Job Description

Apparel Designer – ST95

The Brand

In a departure from previous Massimo Osti lines, ST95 emerged as a collection designed with the younger consumer in mind. It featured a carefully curated palette of limited colours, each harmoniously complementing the others. The concept behind ST95 was to empower customers to personalise their clothing, selecting their preferred colours and fabrics.

Interestingly, ST95 bore no visible signature or mention of Massimo's name, yet it quickly carved out a significant niche in the fashion market. Its commercial success was immediate, leveraging a broader distribution network to meet the soaring demand for the sportswear that Massimo had masterfully crafted over the years with his previous brands.

Today, we gaze ahead into the future, fueled by the dynamic spirit of ST95, where the vision remains firmly anchored in both the rich heritage of the past and the boundless potential of forward-thinking youth.

ST95 is a testament to an unwavering commitment to technical sportswear, where fabrics, colours, and fits take centre stage, inspired by the legendary Massimo Osti, the legacy endures across all the labels he brought to life, and ST95 proudly carries that torch.

The Position

Based in Manchester, you will be confident and culturally aware, with the ability to develop design concepts from the ground up, where storytelling and design will be at the core of your work, leading creative design of the ST95 product collections and contributing to its creative positioning and presentation.

The role will have a mix of creative direction, hands-on product design and future idea development, so you will be leading the product design for all collections, working with the Sourcing and Production team to meet the needs of the brand but also having a hand in the marketing direction and presentation of the brand, to both key wholesale customers and end consumers.

You’ll be able to take a strategic view of the brand and its future direction, using market and consumer insight, to amplify its differentiation but also, you’ll have a keen eye for detail, with an understanding of how to translate the creative design elements into actual product that will excite its audience.

You will have a real passion for premium fashion brands, and a healthy appetite in keeping abreast of global fashion trends and influences.

What We’re Looking For

An engaged Designer who is passionate about great design, looking for an opportunity to make a real difference with our, re-emerging brand that has great provenance but able to translate this into concepts and designs that resonate with a young, culturally aware audience.

We would like to see examples of your work, demonstrating your understanding of the progressive technical sportswear, market, coupled with forward thinking fashion design influences.

With a minimum of 2 years work in a similar role and market, you will be really ambitious and want to have a real, hands-on and strategic influence on the direction of the ST95 brand.

What to do.

If you’re interested in this role, please send a copy of your latest CV and design portfolio to tim@lefthandstudio.com and No Agencies Please

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