{"id":74905,"date":"2013-06-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhgshop.it\/dhg-textile-tours\/"},"modified":"2013-06-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-17T22:00:00","slug":"dhg-textile-tours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dhgshop.performize.io\/en\/dhg-textile-tours\/","title":{"rendered":"DHG Textile Tours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">DHG Textile tours: they started from here<\/h2><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">What I love most about Textile tours are <\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">the connections<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"> I develop with people.<\/span><!--more--><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">These people are often women living mere kilometers away from me, speaking different languages and having a different culture. Some are  younger and others, older. <\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Enthusiastic and curious women<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">, including mothers and career women wish to be connected to me and us.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">These connections are elevating; they give me comfort from the exertion and from some disappointments: they push me to do better. They cancel the distance and put me in touch with the whole world where I feel very much at home. In every continent, I find a friendly face and a welcome waiting for me. And here too, <\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">friends are very welcome!<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">It\u2019s not only a job.<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">I love to spend my time with them and show them our city and out textile district, create new projects while sharing a good glass of wine.<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">And this is a combination of causes that gradually gave life to what I love to call the <\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">DHG Textile Tours.<\/span><\/strong><br><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">In the beginning it was a simple day to visit our Company and to talk about work. Now it is more often 2\/3 days, during which the Company opens and allows you to discover it.<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">It is possible to experience the materials working side by side with Paola and Donatella, busy preparing orders. Somebody asked me to show them the production facilities in order to understand how our products are made; somebody else looks for a Virgil to find new processes, products, and treatments.<\/span><\/p><br><br><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Prato is famous worldwide<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"> for over a century <\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">for the production of regenerated wool<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"> (wool obtained from the recycling of clothes) and for collecting used clothes and accessories. Long before recycling and \u201cvintage\u201d became fashionable, this work had already become an art here. Unfortunately it was not a valued art, but very hard to work on because it gets dusty and one is almost ashamed of it.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Things have changed in recent years and <\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">more and more designers and stylists<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"> from all over the world love to \u201cget lost\u201d in the piles of clothes and accessories waiting for the skilled hands that can give them a new life.<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Liesbeth and I (together with Daniel and Fran\u00e7ois &#8211; Liesbeth&#8217;s husband) snuck into a couple of these companies, looking for inspiration and for some treasure. Being in front of those colors and fantasies caused many ideas came to our minds. We were like two modern Alices in Wonderland. It is hard to tell it with words. I would like to thank Liesbeth for the enthusiasm and the complicity, and for bringing his works. I love her! Maybe it\u2019s because, like me, she connects worlds every day&#8230;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\n\n<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">If you liked this article maybe you would also enjoy  <\/span><strong><a title=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/dhgshop.performize.io\/blog\/article-feltpassion-a-must-see-show-at-dhg_252.php\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">FeltPassion! A must-see show at DHG<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p><br><br><br><br><br><br>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DHG Textile tours: they started from hereWhat I love most about Textile tours are the connections I develop with people.These people are often women living mere kilometers away from me, speaking different languages and having a different culture. 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