Established in 1945 by Antonio Ratti,
The Ratti Group, since then, has always been one of the poles of reference with regard to silk production, tie, and print for clients such as Salvatore Ferragamo, Gucci, Zara, Prada etc..
It is fascinating, being able to observe more closely, what we usually do not consider as a whole, or from his birth / production.Now we consider a top from Zara, I saw the other day.
A simple dark blue top.
What does a normal person usually do?
He/She sees a simple dark blue top with a butterfly print.
No.
The fabric, in addition to being a silk chiffon, and to have a printing application (if you've forgotten what it means go to the previous post ) butterflies, (I recognized it immediately as I had already seen somewhere) was produced at Ratti Group's factory.
A Tissue, If printed in application / or corrosion, once washed, must be vaporized and then there must be applied to an operation called "finishing", necessary to improve the qualities of the fabric.
All these operations are performed, including the production of fabric, and I would like to emphasize the "production" word, at Ratti's.It is also interesting to note the quality of work performed during the complete production process.Although the 60-70% of the thread of the fabric is imported from China, most of the processing is completely produced within the plant: from spinning, by the creation of the drawings imported on the screen, until the actual printing.One of the most incredible place, was the "color kitchen", where the recipe of the shade chosen, runs; and another, and perhaps my favorite, was the archive.
Corridors and corridors, yards and yards of fabrics all gathered in one single room.The history of the fabric is not possible to know through the museums, as there is only a small amount;
but in manufacturing plants, where we not only have the fabrics produced for the brand for that year, but we can touch fabrics
but in manufacturing plants, where we not only have the fabrics produced for the brand for that year, but we can touch fabrics
of years and years ago.
GS
Credits: Gabriele Semeraro
