Success for Reinhard Plank hats

By

Chenu Alexis

Published
Jan 7, 2016

Reinhard Plank is an Austrian-born designer with a degree in industrial design from Vienna's Applied Arts University. In 2005 he founded the eponymous hat brand, which is now enjoying international success.

Spotted at the Pitti Uomo show with its signature model 'Il Classico' (the classic), the designer's brand was soon distributed on the Italian market, where it was widely appreciated for its avant-garde style which "blends classic and contemporary lines."

Reinhard Plank's hats are manufactured in Italian workshops and are priced between €200 and €250. They are now available worldwide, in nearly 180 stores in total: in Paris, at Homecore and the Galerie Montpensier for Spring-Summer 2016, and also chiefly in Japan and on the North American market, primarily in Los Angeles and New York.

For the first time, the Austrian designer will be showing his collections at an event during the Women's Fashion Week in Paris in March. It is the chance to open up the French market.

Also on the cards, a collaboration with Italian-Japanese brand Individual Sentiments and with the high-end Slovakian brand Nehera.