Poltrona Frau has made leather furniture in Tolentino, Marche since 1912, using its own Pelle Frau saddle-grade leather. The house is known for the Chester sofa and a century of leather upholstery made at that same Italian workshop.
Horst Dassler — son of Adidas founder Adi Dassler — launched Arena in 1973 after Mark Spitz's seven golds in Munich, debuting the ultra-light Skinfit fabric at the 1974 European Championships in Vienna. Owned by Japan's Descente since 1990, the brand sells competition suits and training gear through distributors in more than 100 countries.
Best for Racing-legal competition suits and serious training gear