Jackets, extravagant and flashy. This is the hallmark of designer Pia Bolte. Actually, because the Munich woman's latest collection is a little more "unusual" than usual. Pia Bolte is no longer designing jackets, but protective masks for the face. "Customers want to have sayings like" Fuck the Virus "on it. Not only has it grown on my design head, there are actually customers who say I want it on it. Or a logo of the company. "Protective masks as an extravagant fashion statement – and with a built-in filter, as Bolte emphasizes. New location, different design. Normally, the" Manomama "company in Augsburg produces fabric bags, T-shirts and jeans.
Mouthguard on order from the authorities
Now the entrepreneur Sina Trinkwalder, together with her around 150 employees, has been commissioned to make mouthguards, which she has given to clinics and nursing facilities at cost price: "We have been manufacturing classic surgical mouthpieces for emergency care of clinics and system-relevant facilities for a few weeks now. and nose protection or a classic cover. It serves to stop being a broadcaster and to support your own hygiene. "
Bestseller with fine dust filter
Another article has become an absolute bestseller: a tube scarf called "Urbandoo" with a built-in FFP3 filter. Actually intended for people with pollen allergies and for cyclists as protection against fine dust. An invention from times when hardly anyone knew what a FFP3 filter is in. The demand has increased enormously, says Trinkwalder, and that, although it repeatedly points out that the "Urbandoo" is not a certified medical device: "The scarf is primarily just a loop-shaped scarf. I pull it over my head. Between these two layers of this scarf is this all-round filter inlay, this FFP3 filter inlay. "Sina Trinkwalder is not worried about delivery bottlenecks. She obtains everything, from the fabric to the filter, exclusively from Germany from Bavarian companies , colorful or patterned – the Manomama team works in chords to cope with the flood of orders.