EVAresource: Four Sisters Revolutionize Fashion with Their Sustainable Vision

Four sisters, a family tradition and a great desire to innovate the company where their mother and aunt worked. This is the story of Casa dello Scampolo, a textile shop founded in 1950 in Boario Terme, in the province of Brescia, which over time has evolved to give life to what is now EVAresource.

There, for over 60 years, unused fabrics from well-known fashion brands such as Gucci, Balenciaga, Etró, Versace, D&G … have arrived, which are reintroduced into the market and shipped all over the world.

The four sisters (Enrica, Caterina, Mara and Alessandra) have taken to the field to take that extra step towards sustainable fashion.

Casa Dello Scampolo, where fabrics have a new life

“Casa dello Scampolo was born in 1950 as a small village business that sold scraps from small tailoring shops,” explained Enrica Evangelisti, “to get to the production leftovers and expand our clientele.” Thus, the business founded by her mother, Erminia Rondini, also receives large lots offered by the fashion houses themselves.

“Luxury brands are not our only suppliers, but they make up 90% of what we sell, ” explains Enrica, “We are a family-run business: my aunt and my mother were the first to run the company, now we sisters, in particular Alessandra and I, under the supervision of our mother, wanted to broaden our horizons and, after the pandemic, lay the foundations of what is now EVAresource.”

How EVAresource was born

“In the province of Brescia we boast several warehouses where you can buy very fine fabrics, leftovers from the big fashion houses and stock – explains Enrica – With EVAresource we wanted to commit ourselves to raising awareness among young designers in the creation of collections by stimulating and tickling their creativity with what has already been produced for the big luxury brands.”

An idea that was born during the pandemic, when the family-run business had to remain closed for a while and the Evangelisti sisters were able to focus on implementing this new idea. “There has always been the desire to shed light on the waste of the market, but we were never able to create something of our own – also due to the little time we had available – explains the entrepreneur – The lockdown gave us the opportunity to reflect and be able to give life to this new project that involves different realities in Europe, especially in the North.”

This is how EVAresource took shape, which today, through the platform, sells leftovers from luxury brands all over the world and collaborates with international fashion schools such as Marangoni, Esmod, Secoli. An idea that was not born for large companies but for small producers.

EVAresource: From a family business to small producers

“The idea was born to make these fabrics available to tailors, SMEs but also more simply to fashion students in small quantities – says Enrica – In fact, we sell up to a maximum of 6 meters at advantageous prices.” EVAresource is now able to ship all over the world, even if its location, in the middle of Val Camonica, an hour from Brescia and another hour from Bergamo, is beautiful but not particularly evident.

“We are a bit decentralized so mainly those who already know us come to us – says the entrepreneur – But with e-commerce we can reach everywhere. We want to reduce textile production by reusing precisely those fabrics that remain unsold today and promoting circularity, with the idea of ​​teaching the customer to buy perhaps less but better than before.”

Next steps for EVAresource

For the 4 sisters who landed in the world of e-commerce just over a year ago, EVAresource has so far been, primarily, an investment. “But the goal, for us, is also to raise awareness. Our mother and aunt, who grew the shop, have always taught us the values ​​of recycling, of caring for what surrounds us, and we want to pass on these teachings too.”

Among her fabrics, Enrica concludes: “We would like EVAresource to become a community for those who share these values ​​with us, with the idea of ​​also going to schools to raise awareness among the youngest and make us better known. The fashion market today is huge and with so much potential that should not be underestimated. We are just a drop in the ocean that can, however, make a difference.”

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