Tricot was born from a choice: to manufacture in Italy. The country where cashmere is still worked as a craft, passed from one generation to the next.
That choice has two faces. A century-old family manufacture near Venice, where every piece is knitted on 3 yarns, linked stitch by stitch. A spinning mill in Florence, where the yarn is prepared, sorted, and checked.
Spinning is the invisible stage. The one that precedes everything and on which everything depends. In Florence, in a region whose textile expertise goes back several centuries, cashmere fibers — recycled and virgin — are turned into yarn.
Every fiber used at Tricot meets a double requirement: what it brings to the piece, and what it costs to produce. Recycled cashmere, mulesing-free wool, superior 140's wool: three materials, three logics, three distinct uses. Each piece receives the material that matches what it needs to do — in wear, over time, in its relation to the season.
Each stitch is built directly to its final shape — a technique called fully fashioned. Linking is the final step, and the longest: each stitch is joined by hand, one by one, to close the seams without sewing them.