Luxury labels obsess over fabric and cut, but the part that must never fail is the closure. A zipper has to look right, work every time, and arrive on schedule. That is where Lampo – Ditta Giovanni Lanfranchi built its reputation. Founded in 1887 in Palazzolo sull’Oglio, and long a quiet supplier to high fashion, the company made a fresh move in late 2024 by acquiring MyZip and launching a Performance Division aimed at technical apparel and entering a new segment of the market.
The company’s path to modernity is rooted in quintessential Made in Italy tradition: Giovanni Lanfranchi started with buttons in the late nineteenth century, as part of a local “button valley,” where factories focused on the production of this then-indispensable object. In the 1950s the firm pivoted to zippers, completing the shift by the end of the decade and securing Italian rights to a German patent that helped scale production. The base stayed the same, Palazzolo sull’Oglio, and so did family ownership. Four generations later the factory still runs where it began.
