TOPP ITALIA: Don’t call it “Tape”! The - Denim Première Vision
“The essence of our strength lies in a few millimetres of fabric”. TOPP ITALIA products are indeed an expression of craftsmanship and tailoring converted to the mechanisation of the production process, so as to ensure flexibility, timeliness, while ensuring care for detail, creativity and beauty.
THE IMPORTANCE OF HANDS
The history of TOPP ITALIA is one in which hands and human ingenuity have generated a unique and excellent reality. Since 1956, TOPP ITALIA has been producing bias and straight-edge, flat and folded tapes. A technology that did not exist as we know it today, which at TOPP ITALIA has evolved to become state-of-the-art: here hands, sensitivity and taste still make the difference.
“Thinking with your hands is a wise piece of advice.” In so doing, ideas acquire substance, a bond that prevents them from straying from substantiality, and at TOPP ITALIA, there’s plenty of it.
The hand shows us beauty, crafts masterpieces and conducts orchestras. To judge a fabric, nothing can replace touch.
An ensemble that acts in unison, at every single stage, like a dance, from design to packaging.
Walking through the production department, which we call “Laboratory”, immediately conveys the idea of a place where each person is the proud author of an element, an accessory that endows the garment with value and personality. It gives it its final look, and contributes to its sell-out success.
TRANSFORMISM, VISION, SERVICE
TOPP ITALIA works side by side with the style offices and fashion designers of renowned ready-to-wear maisons. Demanding and up-to-date clients, aware of the importance of those few millimetres to come up with impeccable creations. From basics to couture, from underwear to beachwear, fabrics transformed into ribbons, drawstrings, piping, tubulars, straps, innovative complements for boundless transformations, which also cater to the vision of avant-garde designers.
Unique items, also for home textiles, interior design, footwear and car interiors.
There are no limits in terms of the processes either. Step by step, the fabric becomes the inside of a trousers’ waistband, or, thanks to pleating, gathering, overcasting, stitching, embroidery, it is transformed into very complex three-dimensional ruffles and trimmings. Even the choice of the sewing thread is important at TOPP ITALIA, at it is key to prevent possible glitches during the garment dyeing phase.
A constant interaction with the clientele, supported by prototypes even for the smallest meters needed for a fashion show, up to sharing extensive color charts and detailed and bespoke data sheets. A philosophy that is more akin to a boutique than a department store, close to a tailoring service.
FLOWERS, BOWS AND COTILLONS
TOPP ITALIA can create, thanks to expert craftswomen, flowers, bows and embroidery to complete very classy garments, hats and accessories, in any material. Indeed, a dedicated and very creative service is already available within the style office, which also encompasses consultancy.
THE SEDUCTION OF DENIM:
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
Denim, and its community, are very important for TOPP ITALIA, both in terms of volumes and because Denim needs “identity” and customisation. Features that can obviously be obtained thanks to different types of fabric, finishes and washes, but a key role is played by accessories. The details TOPP ITALIA can create are extremely meaningful in terms of “suggestion” and source of inspiration for couture garments too.
TOPP ITALIA partake in DENIM PV because here they can meet up with the best qualified international Denim actors. It is also the ideal place for a constructive exchange, which gives rise to new synergies and inspires new challenges, such as the creation of accessories and tapes from used jeans, thus imbuing the concept of sustainability with tangible value.
SUSTAINABILITY
TOPP ITALIA purchases green energy derived from natural sources. Since it does not produce fabrics, it is not an energy-intensive industry. Fabrics are sourced from various producers who have already attained the OEKO TEX, GRS and GOTS certifications, the same ones that the company has obtained.
At TOPP ITALIA, even processing scraps are separated by type of material and entrusted to companies that make the part of a virtuous circular economy.
As well as the cardboard tubes around which tapes are wrapped, the reels, and the packaging films are made of recycled material, as well as the paper adhesive tapes for the boxes.
TOPP ITALIA clients will find “in a few millimetres” a sharp gaze, graceful style, and utmost care for detail, features that make a ribbon, a trimming, a flower, the extension of a creative process, closing the circle to perfection.