Inside the “Bottega-house” Alberto Squillace, a 5th generation glove maker in Naples undeniable skill and talent, welcome you as if you were a friend to tell legends, anecdotes, talk about art, history, life, future prospects, show how a glove is made Using the same technique handed down for 5 generations.
Handmade gloves in as many as 25 steps
An artist, a stylist but most of all a character: Alberto Squillace
Because the changes of the last 100 years have not touched on a tradition
A coffee here like nowhere else in the world
The time runs fast between a chat and a coffee, and when it comes time to go you will bring with you an indelible memory of the passion, warmth, friendliness, sympathy and tales of Alberto, and if one day you will return to Naples I can tell you , right now, with little margin of error, you’re coming here to get coffee.
1923 Historical Year of the foundation of Omega, the only company that in Naples, and probably in the world, still today realizes its gloves with 25 steps, all strictly handmade. In a world that runs and where time is punctuated by the steps of the algorithms, they proceed against current by finding consensus, worldwide!
1923 Historical Year of the foundation of Omega, the only company that in Naples, and probably in the world, still today realizes its gloves with 25 steps, all strictly handmade. In a world that runs and where time is punctuated by the steps of the algorithms, they proceed against current by finding consensus, worldwide!
The Glover is an art already known in ancient Egypt, even the Greeks, the Romans and the Lombards wore them, almost like, a declaration of prestige, in the Middle Ages assumes a strong symbolic value as investiture of the feudal lords, episcopal consecration and in Sign of challenge, while in France, around the 1600 becomes a fashion accessory. But it is only in Naples that, with Charles de Bourbon, around the 1737 reaches its highest level and finds the head office in the Sanità neighborhood.