rifles, westerns, cowboys and America, and Rifle jeans were a success in the 1960s. In 1949, the Frattini family founded their Confetti Frattini company in Prato, and in 1958 the company moved to Barberino di Mugello and changed its name to Super Rifle and then Rifle. They signed a contract with the company from Greensboro for import of denim products and fabrics to Italy. Giulio smells of business, so he calls his brother Fiorenzo and they both leave for the United States. It was once founded by German Jews who emigrated to the United States, who changed their last name from Kahn to Cone to sound more American. Quite by accident, however, Frattini came across jeans and denim products manufactured in Greensboro, North Carolina, by the company Cone Mills. He then resold them in Prato near Florence. As early as World War II, Giulio began buying old and worn-out American soldiers’ clothes by the pound. He also translated the Italian dream into Italian for the Italian mentality. The history of Rifle jeans is connected with the name of their creator Giulio Frattini from the Florentine municipality of Campi Bizenzio. The “Rifle” was the beautiful and infinitely desired western counterweight to the Bulgarian jeans “Rila”. The end of the historic jeans brand is a cause for much nostalgia not only because of the 62 years of history behind Rifle.Īmong other things, jeans were an element present in the memories of thousands of young people from the former communist countries of the days when pants were allowed to transfer the Iron Curtain. All this will take place in a temporary outlet in compliance with the epidemic measures, so that there is no crowd. That is why the Institute for Judicial Sales will organize in March the sale of new and unsold products, collected from 13 different stores in Italy. She had been in financial trouble for a long time, but in the end the pandemic turned out to be the guillotine that decapitated her. In October 2020, the historic company that sold the symbol of the “declining” Western civilization to the communist bloc was declared bankrupt by a Florentine court. Thus, the last pairs of ink-blue jeans, which marked the generations from the era of disco music not only in the West, but also in the East, will disappear forever. Among them are not only pants but also shirts, anoraks, sweaters.
In just a few days, the Italian brand from Barberino di Mugello to Florence will sell its last 70,000 denim products at auction for 2-3 euros. Saturday, at The Behm Family Funeral Home, 175 South Broadway, Geneva, OH 44041.In the 80s of the last century to get a pair of famous jeans was a real happiness, writes 24 hours.
She is survived by her husband, Lonnie daughters, Shana and Skylar Darby son, Kenny Snyder father, Tom (Carla) Ross mother, Karen Johnson grandparents Jim and Audrey Wakkila grandmother, Bobby (Ron) Whaley brother, Tommy (Laura) Ross sisters, Jill (Nick) Rantamaki and Amanda Ross nieces, Lindsey, Destiny, Stella and Ava nephews, Caden, Tyler and Wyatt.Ī memorial service will be held at 12:00 p.m. Most of all, she enjoyed time spent with her children, family, and friends. Her compassion for the people she knew was indescribable. Jean always put the needs of others first, and constantly went the extra mile to help out. Desai, at University Hospital in Geneva and Conneaut. Jean worked as an Office Coordinator for Dr. She married Lonnie Riffle in 2012 in Geneva.
She was the daughter of Tom Ross and Karen Johnson. Jean Riffle, age 38, of Geneva, Ohio, passed away on May 9, 2015.