HANNAH STORY

HOW IT ALL BEGAN

Who else could be better at guiding you, our reader, through how we started our business than the person with whom the brand HANNAH would not have been born. We have asked Hana, the brand's co-founder, to tell you a bit of how it all began:

"In the 1980s, we all were enthusiasts in climbing who could not imagine weekends spent elsewhere than in the rocks. Climbing, sandstone towers and friends - that was our world. We were linked together by our love for nature and by the thirst for fulfilling our climbing dreams.

HANA ZACHARIÁŠOVÁ

Co-owner and co-founder of the Hannah trademark

But to achieve that, we also needed first-class equipment that could not be obtained in our country then. There was only one solution available: to produce everything we needed somehow ourselves. I was sewing down sleeping bags, jackets and "bonekan" (very heavy, knitted cloth) jackets for my friends. At that time, I was not the only one who tried to catch up through one's own production with what was not available then in the socialist shops. Every climbing team had someone who produced something - backpacks, climbing lanyards or even climbing belay gears. The amateur beginnings had sort of an appeal for us. Imagine the horrid mess you would create in your bathroom when starting stuffing down into a sleeping bag sewn with your own hands. Feathers are everywhere with you in the centre of the chaos, kneeling in the bathtub and trying to persuade the down to finally get where you want to. You may laugh, and so do we, when remembering the days when it all began.

We shared our success and failures together with our friends and supported each other on our way to our goals in sports. They were the solid foundations for trying to continue as professionals.

Even if we didn't know into what we threw ourselves, or just for that reason, we decided quickly. In 1991, we founded our company in Pilsen, with my name taken to form the basis of the brand. The HANNAH trademark was born.

About

Textile Company that is dedicated to the commercialization of sportswear articles, in the sense of encouraging the practice of sport in a healthy way offering products of last generation guaranteeing the satisfaction of our customers.

The compression stockings INC are produced by a company with 100 years of experience in the production of socks, and 14 years in half-graded compression techniques. This company follows the European standards for compression stockings and is certified by International Institutes. These are socks manufactured in adapted equipment that gives them a combination of different types of mesh adapted to the requirements of each modality.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

The INC compression stockings provide high comfort and strength, using the best raw materials and elasticated lycra yarns coated. The materials used are resistant, maintaining their characteristics after consecutive washes:

• They have a reinforced mesh with greater protection of the leg, giving a graduated compression, the fabric is spongy and wraparound for the protection of the foot.

• Graded compression allows increased blood circulation, improving sports performance with anatomical support, thus providing stability to the leg muscle, thus avoiding the risk of injury.

• It has a compressive technical fabric that allows to reduce the accumulation of toxins in the legs.

• It has sweat absorption and elimination power.

• Compression in the belly of the leg, allows a more effective venous return and a better oxygenation of the muscles, facilitating the recovery during the effort and after.

• INC socks have a high degree of comfort, being reinforced in the toe, sole, heel and Achilles tendon.

• They have ventilation channels on the sides and under the sole of the foot, ensuring air circulation, thus increasing comfort.

• Sole padded through a fiber reinforcement.

• Smooth seams increase comfort and reduce blistering.

• Stocking consisting of 95% polyamide and 5% Elastane (Lycra).