Work and travel accessories, designed in Italy since 1987. Three values guide them all.
Our DNA
Piquadro is a brand of work and travel accessories that are functional and high-performing, with a recognisable design: Italian creativity, a style that is informal yet professional. Customer satisfaction comes first: we pursue it through quality, innovation and service, and through the responsibility of sustainable innovation.
01Technology
Every Piquadro product starts with careful design. The company has filed several patents for the technical and functional solutions it has introduced, and even the smallest detail is drawn by a team of designers who know and interpret the brand's values.
New solutions come from constant research into materials and trends, often with institutions and experts in sustainability, sport and other fields. Like the fingerprint lock on backpacks, clutches and trolleys, and Bagmotic, the line of tech accessories.
Tech inside
Bagmotic is the platform through which Piquadro integrates electronics and smart features into its products: technology only goes where it adds a real function, and stays discreet in the design. Presented at IFA 2026 in Berlin.
Bosch Sensortec MEMS sensors monitor air quality on the move: electronics become a tool to understand the environment around you.
Trolleys, travel backpacks, sling bags and clutches open with your fingerprint: the reader built into the lock unlocks with biometric recognition.
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A new generation of small leather accessories for your smartphone, modular and MagSafe-compatible, alongside the Connequ 4.0 tracker to find your bags and luggage, and power banks.
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02Performance
Before it travels with you, every product proves its strength in our laboratories. This is where WHY works: the robot that reproduces the wear, pressure and unpredictability of life on the move. It drops, drags, rolls and soaks products, again and again.
The same performance culture links us to motorsport: Visa Cash App Racing Bulls, Ducati and today the Audi Revolut F1 Team.
03Sustainability
Our leathers are certified by the Leather Working Group, the independent international body behind the world's most widely used sustainability protocol for the leather supply chain, and are paired with recycled technical fabrics.
Since 2020 we have collections made entirely of recycled material. In 2022 the Group announced carbon neutrality for Scope 1 and 2, and the offsetting of emissions for a selection of products from Piquadro, The Bridge and Lancel (Scope 3).
The origins
The origins
1987
At 22, engineering student Marco Palmieri founds Piquadro: a small company producing leather goods for third parties.
1998
After ten years of production for the most prestigious Italian luxury companies, Piquadro launches its own brand. Design, functionality and technology set the new work and travel leather goods apart.
Stores and the world
Stores and the world
2000
The first Piquadro boutique opens in Milan, in Via della Spiga, at the heart of the fashion district. Two years later the first franchise store opens in Via Frattina, Rome.
2004
Internationalisation begins, with investment and new stores abroad: first Moscow and Barcelona, then many European cities, Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates, Beijing, Shanghai and Taipei.
2006
Piquadro opens its headquarters in Silla di Gaggio Montano, in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, halfway between Florence and Bologna. The building is the heart of the company: research, development and logistics.
Growth
Growth
2007
Piquadro is listed on the Milan Stock Exchange, in the Expandi segment.
2011
The hundredth store opens, a single-brand boutique in Toronto's financial district. The same year Sartoria is born: handmade leather goods, customised with an iPad app.
Personalisation today
2012
The Milan office and showroom open in the Fashion District: a key step in the brand's international strategy.
2014
The first flagship store opens in London, on Regent Street: 110 m² and the first step into the British market.
The group
The group
2016
Piquadro launches «Less is more», a call for start-ups rewarding two innovative projects for the employment of people with disabilities.
2017
Piquadro acquires The Bridge.
“I fell in love with The Bridge brand when I visited the best vintage markets around the world and found the doctor's bag, messenger bag, trunks, suitcases and collector's items for true connoisseurs.”
Marco Palmieri
2018
Piquadro acquires Lancel.
“We are particularly proud to bring a historic French brand that represents unparalleled excellence, a style icon since 1876, into the Piquadro Group.”
Marco Palmieri
Sustainability
Sustainability
2020
Piquadro launches its first collection made entirely of recycled material and starts a new sustainability strategy. In 2022 the Group announces carbon neutrality for Scope 1 and 2, and the offsetting of emissions for a selection of products from its three brands, Piquadro, The Bridge and Lancel (Scope 3).
2022
Piquadro launches its first shoe collection: Corner 2.0, urban sneakers made with recycled materials and technologies that limit the carbon footprint.
On track and on the road
On track and on the road
2025
A partnership with Ducati begins, with a dedicated line inspired by the performance of the motorcycles from Borgo Panigale. Two companies from the same land, between Bologna and the Apennines.
Piquadro x Ducati
2026
Piquadro becomes Official Luxury Luggage Partner of the Audi Revolut F1 Team.
Piquadro x Audi Revolut F1 Team
2026
Materia is born: the first Piquadro line made entirely in Italy.
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