Family treasures – The new HERITAGE FUTURE LAB
For over eighty years we have collaborated with the biggest fashion houses in the world, creating unique garments of priceless intrinsic value.
Each new collaboration has allowed the company to evolve, increasing its expertise and giving rise to new relationships which are strengthened day after day, creating a constant exchange of ideas and values between industry experts.
Today, Innocenti represents one of the few leading companies in the manufacture of high-quality Made in Italy handcrafted knitwear. This rich and varied heritage is evident in the extensive company archive of knitting stitches, and in its pieces from past high fashion collections.
Fashion is a dynamic world, but it is also rooted in history and the tastes of the past, revealing style cues that are still relevant today. Reinterpreting the past can help us to create new and forward-looking developments, which is why for us and our partners it is invaluable to preserve and mine such a rich heritage for the benefit of today and tomorrow.
The result is the Heritage Future Lab, the heart of the company, where designers and creatives can be guided through an immersive journey into past fashions, , as a record of the craft heritage of Maglificio Innocenti. This is where you can experience history first hand and gain inspiration for new creations which will mark fashions to come.
Heritage for the expertise accumulated by a company with an inestimable cultural legacy, Future for what memory sparks in the mind of creatives devising the fashions of the future, Lab because more than a company museum, it aims to be a laboratory – conceptual space, where partners build a bridge between icons of the past and new design concepts.
Drawing on 4 generations of tradition and passion, for those of us in the Innocenti family it has been an exciting experience gathering together the know-how created by our predecessors into our own small, fascinating universe, which reflects our passion for this profession.
That is why we have decided to open our archive to our clients, so that they can experience unique, one-off techniques in person, taking inspiration from the example of those who came before us, creating a small piece of fashion history.
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