Our Story

A street in sicily,
a family name

Mia and Sabrina Ciauri laughing together in grey tailoring

Via Ciauri, the street, derives from the word Ciàuru , which begins like ciao and is Sicilian dialect for a good aroma.

Mia and Sabrina Ciauri on Via Ciauri, Santa Flavia, beneath the street sign

Via Ciauri is a street in Santa Flavia, the small seaside town outside Palermo our family comes from. Sicily has been settled by Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Normans, Spanish and more. Each left their mark, and shared a technique passed down through generations. 

Montagna d'Oro, our SS27 collection, is built around ricamo in oro, the hand goldwork of Piana degli Albanesi, which I learned directly from a master embroiderer. Gold thread on cactus leather and raw linen, with a leaf motif taken from the coastal scrub.

Via Ciauri is a sister-led house.

Mia Ciauri fitting a lace-trimmed piece on a model

Mia Ciauri

Co-founder and Creative Director

Sabrina Ciauri

Sabrina Ciauri

Co-founder and CEO

The Ciauri sisters
Mia and Sabrina Ciauri, smiling, at a Via Ciauri event
Mia and Sabrina CiauriAt a Via Ciauri event
Mia and Sabrina learning ricamo in oro in Piana degli Albanesi
Learning ricamo in oroPiana degli Albanesi
Mia and Sabrina Ciauri with the goldwork artisans, holding pieces from the collection
With the artisansPiana degli Albanesi
Mia and Sabrina Ciauri walking the runway at the end of the show
Closing the showRunway finale