Like many other industries, fashion is affected by major global crises; starting with the Covid pandemic to the more recent war conflict in Ukraine, and the resulting increase in energy prices. Fashion seasons are becoming less and less defined, fairs around the world are shifting, and various designers are simultaneously exhibiting summer and winter collections. It is increasingly difficult for supply companies to respond efficiently to customer demands.
On the other hand, Wealth, a leader in small metal parts and accessories for footwear, leather goods, and high-fashion clothing, based in Desio (MI), in the Milanese hinterland, appears to be in top form. The company specializes in designing and supplying high-quality small metal parts to the most important and prestigious brands in the fashion industry, and among its outstanding products are studs, buttons, rings, rivets, rhinestones, crystals and natural stones. Always attentive to fashion trends and developments, Wealth is constantly engaged in the search for solutions in which aesthetics plays a leading role, without ever neglecting the innovative and qualitative aspect of the product.
We met the young professionals of the Wealth team at the Desio MB headquarters: “We work in close collaboration with the client’s style department,” Ramona Farris tells us, “a team of designers and technicians study and elaborate each accessory specifically, so that, once the processing is completed, each of them possesses the elegance typical of jewelry, capable of embellishing the garment to which it is affixed and enhancing its characteristics of manufacturing excellence.”
We have the knowledge that we can meet the needs of the designer with even the least defined ideas, the company addresses the customer with an approach of maximum availability. The first part of the process consists precisely in discussing the idea. Our technicians take in the client’s idea, assess its possibility of realization ( if necessary, bringing the project back within the limits of feasibility) and solves the specific problems that stand between it and its realization. Our style department succeeds in ensuring optimal solutions by making even the vaguest idea concrete, acting as the interpreter of the distinct needs of the client and monitoring the development of the product until the end of the supply chain, through the critical eye of those who have the ability to work on design and style and the knowledge of the concrete difficulties encountered in the realization of the product. We stand out from other companies precisely because of this characteristic.
In fact, unlike other metal small parts companies, Wealth fully performs the task of problem solver, being able to provide additional aesthetic ideas to those provided by the customer and develop them, until an aesthetically pleasing final product is produced, equipped with the highest quality standards.”
The issue of sustainability is the big focus these days.
Chiara Patria answers us “Sustainability is a hot topic, and all the biggest fashion brands are looking at the future of the planet by taking measures to ensure that they make products with the least environmental impact. Wealth is a green company, leading the way toward sustainable development. It has a photovoltaic system with which it produces a large part of the energy it consumes, and it is constantly looking for suppliers and collaborators who use sustainable materials and solutions, working in a supply chain monitored by the same brands with which it collaborates.”
The fashion world is moving with surprising speed, brands are asking for just- in-time solutions and supplies, how do you approach this?
Massimiliano Farina “We often receive requests from customers for immediate supplies, so we always have most of the items in stock. Recently, we have expanded the automated warehouse grounds, 4, which guarantees fast order preparation and fulfillment. This is confirmed by the increasing number of high- fashion brands that rely on Wealth.”
Accessory is the last important step in the garment supply chain, and Wealth’s analysts are uniquely positioned to observe market trends; this allows them to navigate client ideas in the right direction every time.
The trends of the moment?
Judging by the requests, Wealth is betting on colourful – multi-coloured buckles, rings, and rivets, laminated or pastel – and sparkling, with the return of glittering rhinestones. Branded macro accessories, customized with the designer’s logo, are also in high demand.
Andrea e Chiara Patria
Ramona Farris