seeds & roots

Seeds & roots.Good things are harvested, not chased.

I pick vintage and second hand items one by one, looking for character, quality and stories that deserve a second life. Every piece is looked at, chosen, cared for and brought back to the light, to be worn and lived in again.

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I am not just any shop. I am your style market.

A warm place, free and a little ironic, where fashion is not fast consumption but discovery. A garden of memories, fabrics, colours and details that took root over time and can bloom again today.

I believe in vintage that is accessible, genuine and aware.

A way of dressing that does not have to follow trends, but picks what still has something to say. My mission is to grow a more human wardrobe: made of well-chosen items, personality, care and freedom.

signed by hand

Good to wear,
true up close,
vintage by choice.

— the Ortolano

arcade

Ortolano arcade.three games for wasting time well.

If you win, you get a real discount code: it saves to your garden and works on your first order. The stickers stay stickers.

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The code the games give you is real: it saves to your garden and works on your first order. The stickers and the medals are not: those you collect.

the soundtrack

Sing along with the Ortolano.the soundtrack of the harvest.

All the songs I sing while I pick the items. Sing along and save the playlist to keep up with the tracks I add.

→ Open on Spotify

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🌱 orto·wamp — radio del raccolto

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★ Sing along with the Ortolano. — the soundtrack of the harvest. — l'Ortolano canta mentre raccoglie i capi ·

RADIO DEL RACCOLTO

Il player è di Spotify e imposta cookie di terze parti. Caricalo solo se vuoi ascoltare.

oppure apri su Spotify ↗

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The player is Spotify’s: it starts from here, and with an account you hear the whole track. Without an account it is thirty seconds a piece, and that is not my fault.

→ Open on Spotify ♥ Save to your library

from the stall notebook

The stall journal.What gets told while folding.

Stories of items and eras, how a well-made piece is built, how to pick a vintage size, and what really happens when a bale is opened.

→ All the stories

MestiereIl bianco e il nero non litigano maiDue colori soli, e una maglia che li tiene insieme filo per filo. Il cardigan jacquard bianco e nero raccontato da vicino: come è fatto, perché dura, cosa dicono i suoi segni d'uso.