Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Early years [ ] Massimo Osti was born and raised in Bologna, Italy. He became a graphic designer and worked in the advertising business. Easycar E7-b Manual.

His career in the fashion industry began in the early 1970s, when he designed a collection featuring placed prints. Cardcaptors English Dub. He was the first to use new techniques like the four-color process and silkscreen which are used for producing T-shirt.

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Following the success of this first T-shirt collection, he accepted the offer to design a complete Men's collection and became an equity partner in the company he would name 'Chester Perry' (later renamed the 'C.P. 1980s [ ] During this period, Osti laid the foundations for a creative philosophy entirely based on experimentation. The first innovation he would be responsible for in the clothing industry was garment dyeing, a process that completely revolutionized the field. It was based upon the concept of different materials in finished garments reacting differently to the same dye bath. Osti discovered that garment dyeing creates interesting tone-on-tone effects. Multisim 2001 Textbook Edition.

This particular dyeing technique became typical for Osti's C.P. In 1981, he launched 'Boneville', a new brand alongside the existing CP Company and CP Company Baby collections. Ongoing research on finishing techniques and materials led to yet another clothing line in 1982:. The first collection was made entirely from a revolutionary new fabric that inspired from the used by truck drivers. The 'used' look of this highly resistant, two-tone, reversible fabric was obtained through.

This new collection was so successful that it sold out at every location within 10 days. In 1984, Osti relinquished his shares of CP Company to GFT, but stayed on as president. He and his team devoted themselves to and communication strategies for the company. In 1985, he became the editor of CP Magazine, an extra-large format catalog/magazine that was sold at newspaper stands. It featured photographs of every garment in the CP Company collections and visualized the C.P. Lifestyle perfectly.

A circulation of 40,000 copies per collection proved that this unusual advertising tool was indeed effective. It started a trend that would later be followed by many other companies in the industry. 1987 was an important year in Osti's career. He invented and presented Rubber Flax and Rubber Wool – linen and wool with a thin, rubber coating. The rubber made the materials, improved their resistance and added a totally new look and feel to the garments. In the same year Osti experimented with brushed combed wool for the first time. Today all mills use this procedure for processing textiles, the same process Osti invented in 1987.

The year also saw the birth of the color changing Ice Jacket. In collaboration with ITS, Osti employed state-of-the-art technological research to create this new fabric which changed color by temperature variations. That same year, his constant commitment to experimentation earned Massimo Osti an invitation to represent the Italian clothing industry at an event commemorating the 750th anniversary of Berlin’s founding, the 150th anniversary of textile manufacturing and his own 15th year in the business.