Please e-mail your fully completed application to sppapplications@santoni.cn along with an up-to-date CV, images of previous work and development ideas for your capsule collection.

Mail to: sppapplications@santoni.cn

Application deadline: 15 / 03/ 2020

Design requirement:

-    Your design should be combined with SPP concepts and meet with the requirements: interconnection, personalization and sustainability.

-    Your collection should be one complete outfit including underwear, outerwear, socks or shoes fabric for Spring/Summer 2021-2022.

Designer Requirement:

-    Previous experience and knowledge of the knitted product

-    English speaking skill

-    Strong leadership skill and ability to delegate tasks to technicians

-    Commitment to join the eight-week program  

-    Your application needs previous design collections, including design concept, work process and final products.

Technician application Requirement:

-   More than one-year programming work experience with Santoni seamless knitting machine: TOP2 FAST, SM8-TR1 or SM-DJ2T.

-   Basic English speaking skill

-   Excellent communication and interpersonal skill

- Commitment to join the eight-week program

Download link (Designer): Application Form

Download link (Technician, English Version): Application Form

下载链接 (技术员,中文): 申请表

Era changes along with the development of all kinds of popular fashion, everyone is chasing all sorts of beautiful and comfortable and goods, especially the new age of the pregnant mother, according to Chinese commerce industry research institute in 2017 from the 2017-2022 in Chinese maternity industry development outlook survey and the investment and financing strategy research report statistics show: Chinese pregnant women clothing retail sales growth from $2012 in 13.4 billion to $2016 by 20.5 billion yuan, an average annual compound growth rate of 10.6%.

According to the survey conducted by analysys, 80.83% of consumers have purchased professional maternity clothes during pregnancy. Data from the research institute of maternal and child care also shows that maternity clothes, as the largest category of demand for mothers and infants, reached 7.4 billion yuan online in 2018, accounting for 54.6% of the whole maternity products market, with a year-on-year growth of 15.8%.

In may, for example, maternity clothes have ranked first for three months in a row on alibaba's platform.Maternity wear, breast-feeding bra, maternity pants, home wear are among the maternal clothing.

With the rise of a new generation of maternal and infant users, the young treasure mothers before and after pregnancy also pay attention to themselves, so it is easy to understand that the market demand for maternal clothing is increasingly prominent.

On taobao, breast-feeding bras have been a hit, with monthly sales of more than 40,000 per store.

Reebok has launched a brand new Maternity Collection so expectant mothers can continue to workout comfortably throughout pregnancy.

A study this week revealed that ‘vigorous’ exercise is both safe and healthy for women even into the third trimester of their pregnancy – which means you’re going to need kit that fits your body as you grow.

Reebok’s range includes the Lux Maternity Tight, made with an extended waistband and soft nylon spandex material, and the Seamless Maternity Tank.

Taobao has proved that the market is huge, and the attention of the big brands also shows the market opportunities.The procurement subjects of pregnant women, infants and children are all mothers, so we should understand the needs of mothers and develop them accordingly. Once the seamless process is recognized, the market potential is huge.

Twelve foreigners from Italy, the United Kingdom, France, Japan, Germany, Denmark, the United States and Singapore received the Magnolia Gold Award from the mayor of Shanghai Ying Yong on September 29th, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the city of Shanghai.

The "Magnolia Gold Award", an award launched in 1993 by the city of Shanghai and aimed at foreigners who contribute to urban development in various sectors, has been handed over to 332 people since then. The winners of the award cover a broad field, they are mostly business executives from the commercial, financial, maritime and service sectors, as well as experts in science and culture.

The only Italian to receive the "Magnolia Gold" award for 2019 was Gianpietro Belotti, CEO of Santoni (Shanghai) Knitting Machinery Co., Ltd.

Brands are choosing seamless - 1. Sweaty Betty

More and more brands are expanding their Seamless collections, meanwhile, consumers are becoming seamless advocates and willing to pay for it.

Starting today, we will continously to introduce you to brands that using seamless.

British sports brands - Sweaty Betty, which choosing seamless collection as an important part of its productions.  

Its clothes are very comfortable and cost-effective. They have been popular in recent years, even are favored by many big stars including Madonna.

Essential Sports Bra

Designed with a supportive underband, front waffle detail and seamless thick shoulder straps, this compression design keeps your boobs in place for spin, boxing and the gym. 

Feature:

Sweat-wicking seamless fabric with compression technology

Deep underband adds medium support up to a C cup

Waffle effect detailing for breathability

Who is the next brand ?