8 stores · curated ORBIS register
Patrizia Fabri blocks hats on original wooden forms at Antica Manifattura Cappelli, continuing the Roman workshop established in 1936. Braccialini began as a Florentine straw-bag workshop in 1954 before developing its animal- and object-shaped handbag designs. Cars and birds are among the forms associated with the house's sculptural bags, introduced under Carla Braccialini. For paper work, Pergamena specialises in handmade paper and bookbinding, with stationery produced through its Roman workshop.
Rome / Prati / Online
Rome’s oldest hat workshop — the Cirri family’s 1936 laboratorio, revived by Patrizia Fabri; the only hatter honored as a Historical Shop of Rome, blocking on original wooden forms in Via degli Scipioni.
Best for Hand-blocked Roman hats on 1930s molds.
Piazza Di Spagna & Immediate Area, Rome / Online
Florentine handbag house founded in 1954 by Carla and Roberto Braccialini as a small straw-bag workshop; after Roberto's death in 1976, Carla took over and introduced the whimsical animal- and object-shaped bags - cars, fish, birds - that became the brand's signature.
Best for Playful sculptural handbags.
Braccialini was founded in Florence in 1954 by Carla Braccialini and her husband Roberto, starting as a small workshop producing straw handbags decorated with leather appliques. After Roberto's death in 1976, Carla took control and steered the brand toward the whimsical, sculptural bag shapes - cars, fish, birds, shoes - that became its trademark. Through the 1960s-1980s the brand expanded into the US, Germany and Japan, and in 1987 began a collaboration with Vivienne Westwood. Today Braccialini is headquartered at Via di Casellina in Scandicci, near Florence.
Rome
A culinary school and food shop offering English-language classes in pasta, pizza, gelato, and Roman classics, plus high-quality Italian ingredients to take home.
Best for Culinary school and food shop offering English-language classes in pasta, pizza, gelato
Rome
A family-run leather workshop that has been making bags, belts, and accessories in Rome for three generations.
Best for Roman leather bags and accessories
Rome
A family leather workshop creating hand-stitched bags, belts, and accessories from vegetable-tanned Tuscan leather. Three generations of craftsmanship at prices far below designer equivalents.
Best for Family leather workshop creating hand-stitched bags, belts
Rome
Pergamena is a workshop specializing in handmade paper and bookbinding. Production is associated with Handcrafted in their Roman workshop using traditional techniques, while the range centers on handmade paper, bookbinding and stationery.
Best for Handmade paper, bookbinding and stationery
Rome
This Roman workshop and shop makes handmade Italian leather bags and accessories. The goods are crafted on site.
Best for Handmade Italian leather bags and accessories
Rome
A leather factory since 1964, this Roman workshop makes handcrafted bags and accessories. Its craft has run in the city for six decades.
Best for Handcrafted leather bags and accessories from a Roman workshop running since 1964
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