Merz b. Schwanen is a German clothing company known to produce on original loop-wheelers with organic materials in Germany.
Eventually Balthasar Merz beim Schwanen could not keep up with those companies and was forced to close its gates in 2008 due to a lack of orders.
[2] After finding an original Balthasar Merz beim Schwanen Henley shirt at a flea market in Berlin, menswear designer Peter Plotnicki and his wife Gitta teamed up with one of the last remaining textile factories in Albstadt, a small town on the Swabian Jura.
[4] The brand has been collaborating with brands and designers like Nigel Cabourn,[8] Junya Watanabe,[9] Rowing Blazers[10] and Monocle[11] The company produces T-shirts,[6] Henley shirts, sweatshirts, sweatpants, undergarments[12] and socks[13] for men and women with styles referencing vintage workwear and sportswear to contemporary garments.
[14] Another characteristic of Merz b. Schwanen garments is the woven label which is manufactured with a hand-made punch cards on historical looms from the 19th century.