Why it belongs in ORBIS
Italian leather-goods label founded in 2020 by Massimo Cabbia, reinterpreting the WWII-era Navy parachute duffle ('kit bag') as the handmade, Italian-manufactured Aviator's Kit Bag and related bag and accessory lines.
Manikomio Dsgn began in 2020, when founder Massimo Cabbia — a longtime figure in the bag and fashion industry — came across an original American paratrooper's duffle bag from World War II at a vintage market. Bought during lockdown, the bag became the starting point for a new label built around reinterpreting military-surplus design in a more finished, contemporary form. The brand's signature piece, the Aviator's Kit Bag, is a direct descendant of the tactical duffle bags used by U.S. Navy paratroopers to carry their parachutes, remade in leather and technical materials and produced by hand in Italy. Manikomio Dsgn has since expanded into a broader range of bags, backpacks and accessories — including the Lady 24, Icon Original and BB models — while keeping manufacturing in Italy and running some pieces as small, limited-edition archive releases. The brand is sold through its own online shop and a network of Italian leather-goods retailers and boutiques such as Galise and Sergio Fabbri, rather than through freestanding stores of its own.