Sealup

About Sealup

Sealup began in Milan in 1935, when Piero and Germana Chiesa opened a raincoat business on via Bronzetti. The name is a made-up word that joins the English "sea" with "lup", the Milanese word for wolf. In 1959 the company moved to a purpose-designed factory on via Gallarate, with natural light for the workers and Olivetti furniture in the offices. Jackie Kennedy was among its famous wearers, and Sealup made capsule collections with Walter Albini and Karl Lagerfeld. Production is Made in Italy, with a factory at Calusco d'Adda, near Bergamo, since 2013. The in-house research team developed a heat treatment for seams that seals them almost invisibly.