This Holiday Season Bottega Veneta Celebrates Italian Creativity with Bottega for Bottegas
Bottega Veneta embraces the season of giving by shining light on 12 other Italian bottegas.
Tis the season of giving, and Bottega Veneta intends to do just that. The Italian fashion house is using its significant platform to shine a light on smaller, local brands. Bottega Veneta selected 12 other bottegas in Italy to be featured in this year's festivities.
The brand promises this is only the first year of what will be an ongoing project in which it hands over online and in-store retail space to local craftspeople. Merchandise from the other brands will not be sold through Bottega Veneta, but the items will be advertised on Bottega Veneta's website, in its newsletters, store shelves, and windows. Locations in Milan, Rome, and Venice will participate.
The highlighted bottegas include Bottega Amatruda, a nearly 750-year-old business hand-producing paper, as well as Bottega Cantina Bisson, a winery run by Pierluigi Lugano. Bottega Enza Fasano is in the business of producing ceramics coated in abstract art. Bottega Gay-Odin makes craft chocolates with techniques that date back to the year 1800.
You can purchase gin from Bottega Ginepraio and biscuits from Bottega Krumiri Rossi that former President Bill Clinton allegedly once described as "wonderful" in a letter. Bottega Pastificio Martelli are pasta makers, and Bottega Orsoni have crafted mosaics around the world.
Bottega Riso Pozzi harvest rice in accordance with the seasons, while Bottega Respighi Drums makes, as you might have guessed, artisinal drums. Bottega Olio Vanini has been producing olive oil for over 170 years with olives from trees overlooking Lake Como. Bottega Saponificio Varesino makes soap, with each bar coming from a 20 day soap-making process, ending with a seal of excellence stamped on each side.
“We are proud to offer worldwide visibility to these 'Bottegas' that are deeply rooted in Italian culture, specially at a time where smaller entities continue to be impacted by the pandemic," said Bartolomeo Rongone, CEO of Bottega Veneta. "It is with honor that we have passed on our advertising spaces, website, newsletters, and store windows and we hope that this will further highlight their excellence at a global level."
