Paola Verzini and her husband Michele founded the Stripes Of-f Road accessory brand in Verona, Italy in 2007. Instilled with a passion for tailoring and craftsmanship by her tailor parents, Paola still follows this sartorial philosophy in the production of the Stripes Of-f Road bag and accessory collections. 

The brand works mainly to order and offers the possibility to personalize the design, from the inner and outer fabrics to the yarns and zips. 

Passionate about the world of denim, the designer couple has for several years been pursuing upcycling with the use of high quality, durable and non-fading Italian denim fabrics. 

Kelly Konings Textiles was founded by textile and fashion designer Kelly Konings. It offers an innovative approach to how clothing is made by combining the textile making process with the design process, creating garment and textile simultaneously. This way, textile and garment are woven in a multi-layering system. This simplified production system of an integrated design and weaving processes makes it possible to produce garments locally and on demand, reducing the amount of steps in the production and therefore reducing waste. All textiles are woven with natural, recycled and/or deadstock yarns, such as linen and local wool, creating high quality, 100% biodegradable textiles and. This approach combines the craft of weaving with the material experimentation into digital jacquard woven patterns. 

Konings’s work has been featured in magazines such as Vogue, Elle and ID Magazine, and showcased at Copenhagen Fashion Week, Stockholm Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week. It was awarded the ‘H&M and ELLE Circular Fashion Award 2023’. The designer’s work has been presented at institutes such as ITS International Talent Support, New Order of Fashion, The Visionary Lab, The Linen Project, the Stockholm Furniture Fair, the Stockholm Craft Week, the Dutch Design Week, the Salone del Mobile and the Stockholm Creative Edition.