From the Tiers
Hidden Gems of Italy: The Unfamous Excellent
July 22, 2026 · 1 min read · ORBIS Editorial
Italy's genius is distributed. For every famous atelier there is an unfamous one doing equal work for a third of the audience.
“These are the addresses Italians keep for themselves.”
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From the Atlas
- Anna Matuozzo Via Toledo, Naples / Online
Naples' first lady of shirtmaking — hand-sewn shirts from Viale Gramsci, taught by Attolini's cutters. store page → · open in the atlas → - M K Textile Atelier Oltrarno, Florence / Online
Textile studio in Florence's Oltrarno district, founded 2009 by Margherita Pandolfini and Karl Jorns as La Serra MK; hand silk-screens and paints one-of-a-kind home textiles inside a converted 15th-century greenhouse. store page → · open in the atlas → - Simone Abbarchi Florence / Online
Florentine bespoke shirtmaker beloved for value — visits London and New York; one-piece collar cut on request. store page → · open in the atlas → - Tartuflanghe Alba / Piedmont / Online
Founded in 1975 in Alba by chef Beppe Montanaro, who had run the restaurant Da Beppe since 1968, and his wife Domenica Bertolusso, who coined the name by joining 'tartufo' with 'Langhe'; the company says it created the first truffle-infused pasta, Tartufissima, in 1990. store page → · open in the atlas → - Il Micio Florence, Italy
Florence bespoke shoemaking atelier of Japanese master Hidetaka Fukaya, combining hand-made Italian construction with precise last-making and custom fitting. store page → · open in the atlas → - Salvatore Piccolo Naples, Italy
Trained by his mother Maria Cavagnoli, who made bespoke shirts from their home in Naples' Piazza Mercato district, Salvatore Piccolo worked as a shirt-factory warehouseman from age fifteen before opening a made-to-measure shirt shop with her the following year, later adding jackets, ties and foulards. store page → · open in the atlas →