From 1979 to today
Our story
Massi Milano is Popay Tekstil's showroom in Osmanbey, Istanbul. Since 1979, one business and one signature: Nedim Paçacı has run it for 47 years.
Leather, stitching, patience
We check every jacket by hand: the tone of the leather, the line of the stitching, the way the cut falls.
Massi Milano today
Leather, wool and quilted jackets, with cufflinks alongside. Our wholesale buyers reach from North Africa to the Middle East, from Anatolia to Europe.
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From 1979 to today
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1969
Aged 13, Sultanhamam
Nedim Paçacı is born in 1956 in Şişhane, Istanbul. At 13 he starts work in a fabric shop on Aşirefendi Street in Sultanhamam, selling printed fabrics. He stays until his military service.
Nedim Paçacı with his father -
1979
The founding
Back from military service, he starts his own business on 31 December 1979: childrenswear in Sultanhamam. The name is Popay.
Popay childrenswear brochure -
1980s
Osmanbey
A few years later the business moves to Samanyolu Street in Osmanbey. Today the street is called Hrant Dink Caddesi, and we are still on it. Popay's childrenswear brochure jokingly asks: “Do you eat lots of spinach to be strong like Popeye?”
Nedim Paçacı (centre) with his staff, 1980s “I have worked in textiles since I was a child, since I was 13.”
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1990s
The tie years
After 15 years of childrenswear comes tie making. The Massi Milano name is born in these years as Popay's tie and accessories shop: imported ties, cufflinks, bow ties, wedding waistcoats, leather belts. The tie in the M emblem dates from those days.
Massi Milano's first shop window, Samanyolu Street 
The brass M sign, from the tie years -
2000s
Men's jackets
After ties, the business turns to menswear and jackets. Wholesale reaches from Europe to North Africa and the Middle East; to date, our goods have gone to more than 20 countries.
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Today
Massi Milano, Hrant Dink Caddesi
Leather, wool and quilted jackets and cufflinks in the Osmanbey showroom, and more than 100 wholesale customers. Nedim Paçacı has spent 57 years in textiles, 47 of them running his own business.
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Massi Milano today, Hrant Dink Caddesi No 34
