Bergfabel

Bergfabelis a word born from a union of two words : Berg meaning MOUNTAIN and Fabel..FABLE. Two words,two worlds, at first glance they are distant, the opposite, but in my story they are profoundly united : the harshness of the mountains, the harmony of a fairy tale blended together in one project.

The mountainis the foundation, the starting point : my birth place, where my parents were born and my grandparents before them. The Mountain gave us a home, food toeat, made us work hard ; it made us growup according to it slaw and tradition : Harsh, strong, and sometimes cold, but at the same time breath takingly romantic… like its scenery.
The Mountainis arduous, yet at the same time magnificent, an enchanted tale, my tale. The one I want to tell you…
A boy from the mountains that left his roots to discover the world,after a lot of upsand down she followed his vision and finally found away to transform his emotion,love and spirit.

Bergfabel in fact was born there. An inspiration from the mountains, the place from the past he wanted so desperately to leave behind, but that same place he always returned to, in order to recuperate, absorb energy, to re find the flavor to work, the perfume of passion and the colour of life. Bergfabel is a trip, a voyage of my past. Memories of my childhood, the smell of the forest, the intense blue of the sky, the colorful sounds of the street musicians, the peace, the silence and the simplicity of the nature. Bergfabel is the love I re found for my origin, aconcept, a lifestyle, a philosophy that I try to convey through my clothes.
The entire Collection is inspired by traditional costume and fabrics, from the workplace to local festive events in typical“Tirol”style. The emblematic materials are felt, wooland linen, used for over a hundred years by the Southern“Tyrolese”countrymen, and with intricate know how intertwine cotton, linen and wool.

The Collection is produced by local artisans, old craftsman experienced in traditional costume.
The techniques utilized are the same used a hundred years ago. Simple work man ship that gives each style their sincere typical traits of who creates things with love and passion… The attention and reserved accuracy to materials and the manufacturing secures each single piece a statement of elevated quality, that will last a lifetime and respects the flavour of tradition and reflects the past...of how things were made…………. once upon a time!

The Bergfabel collection is an on going process of improving sartorial techniques and fitting and using highest quality fabrics. Its purpose is not to make a completely new collection, but to build on the style of the first collection. Ever more importance is given to the selection of exclusive fabrics, which are carefully developed and improved. The aim is to create an item which is without season or time and which becomes more beautiful over time, the more it is worn. The unique fabric gives a strong character to classic pieces. The palette is compiled of navy, charcoal, black mixed with blue, and beige and navy.
Great importance is given equally to the hand made wool products and accessories. The wool comes from local sheep's of South Tyrol and it is prepared using the same traditional techniques and machinery of 100 years ago. The wool is full of lanolin, the unique healthy property of which can be appreciated only by wearing it!

It is a long tradition in South Tyrol that the women on the farm, during the winter time, would sit by the fire-place and would use the wool to make warm socks, gloves and pullovers.

Klaus Plank biography

Klaus was born in 1975 in South Tyrol, Italy. He was the fifth child out of six siblings …second to the last, but this was never his motto….! His feel and love of nature was something he grew up with as both parents were farmers and both locations were situated in the highest point of the mountains. Thecity was a faroff land and even during the summer he would spend it visiting grandparents who too lived in theheart of Nature. His relationship with his homeland grew and the passion for his surroundings with it…. After high school Klaus decided to leave his roots and studied in Maastricht, Netherlands and shortlyafter that graduated in University ofWien, Austria. During his time at University in Wien, he met a Tailor who owned a small Sartoria (tailoring). He would skiplessons and sit for hours watching his talented new friend develop creations with such precision.Klaus was a quick learner and soon began to work along side him. His passion for Clothes was a secret dream since he was little,being the last of the brothers ...henever had new clothes, he would always get old clothes and hand me downs from the others….He had dreamt of making new clothes for himself and being able to choose what “He” wanted towear… After graduation Klaus wanted to explore his horizons and moved on to working with the Walking-chair design studio and International Lomographic Society in Wien, Austria. In 2000 he founded together with one of his brothers the brand REINHARD PLANK.

In January 2010 Klaus showed his first Bergfabel collection in Paris, and fromthe beginning the collection awakened the interest of high end customers from all over the world. Klaus was able to bring his love of nature and tailoring to life in Bergfabel. Now in 2013 Bergfabel is still a small brand with a select distribution and Klaus is committed to maintaining go on like this….

Klaus loves listening the great music of Johann Sebastian Bach, which influences a lot his work. Also big part of his inspiration is coming from the love of his family… his wife Barbara and his little daughter Hanna who was born last December 2012.

