“I was born in 1932, and when I went to learn to work I must have been about 14 years old. When the war was over, I would go to the city to take our produce from the countryside to the market. It was there that I met Mrs. Jeanne Marguerite, who was famous at the time because she owned one of two ateliers, the other being “Josephine & Mina,” which employed 24 girls. Tailoring was once very important, now this passion has been somewhat lost.”

So begins the story of Daphné Sanremo, now a jewel of female entrepreneurship that lived through the golden years of the Belle Epoque of the western Ligurian Riviera and now combines that 'experience with innovative fibers but with the same care to excellent tailoring. 

Welcoming you at 17 Via Matteotti, a stone's throw from the Ariston Theater, will be Mrs. Dafne Carlo (who can tell you directly anecdotes from her history) and her daughters Barbara and Monica Borsotto. First the boutique with haute couture collections and craft techniques that have been handed down for fifty years. Dresses embroidered and hemmed with perfection, as well as the scarf, a symbol of the maison. To define this rectangle of silk, often colored by beautiful hand-drawn flowers, requires a special hemming called roulottage. Here, you will discover the secrets of sartorial savoir-faire.