OUR STORY
To archive is to safeguard, preserving it with care, away from time, so that its value may be eternal.
The Archivia was officially founded in September 2021, from the need to share the intimate inspiration of Rosa Aquino, 27 years old, a determined and generous creative, as well as a mother and founder of her Archive.
The journey of the Neapolitan brand is made up of small and courageous steps.
Very little time, in fact, has passed since Rosa’s carefree creativity, which takes shape from her experiences and studies in Milan, gave life to a dream, making it real.
“I PLEASANTLY LOSE TRACK OF TIME AMONG EXPERIMENTATIONS AND CREATIONS AT AN INEXHAUSTIBLE RHYTHM:
HAVING IDEAS WITHOUT PAUSE IS WHAT I DESIRED. THE ENERGY AND TIME INVESTED EVERY DAY FOR NOW TWO YEARS HAVE DETERMINED GROWTH AND GRATIFICATION FOR ME.”
Rosa
HANDMADE IN ITALY
A passionate and attentive curiosity characterizes a creative process that blends past and present inspirations, among reflections and timeless experimentations.
It is the celebration of the value of Italian craftsmanship, however, that honors the uniqueness and identity of each garment.
A team of young women and skilled seamstresses gives shape to Rosa’s visions; thus, a family merges and comes together in the creation of garments capable of enhancing care and attention to detail.
All the finishes and applications on the garments, in fact, are made according to the quintessence of craftsmanship, without the aid of machinery, thus determining the uniqueness of each one.
“It is the focus value of the brand,” states Rosa, turning toward her team, which is team, support, family; emphasizing how this synergy is the foundation of her work.
WHY "THE ARCHIVIA"
The identification of the name was born in a moment, before everything else, among the doors of the inspiring wardrobe in my grandmother’s house which, with the passing of time, revealed itself as my heart archive:
A heritage of enlightening inspirations, starting from Eighties tailoring cuts. In love with an old jacket of my mother, I began to think of a line of outerwear. Jackets and coats were a first step to move toward a more articulated creation of proposals.
Usually, archive implies a static container to preserve outdated documents, linked to the past: I overturned the concept as a place to generate innovation starting precisely from garments and details conceived in previous periods which, for me, have a strong emotional value.