About us

A knitwear house between design studio and factory floor.

MAGLIERIA MILANO was founded by Zhaocai Fang in Milan to give fashion brands a single partner capable of designing knitwear, engineering it and producing it to Italian standards.

Artisans working at knitting machines in the Milan atelier

Our story

What began as a small development laboratory in the Tortona district has grown into a complete knitwear operation: a design team, a sampling atelier and an audited network of Italian knitting and finishing facilities.

Our founders come from both sides of the industry — creative direction and industrial knitting engineering. That combination is why our technical packs read as clearly to a designer as they do to a machine programmer.

Today we develop several hundred styles each season for brands ranging from independent labels to established luxury houses, shipping to Europe, the United States, Japan and the Gulf.

What we stand for

Craft

Hand-linked finishing, controlled washing and pressing — the details that separate luxury knitwear from volume production.

Discretion

We work behind the label. Your designs, patterns and commercial terms remain strictly confidential.

Consistency

Documented specifications and measured tolerances so the tenth production run matches the first sample.

Responsibility

Certified yarns, traceable supply partners and minimised waste through made-to-measure knitting.

Materials

Yarns selected in Biella, Prato and Como.

Cashmere, extra-fine merino, silk blends, cotton, linen and recycled fibres — sourced from Italian spinners we have worked with for more than a decade. Every yarn is tested for pilling, shrinkage and colour fastness before it enters a collection.

Cones of grey and ivory yarn on white shelves