“It was 1978, I was 23 and I desperately looked for a belt fit for a young man of my age, so I decided to make one with a piece of skin taken from a shoemaker. A friend of mine who had a boutique liked this belt so much that she pushed me into making others. I looked at the calendar and I never forgot that date, it was January 15th, 1979". 

 

Claudio Orciani immediately decided to create a belt that was different from the classic ones sold on the market. Since he knew no suppliers and tanners and he had no formal training in leather-working, he made a virtue out of necessity and focused on creativity. He started studying and he avoided current fads. Claudio Orciani sought absolute minimalism by making a seamless curved belt, for example. He also designed the first belt made of elasticized leather, an innovation that was later adopted by the entire sector.