Natural yarns

The  Fabbrica Tessile Bossio is the custodian of millenary traditions that have their roots in the Magna Graecia and Bretian culture, cohabiting for many centuries in the strip of Calabria between the colonies of  Sýbaris  and  Króton , Sibari and Crotone today. These are techniques for the production of typical Mediterranean yarns, with production processes totally cadenced by the rhythms of nature, accompanied by the rules of water and fire. From these yarns, given by nature and enhanced by human ingenuity, unique and unrepeatable fabrics come to life whose weft is modeled by ancient looms and by ritual movements of the hands, known and kept alive by the very few who have handed them down, mainly in a matrilineal line, from generation to generation. Linen  and  cotton , but above all the very rare spinning and weaving of  broom  and  silk  through the activation of an integrated short supply chain, totally controlled and managed by the Bossio Textile Factory. From the  raw material  to the  coloring  and  weaving,  everything is full of the values ​​of nature and tradition. Our company avails itself of the precious collaboration of the Master weaver Pasquale Filippelli, one of the greatest connoisseurs of natural fibers and their processing. Maestro Filippelli has designed and built ad hoc machinery for the processing of precious natural fibers and created important product innovations in the home decor, fashion and cosmetics lines.

The history of  silk  in  Calabria  is the history of an ancient tradition that had the female universe as its pivot. Women were at the center of a long process that began with the breeding of the  worm ,  bombyx mori, and ended with spinning and weaving. The ancient art of the production of silk yarns and artifacts, from the Byzantine period to the end of the 19th century, was of primary importance for the Greek-Ionian economy of Calabria. Our company uses silk from the few and  small local and sustainable farms that have their own mulberry trees: mulberry leaves are the exclusive source of nutrition of the worm. From these farms, located in still uncontaminated contexts, we acquire cocoons grown in a natural way from which we extract the yarn exclusively by mechanical means, without the use of chemicals, guaranteeing the  well-being of animals and the environment,  a high healthiness of the product and stimulating the small local businesses. The silk fabric can be supplied raw or colored with natural dyes and is suitable for the creation of refined high quality clothing and linen. Here it is used to make precious blankets, tapestries and shawls with ancient designs called “mantelle”.

The love for the ancient  silk tradition  and the respect for nature led us to create the SetiAmo line of  cosmetic devices  which includes  gloves, natural silk pads and cocoons  rich in the super proteins  sericin  and  fibroin  with highly beneficial properties in the care of skin and hair.

Natural fibers can be processed in purity or in a mixed way (linen / cotton – linen / broom – silk / cotton – silk / linen etc.) while the fabrics can be made raw, with raw design, natural dyes and with dyed natural designs. These combinations make it possible to create fabrics also on customer specifications.