13 Facts About Bottega Veneta

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Bottega Veneta is an Italian luxury fashion house based in Milan, Italy.

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Bottega Veneta was established in 1966 in Vicenza, Italy by Michele Taddei and Renzo Zengiaro.

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In 1972, Bottega Veneta opened its first store in the USA, in New York City.

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Bottega Veneta's moved to New York to develop the company and became a member of the local jetset.

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Bottega Veneta presented its first women ready-to-wear runway show in February 2005 and its first men runway show in June 2006.

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In 2006, Bottega Veneta launched a 3-year, tuition-free training program in partnership with the 4-century-old Scuola d'Arte e Mestieri di Vicenza.

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Bottega Veneta launched the Women's Mountain Cooperatives in 2011, independent artisanal leather workshops for unemployed women of the Alto Astico and Posina mountain community.

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Bottega Veneta opened a first manufacturing site Manifattura Veneta Pelletterie in Altavilla Vicentina in 2011, and a second in Malo in 2012.

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In 2011, La Scuola dei Maestri Pellettieri di Bottega Veneta created a 3-month post-graduate course with the Universita Iuav di Venezia to train students to advanced handbag design and product development.

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In 2018, Bottega Veneta opened a 6-floor flagship store in Ginza, Tokyo, in a building designed as a tribute to the capital's architectural modernism.

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Bottega Veneta maintained the brand's emphasis on well-crafted, logo-less and simplicity-driven products.

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Under Blazy, Bottega Veneta shows returned to Milan and the company revealed plans to move its headquarters into Milan's Palazzo San Fedele before the end of 2023.

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Bottega Veneta has sponsored the Venice Dance Biennale since 2021 and the Festival de Hyeres since 2022.

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