Susan Dollenmaier

ANICHINI FOUNDER, SUSAN DOLLENMAIER EXPLAINS HER LIFE AS A SEARCH FOR THE GENUINE ARTICLE. HER LAID-BACK, EARTHY STYLE IS IN SHARP CONTRAST TO THE HIGH-PACED WORLD OF LUXURY LINENS AND TEXTILES SHE HAS CREATED. SHE PURPOSELY CHOSE TO PUT ROOTS DOWN IN RURAL VERMONT, AND TO GROW THE GLOBAL ENTERPRISE OF ANICHINI THERE. SUSAN IS AN EXPERT ON TEXTILES. ALL THAT SHE LEARNED ABOUT TEXTILES, INCLUDING THEIR ANCIENT ORIGINS, ACTUAL WEAVING TECHNIQUES, HISTORY, AND THEIR HUGE ROLE IN CULTURE IS SELF-TAUGHT.

Bartending For Breast Cancer

My daughter, Ivy Mix, is an identical twin, an artist, a business woman, philanthropist and a feminist. (She would not describe herself that way but I do.) After college, she moved to…

Robin Mix Glass Work Available At Anichini

Robin Mix is my good friend and father of my twins, Tess and Ivy. He is also a brilliant glass designer. He lives and breathes glass. Sometimes I think he doesn’t think of anything else! We met in Tunbridge 35 years ago. He still maintains his studio here in a beautiful brick Federal farmhouse overlooking […]

The Laundry Lessons: Chapter 1

“Today is Monday. Today is Monday. Monday wash day. Is everybody happy? Well, I should say!” I grew up in the Midwest, the oldest of five children. I loved to help my mother with the laundry. This involved a trip to the cool basement where I would sort lights and darks and begin to learn […]