The roots of Merz b. Schwanen date back to 1911.

Balthasar Merz started running the textile manufactory on the Swabian Alb in Germany.

2011

Gitta & Peter Plotnicki, life- and business partners based in Berlin, re-established the brand after the descendants of the founder had shut down the production.

An over 90-year-old henley of the former brand caught the couple's eyes at a flea market in Berlin.

Their passion for authentic clothing and their vision to revive the traditional way of textile production to combine it with a modern sustainable approach lead them to the Swabian Alb.