Massimo Osti

Creator of brand trademarks such as CP Company and Stone Island since the seventies, clothing designer Massimo Osti has imposed himself for his abilities of invention, research and experimentation with forms and most of all materials.

Absolute innovator since the beginning, Massimo Osti first shocked everyone with his unusual experiments using silkscreen printing, Xeroxing and four colour printing on T Shirts. An inventor more than a traditional fashion designer, Massimo has always emphasised the functional, technological and innovative aspect of his garments instead of simply mutating fashion tendencies.

His long research brought him to build an archive which includes over 30,000 garments and 55,000 fabric samples. Examples of his innovations that we remember are the fabric coatings such as joint fabrics, thermo sensitive fabrics, rubber flax and rubber wool as well as being the first to use specialised garment dying and stone washing. With his capacity to anticipate the future, he has traced paths that many others have pursued and will continue to follow. The entire textile industry has been entirely revolutionised by Osti's research.

Conscious of inheriting this great richness of ideas, his son Lorenzo and daughter Agata, together with some of clothing designer Massimo's well known collaborators, will carry on the legacy of the Osti Studio with the objective of continuing the creative work of the past years and eventually producing a Studio Osti collection. However, Lorenzo and Agata's first project has been to create a Textile Library. This new project, which started in 2004, with Massimo's help, will hold and preserve the constant research brought on by Osti in a period of 30 years activity.Massimo Osti Studio will also continue the activity of styling consultant which has always been tied to innovation and research within the textile industry.

Every piece from clothing designer Massimo Osti, available to buy online at milanclothing.com, is official, current season stock.

Sadly, Massimo Osti passed away on Monday 6th June 2005. Milan Clothing would like to send its deepest condolences to his family. He will be greatly missed within the fashion indusrty.