Italo Ferretti
The Company
The company, which is based in Silvi
Marina/Teramo, was founded in 1967 by Italo Ferretti, an expert in the
marketing of clothing in the regions of Abruzzo and Marche, who had
sensed the importance of personalized, tailor-made ties. After careful
analysis, the company was set up to satisfy this demand, selling ties of
its own making alongside the distribution of other brands of ties.
A family-owned enterprise, Santostefano di Italo Ferretti
quickly gained an important share of the market, and by the early 1970's
it was selling exclusively its own production. Today, Santostefano di
Italo Ferretti has 90 employees working in production and
administration, and the founder's three sons, Carlo, Federico and
Giacomo, all play an important part in the company's success.
The ties - which are hand-made with the use of three patents - are
designed and created according to the customer's detailed requests.
Manufacturing is narrowly gauged on sales, and is performed in such a
way as to ensure that each single item is utterly unique, from design
and development to stencilling, numbering, patterning (personally cared
for by Giacomo) and exclusive weaving of the raw fabric or thread.
About Arnold
Santostefano di Italo Ferretti has an office
in New York and two showrooms in Italy - one in Silvi Marina and another
in Milan. Its reference markets are the USA and Europe, and the company
has its own stands at all the main international fairs, including
Florence, New York, Las Vegas and Munich.