Pomandère

Pomandère is a minimalist Italian designer label for women, founded in Zanè in 2008 by Carlo Zanuso. His family had spent more than 30 years making shirts for other brands in a historic Veneto fashion district before launching their own label, and that sartorial know-how still shapes its style, which the brand sums up as rigour and fluidity, androgyny and femininity: tailored pieces in pure geometries and soft, natural tones, made to be worn every day for years. The shirt is the heart of the collection, from striped poplin and habutai silk styles to shantung shirts in viscose, linen and silk. Around it sit shirt dresses, dresses, trousers, skirts, knitwear, coats, shoes and accessories. Production is entirely Italian, with most garments made in the family's own factory near Vicenza using local suppliers. Pomandère favours natural materials such as linen, cotton and silk, and shares its environmental work through its Pomandère for Green and Transparency Project pages. It also makes a line of fragrances for the home and the person. The brand opened its first flagship store at 26 Rue Saint-Sulpice in Paris's Saint-Germain neighbourhood, and sells online across Europe, the US and other markets.