Merz b. Schwanen: Original, Organic – Simply Good Basics

The great comeback of the German textile brand Merz b. Schwanen started when designer couple Gitta and Peter Plotnicki found what was an over 90-year-old shirt at a Berlin flea market. They traced its origin back to the Swabian Alb area of Germany and successfully revived the brand and its traditional production methods.

As soon as that 90-year-old henley shirt caught the eyes of Gitta and Peter Plotnicki at the flea market, they knew they had to investigate and, indeed, they tracked down the brand. Merz b. Schwanen was founded in 1911 by Balthasar Merz but his descendants had shut down the production.