About

A trusted partner for brands operating in the footwear and leather goods sectors.
A 360-degree control center.
An experienced team that works with love and precision.

We are in the heart of the Marche region (the province of Macerata), one of the most important footwear districts in Europe where famous brands of shoes are made. This district represents “Made in Italy” in the world for handcrafted footwear, and it has maintained the high quality standards typical of craftsmanship on a large scale.
The DSQ Lab team is made up of highly specialized professionals who have been working in this area with passion and dedication for over twenty years, experiencing firsthand all the problems and challenges related to the creation of shoes, handbags, and small leather goods.
Therefore, we are able to offer 360-degree solutions, providing everything you need to obtain finished products with desired characteristics.
We collaborate with internationally renowned fashion brands and, faithful to the footwear tradition, we guarantee compliance with high quality standards within expected time and cost parameters.
Each service package is customized and designed to meet the needs of a customer or a specific project; a flexible approach that allows us to be the reference partner for a variety of subjects:
– brands from the world of High Fashion and Prét-a-portér
– national and international brands
– companies wanting to expand their offerings
– start-ups and companies entering the world of footwear/bags/leather goods for the first time
– influencers who want to launch their own line of footwear/bags/accessories

The DSQ Lab team is led by Petruska Stizza, who has twenty years of experience in footwear development and production for the most famous brands of the fashion industry.
She has worked for a service agency specializing in the footwear sector, dealing with all phases of sample development and gaining international experience both in terms of clients (Clarks, Bata, Bostonian, and Steve Madden) and production sites.
Then she became a Product Developer for the Hugo Boss women’s line, which allowed her to closely experience how a collection comes to life from a written idea. She managed the whole development process up to the realization of final products, exploring the crucial aspects of product development from within fashion house.
In 2013, Petruska founded her own agency and started new collaborations with international brands, providing professional services for all production phases of men’s and women’s footwear and small leather goods: research and development (new trends, raw materials, processes), sourcing, price negotiation, quality control (of both raw materials and finished products), the realization of samples, and production fine tuning.