FEIT

Designed by Tull Price in New York, all FEIT products are built entirely by hand from natural materials, produced in limited numbers with a carefully selected group of master craftspeople from around the world. Tull’s career in footwear began in the early 1990’s at age 18. Fascinated by the rapidly evolving idea of globalization, Tull founded a small streetwear label which eventually grew into a footwear company with global distribution. During the ten years he ran this company and especially after its sale to a public entity, Tull witnessed the shortcomings of production on a mass scale. The corporate pressure to create quarterly growth led to extreme cost-cutting, which exacerbated the existing problems inherent to mass production such as automation and the use of synthetics and toxins, leading to increased waste and landfill. FEIT was born as a reaction – an evolution of consumerism and production, moving away from volume and excess and towards quality, sustainability, and the pursuit of product integrity. Tull refers to this movement as neo luxury. To help refine this idea, Tull spent most of the next ten years studying and working in Europe, to learn from its use of traditional production techniques and its insights into capitalism and longevity – insights increasingly relevant in today’s world. FEIT products are a fusion of this dual history - the best of both athletic and classic footwear merged into a modern, minimal luxury product. For Tull, FEIT is a company in which he can be uncompromising in pursuit of his goals, adhering to a strict set of design and manufacturing principles.

TO&CO/トゥー＆コー

革は、ラテン語で「コリウム」と呼ばれ、南イタリアでは「コリウ」と呼ばれます 19世紀から引き継がれる3つの家業がこのカバンを作り出すことになりました。 革の歴史と伝統を尊重するため、このブランドはcoriuと名付けられました。

History of 3 families

Leather

革職人の家族は、4世代前からレザービジネスを営んでおり、曽祖父はナポリで事業を始めました。そして、彼の子供たちは皆革ビジネスを引き継いできています。家具を作る人もいれば、革小物を作る人もいれば、革の鞣しをする人もいます。その中で蓄えられた、革の伝統と知識は、世代から世代へと引き継がれています。

Craft man

鞄職人のアトリエは、南イタリアの小さな都市に拠点を置いています。彼の父親は60年代にローマでバッグアトリエを始めました。アトリエはイタリアのメゾンブランドから注文を受けていました。 90年代の終わりに、巨大なメゾンはミラノに近い工場を統一することを決めましたが、彼らは南イタリアに留まり、現在の拠点となっている小さな都市に移動することを決めました。職人の技術とスキルが子供たちに伝えられています。

Metal

南イタリアでは、Metalo Battuta(メタロ　バツゥタ)という手作りの金属の伝統があります。金属細工師は、純粋な真鍮を使用して、使用時に美しい経年変化をもたらすアクセサリーを作ります。

CORIU

Biography

2004 university of archeology.
2007 start work with father. Leather business for furnitures and leather development.
2008 start passion for leather products and leather design. Making the first products samples, small leather goods and bags.
2010 start the first bags brand with a partner. The brand was called Masquemas and the concept was making bags with used sails from the boats.
2013 first Tagliovivo collection.

History of 3 families

Leather

The family of the designer is running the leather business since 4 generation. The grand-grand father started his business in Naples. And all of his children follow the leather business. Some of them make the furniture, some of them make the accessory, some of them make leather. The tradition of the leather and the knowledge is taking over generation to generation.

Craft man

The atelier of the craft man is based in a small city of south Italy. His father started a bag atelier at Rome in the 60’s. The atelier was taking the order from some Italian maison brands. At the end of 90’s, the huge maison decided to unite the factory close to Milan, but they decided to stay in south Italy and move to the small city where they are basing now. The artisanal technique and the skill are telling to the children.

Metal

In the south Italy, there is a tradition of hand made metal. The metal smith use the pure brass to make the accessory which give a beautiful aging when it’s used.

The bags are embodied by the relation ship of the south Italian family history since 19th centuey. The leather is called “corium” in ancent latin and in the south Italy is called “coriu” For the respect of the history and the tradition of the leather, the brand is named coriu.

bengt paris/ベントパリス

革は、ラテン語で「コリウム」と呼ばれ、南イタリアでは「コリウ」と呼ばれます 19世紀から引き継がれる3つの家業がこのカバンを作り出すことになりました。 革の歴史と伝統を尊重するため、このブランドはcoriuと名付けられました。

History of 3 families

Leather

革職人の家族は、4世代前からレザービジネスを営んでおり、曽祖父はナポリで事業を始めました。そして、彼の子供たちは皆革ビジネスを引き継いできています。家具を作る人もいれば、革小物を作る人もいれば、革の鞣しをする人もいます。その中で蓄えられた、革の伝統と知識は、世代から世代へと引き継がれています。

Craft man

鞄職人のアトリエは、南イタリアの小さな都市に拠点を置いています。彼の父親は60年代にローマでバッグアトリエを始めました。アトリエはイタリアのメゾンブランドから注文を受けていました。 90年代の終わりに、巨大なメゾンはミラノに近い工場を統一することを決めましたが、彼らは南イタリアに留まり、現在の拠点となっている小さな都市に移動することを決めました。職人の技術とスキルが子供たちに伝えられています。

Metal

南イタリアでは、Metalo Battuta(メタロ　バツゥタ)という手作りの金属の伝統があります。金属細工師は、純粋な真鍮を使用して、使用時に美しい経年変化をもたらすアクセサリーを作ります。