From the first seed, planted in 1963 when she was only in her early twenties, Lisa Corti's creative vision first blossomed into a small, sucessful range of womenswear.

But just over a decade later, an epiphany would alter her destiny, defining the natural evolution of a niche clothing collection into what would become one of the world's first lifestyle brands.

On a trip to India with her daughter Ida, Lisa rediscovered the rich sensorial colours, fabrics and textures of the markets that had animated her childhood in Eritrea, and returned to Europe with a new passion – the art of block printing. In the mid-1980s, the Home Textile Emporium was established, attracting renowned designers and artists such as Elio Fiorucci and Michelangelo Antonioni, inaugurating a new leg on Lisa's journey