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“Empowering you to realize your artistic and financial potential - in the most efficient and profitable manner”

Tailor-made consultancy for your success

Italian Fashion Partner

IFP is an innovative company born to help you make the right business connections in our country.

Italy is home to the best leather craftsmen and artisans in the world and many fashion houses produce their accessories here because it is the only place where leather crafting is still a work of art.

Our mission is to connect you to the best talents in the leather industry, acting as a custodian of luxury and craftsmanship, to help you succeed in your goal.

“Guiding you through the system to ensure you make the best possible connections and deals”

Finding the skills and partners you need

IFP was founded by Franco Gabbrielli, a household name in the design and production of leather bags and accessories.

This background enables us to understand your needs like no other consultancy company.

Our approach is hands-on: we participate in the prototyping phase of the project to identify the skills you need and the business partners that can provide them.

Names are not taken from a data base, but from firsthand acquaintance of the people and companies in the leather industry, where Franco has worked for over thirty years, and his family before him.

With you every step of the way

Helping you achieve premium quality at the best price by offering fully independent advice

Once we have a clear picture of the knowhow you require, we put forward a selection of possible partners that fit the bill.

Thanks to the different fields of expertise of our founders, we are able to do so for each step of the production process, providing you with a list of candidates with different price options.

“You may choose to avail yourself of our consultancy in selected phases of the process or throughout the whole production phase includes”

Style

trends analysis materials research pattern design paper pattern development CAD rough muslin fitting defects cancellation cost evaluation

Prototyping

selecting reinforcements making of first prototype timing

Production

selecting companies for production surveying all production phases

Quality control

product analysis based on pre-production samples

Logistics

raw materials semi-finished & finished goods management

Legal protection

legal assistance in the various phases and contract drafting

About us

Franco has a long-standing experience in the design of leather bags and accessories.

Franco Gabbrielli / CEO CFO

After his apprenticeship in the family business, he set up “Gabbrielli International” with his sister Patrizia, producing leather goods for the likes of Prada. In 1999, he launched the Gabs brand, reaching 300,000 production units per year. He is a Member of the Board of Directors of Assopellettieri, the Italian association of leather goods producers, and actively collaborates with NABA and IED in Milan and international academic institutes such as Bangkok University.

Stefano has a firsthand experience in the production of belts, wallets and accessories.

With his brother Luca, he redesigned the entire production process of the family-owned business to produce high quality belts for major fashion houses in the world.

Stefano Pierpaoli / Sales Manager

Today, Stefano brings his wide experience in luxury leather goods production on OEM and/ or private labels for major brands.

Giorgia is an architect specializing in bag design - she has her own line of bagsand the creative use of materials.

Giorgia Palmirani / Project Manager

In her professional experience as accessories designer for international fashion brands and buyer for a major concept store in Florence, she has acquired an extensive know-how of the leather and fashion markets and of the production and distribution processes.

Contact

f.gabbrielli@ifpartner.com s.pierpaoli@ifpartner.com g.palmirani@ifpartner.com

Via Angeloni 493 - 47521 Cesena (FC) Italy +39 0547 1932202

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