take part in the "Talent hub" project, creating a sustained collection for four seasons. from the Furla brand. Since 2009 they have been collaborating with prestigious Italian and international brands such as Rochas, Vanessa Bruno, Moschino, Donna Karan, Luisa Beccaria, Blumarine and many others, producing precious cashmere and silk socks. Adele Exarchopoulos, star of the film "Vita di Adele" and winner at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013, wore Maria La Rosa silk stockings.
Naviganti e Sognatori chose Maria La Rosa because it is an example of excellent and refined entrepreneurship, exquisitely retro style but also very modern in color combinations and contrasts of materials.