Carlo Piombo originates from the Massimo Piombo brand, created at the end of the ’80s by his father Massimo after returning from a trip to the sub-arctic areas of Scotland, where he had discovered small artisanal mills, suppliers of the most prestigious London tailors, but that were still unknown in the continent.

As these fully artisanal micro productions were destined for the highest tailoring, he did not want to detach from their origins and decided to create his garments in Italy with a fully sartorial approach.
Today the brand bears the name, Carlo Piombo, and the DNA of collections can be found in that cocktail, where the modernity of the highest Italian sartorial quality meets a constant search for the most authentic and best fabrics in the world.


In addition to Italian excellence, Mongolian cashmere, and Peruvian baby alpaca, Piombo still deeply focuses on the English and the Scottish artisans, who still wash their virgin wools in the freezing waters of the Highlands without the use of additive chemicals or silicones, and who still handcraft them on wooden looms, jealously guarding their secrets and handing them down from generation to generation.



The results are small collections of limited-edition garments embracing a philosophy that goes beyond fashions and trends of the moment, preferring a timeless style that unites old-school and modern shapes.


These “capsules” originate from the search for perfection and an almost obsessive love for detail, but they don’t stop there: most of the garments are made with worldwide exclusive fabrics, where the sense of colour, the sense of matching, and the sense of aesthetics is the common denominator.


Carlo Piombo is uncompromising beauty and search for natural elegance, and garments want to elicit an emotion and generate elective affinity with those who put them on, always enhancing, the character of those who choose them, wear them, and live them.


Besides its wholesale distribution in some of the best boutiques in Central Europe, Japan, South Korea, the United States, and Canada, Carlo Piombo has created a unique experience with his private sales, which started in 2020 almost by chance and have today become an unmissable and eagerly anticipated event for an increasingly bigger group of enthusiasts and admirers.



The yearly special sale held in Milan, in Via Borgonuovo 1, is especially representative of an innovative formula in which, by skipping all the usual steps and presenting the collections directly to the end client, Carlo Piombo offers the exclusive opportunity to buy items of the current collection with a 50% discount on the full price. Thanks to this initiative the brand managed to form a strong and direct bond with its end clients, who appreciate not only the quality of the garments but also how transparent and accessible the offer is.


This year’s Milan special sale is set to run from the 8th of November to the 23rd of December 2024, every day from 10 am to 8 pm, and is open to everyone; in the first few days, there will be a special window for the consolidated “club” of loyal customers or for those who will book an appointment by writing to privatesale@carlopiombo.com.