page_title: Berluti
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Berluti / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Alessandro Sartori, Berluti Creative Director
context_page_description: Berluti is a subsidiary brand of LVMH that manufactures menswear, especially the leather finishing of calfskin, kangaroo leather and alligator skin in its production of shoes and boots. It makes leather belts, bags, and wallets, as well as bespoke and ready-to-wear garments. Established in 1895 by Italian Alessandro Berluti of Marche, Berluti is based in Paris on rue Marbeuf. Its current creative director is Kris Van Assche.
context_section_description: Berluti  was founded in 1895 by Italian Alessandro Berluti, and later run by Olga Squeri, also known as Olga Berluti. The LVMH group acquired Berluti in 1993. In 2012, Berluti acquired Paris tailor house Arny's and launched its first prêt-à-porter menswear collections.
  Berluti is headed since 2012 by LVMH's CEO Bernard Arnault's son, Antoine Arnault, who also serves as  the chairman of Loro Piana. In March 2014, Isabella Capece Galeota became director of image and communications.
  In 2017 Business of Fashion  named Berluti among the 16 best companies to work for in the fashion industry.
  All the footwear manufacturing production is located in the town of Gaibanella in the municipality of Ferrara, while the quality control center at the corporate headquarters in Paris.
caption: Alessandro Sartori was Berluti's creative director for 5 years, overseeing its first clothing collections
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