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[\/goodtailor_section_heading][vc_column_text]The\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Fabbrica Tessile Bossio<\/b>\u00a0is the custodian of millenary traditions that have their roots in\u00a0<\/span>the Magna Graecia and Bretian culture<\/b>, cohabiting for many centuries in the strip of Calabria between the colonies of\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>S\u00fdbaris<\/span><\/i>\u00a0\u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Kr\u00f3ton<\/span><\/i> , Sibari and Crotone today. These are techniques for the production of typical Mediterranean yarns, with production processes totally cadenced by the rhythms of nature, accompanied by the rules of water and fire. From these yarns, given by nature and enhanced by human ingenuity, <\/span>unique and unrepeatable fabrics<\/b>\u00a0come to life\u00a0whose weft is modeled by ancient looms and by ritual movements of the hands, known and kept alive by the very few who have handed them down, mainly in a matrilineal line, from generation to generation. <\/span>Linen<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>cotton<\/b>\u00a0, but above all the very rare spinning and weaving of\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>broom<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>silk<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0through the activation of an\u00a0<\/span>integrated short supply chain<\/b>, totally controlled and managed by the Bossio Textile Factory.\u00a0From the\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>raw material<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0to the\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>coloring<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>weaving,<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0everything is full of the values \u200b\u200bof nature and tradition. Our company avails itself of the precious collaboration of the Master weaver Pasquale Filippelli, one of the greatest connoisseurs of natural fibers and their processing.\u00a0Maestro<\/em> Filippelli has designed and built ad hoc machinery for the processing of precious natural fibers and created important product innovations in the home decor, fashion and cosmetics lines.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/KSNJnSefaAA”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section el_class=”blocco-ginestra-odorosa”][vc_row][vc_column][goodtailor_section_heading decoration=”decor-1″]<\/p>\n [\/goodtailor_section_heading][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”2736″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]The\u00a0<\/span>odorous broom<\/b>\u00a0, the\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>jinestra<\/span><\/i>\u00a0\u00a0in the Calabrian declination of the Ionian area of \u200b\u200bCosenza, is a typical shrub of the Mediterranean area, formerly used to produce textile fibers.\u00a0It is a native variety of which the sprouts collected are used for the care and maintenance of the plant.\u00a0The\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>ionic Calabria<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0boasted a great tradition in the use of the broom to produce yarns for the most varied uses.\u00a0Today, the production of broom yarn and fabrics is an exclusive of our company and the whole\u00a0<\/span>manufacturing<\/b>\u00a0process\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0is done\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 only by hand<\/b>, in total contact with the elements of nature and with the help of ancient spinning wheels and looms.\u00a0Harvesting in bunches, between July and August, is followed by boiling, pulping, skinning, defibration, threshing, carding and finally spinning and weaving.\u00a0The natural colors are obtained from the same boiling and the brighter colors from the petals of its flower.\u00a0The garments made with these fabrics take on characteristics of uniqueness and unrepeatability and let us imagine the iconic Magna Graecia world of Pythagoras and Milone of Crotone.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][goodtailor_section_heading decoration=”decor-1″]<\/p>\n [\/goodtailor_section_heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]The history of\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>silk\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0in\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Calabria\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0is the history of an ancient tradition that had the\u00a0<\/span>female universe<\/b>\u00a0as its pivot.\u00a0Women were at the center of a long process that began with the breeding of the\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>worm<\/b>\u00a0,\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>bombyx mori<\/span><\/i>, and ended with spinning and weaving.\u00a0The ancient art of the production of silk yarns and artifacts, from the Byzantine period to the end of the 19th century, was of primary importance for the Greek-Ionian economy of Calabria. Our company uses silk from the few and\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>small local and sustainable farms<\/b>\u00a0that have their own mulberry trees: mulberry leaves are the exclusive source of nutrition of the worm.\u00a0From these farms, located in still uncontaminated contexts, we acquire cocoons grown in a natural way from which we extract the yarn exclusively by mechanical means, without the use of chemicals, guaranteeing the\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>well-being of animals and the environment,<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0a high healthiness of the product and stimulating the small local businesses.\u00a0The silk fabric can be supplied raw or colored with natural dyes and is suitable for the creation of refined high quality clothing and linen.\u00a0Here it is used to make precious blankets, tapestries and shawls with ancient designs called “mantelle”.<\/span><\/p>\nTHE ODOROUS BROOM<\/b><\/h4>\n
Silk<\/h4>\n