Costume National
| Privately held | |
| Industry | Fashion |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Headquarters | Milan, Italy |
| Products | Ready to Wear, Accessories, Eyewear, Perfume |
| Website | http://www.costumenational.com/ |
CoSTUME NATIONAL is an Italian fashion house founded in 1986 by Ennio Capasa, Creative Director, and his brother Carlo, CEO of the Maison, which has its head offices in Milan. The company produces clothing under the brands Costume National, Costume National Homme (for men) and C’N’C (an ‘avant garde “street-couture” line’) as well as scents including The Trilogy, Scent Gloss, Scent Cool Gloss, Intense, 21, and Homme.
The company was founded in 1986 in Milan by Ennio Capasa, fresh from working in Japan as an assistant to Yohji Yamamoto, and his brother Carlo Capasa. Its first womenswear collection was presented in Milan in the same year. In 1991 the ‘Woman Collection’ was presented in Paris. Between 1995 and 1998 the fashion house opened stores in Milan, New York City, Rome, Los Angeles and Paris.
In 2000 a menswear collection was streamed online in collaboration with Kataweb. Over the following three years the company extended its range of products to include perfumes, eyewear, ready to wear apparel and footwear, plus accessories targeted at the younger generations.
The company’s Thiene factory is responsible for the men's and women’s Ready To Wear production. The factory is mainly responsible for cutting-room, pattern-making and finished product quality control. CN Shoes factory, based in Fossò, develops and produces footwear. Leather bags and leather accessories are produced by selected partners and commercialised by CN Production. Leather clothing production is licensed to Leather Company, that works in exclusive for Costume National. Costume National has 5 flagship stores which were designed with the same concept of classical edginess and minimalism. in October 2008 Costume National launched its online store where the Costume National and Costume National Homme collections and accessories are available.
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