From day one EBiT™ clothing has been Made in Italy.

From day one, Made in Italy 100%. From sketch to tech-pack, Clo3D, and back again to pencil drawings, via email, whatsapp, video meetings, and most importantly: in person factory visits. One thing is always constant:

We are human and we treat people in the way that we would like to be treated.

We began from a basement in Brooklyn, NY, during the pandemic, with video meetings developing EBiT™ garments Made in Italy, sharing values and purpose around mental health and obsession to craft the very best quality clothing with family owned Italian factories. Here below we provide an insight and background into the process, let's say 'behind the seams':

It began with physical socks to wear with virtual footwear (in project [E010]), and with t-shirts and denim as phygital twins to the virtual products sold in Yellow Trip Road (project [E022]). The virtual garments sold $50,000 in 24 minutes, and the physical garments were sold in the streets by local dealers for payment by cash or venmo.

The spirit of developing products during the pandemic, via video calls, for such unusual purposes, and always with the soul and ethos around mental health, created close human relationships which we still hold dear to this day.

This is Raffaella, presenting the first prototypes of EBiT™ socks, to be worn with the Spectrum of virtual Footwear [E010]. Physical socks, with virtual footwear.

We're essentially British people, that were living in Brooklyn, but with decades of luxury/fashion experience and therefore know that Made in Italy - when it's pure and correct - from artisanal family producers is absolutely the very best quality and craftsmanship in the world.

Now, based in Milan, we find it purposeful and provocative to be British people living here in Italy and committing 100% to manufacture in Italy, at a time when many Italian and luxury fashion houses have outsourced away from Italy to try to obtain better profit margins.

We develop close professional relationships with our suppliers, and in a transparent way share these relationships here. We visit and vet each factory, every season, and develop close meaningful human relationships. We are very serious about the quality and clothing we create, and the soul we put into it.

We know the exact human being who has created each EBiT™ garment, literally. 

We know them personally. We have touched the same machines, walked the same corridors, felt the same fabric swatches, as them. We develop and produce with three key partners in Italy:

OTS, where we collaborate with Caterin, Raffaele, Ugo, Alberto, and many more in the production and technical teams.

Denim Service, where we collaborate with Marco, Alessandra, and many more in the production and technical teams.

LFG, where we collaborate with Silvia, Annalisa, Andrea, and many more in the production and technical teams.

Below are some images of the factories where EBiT™ is developed and produced - 100% Made in Italy, together with some of the more casual typical interactions during the process. We hope you enjoy this insight into the process (please forgive the background images of Simon's children, Bobbi and Zico, on the whatsapp messages!). Production and product development can be some of the most stressful disciplines of the entire fashion creation process due to the timing of deadlines, and of the complexity of mathematically putting together costing, patterns, fabrics, etc. So, we like to smile every now and again :-)

OTS srl

OTS S.r.l. (hereinafter “OTS”) is approaching 40 years Venetian arts experience in creating cut knitwear garments. Its production skills are rooted in small laboratories, essential for training and growth. Nowadays the company community goal is to preserve and pass down the Italian manufacturing tradition to future generations. OTS dedicates a space to its esteemed customers where all creative and productive needs are considered and satisfied. The company’s professionalism, reliability, precision, and punctuality, combined with care for sustainability, are much appreciated by the most renowned fashion companies.

It began in 1986 with the creation of Zeta Serigrafia, a company dedicated solely to screen-printing.

The new company management’s desire to grow and evolve led to redefining the corporate structure, and to the arrival of a new owner who drew up new strategic lines and a new industrial plan. The Research Office was developed in-house and then expanded to offer customers specific creativity , research on material and processes. Extreme quality and an immediate response to customer needs became the two main elements that, combined with a new process organisation, enabled OTS to become an international reference for what’s Made in Italy. The investment in human capital and new technologies  enabled the company to consolidate its structure keeping most of the planning as well as prototype and sample design stages in-house; the modelling and prototyping activities were increased and fully renewed, with brand-new machinery in the printing workshop, and also launching its digitalisation process.

2018 - It implemented what is set forth in the Ritex ZDHC protocol (Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals) for the correct management of chemical substances used in Screen-printing.

It attained ISO 9001 Quality Management System certification in 2020.

2021 - It attained GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) certification, acknowledged as the most important international standard for the sustainable production of clothing and textile products, made with natural fibres from organic farming such as cotton and wool, and GRS certification, acknowledged as the most important international standard for the sustainable production of clothes and textile products made with recycled materials.

It attained ISO 45001 Occupational health and safety management systems in 2022, then in 2024:

• OTS attained ISO 14001 Environmental Management System certification.
• OTS joined the ZDHC Level 1 programme.
• Work began on building the new production facility near the OTS headquarters.

This facility will enable OTS to bring some other production stages in-house. The new building will house the production cutters, a clothe manufacturing workshop, an ironing workshop, and quality control. The building’s upper floors will hold the Archive Museum of Garments and Prints, an important collection of tens of thousands or garments belonging to the OTS story from 1986 till now.

Today, OTS is an efficient, well-structured, cutting-edge company. Ready to welcome and address the new sustainability challenges, willing to be a useful technical and productive support for its customers, wanting to grow even further in the development of highly qualified, quality products and services. This growth and improvement have been sustained and shared with its supply network; one that is solely Italian guaranteeing a unique, exclusive manufacturing level, definitely appreciated by the international luxury Brands.

Enjoy some interactions with Alberto, product developer of OTS, who also usually models the clothing and anticipates the images to us via whatsapp because we're all excited to see what's coming next:

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Denim Service srl

Denim Service was founded in 1989 as a production partner of Diesel, acting as a production hub for specific markets such as the USA and Canada, and was part of the OTB group until 2017. Then the people running the factory, as a family, decided to acquire the whole company and continue the business independently.

Over the years Denim Service has studied, created, experimented. Today they take care of ideas, projects and processes for the many international luxury brands.

Denim Service production is proudly Made in Italy and develops new collections for the most important brands in the fashion world, following the entire process down to the smallest details - from the creative idea to production.

Internally, there is a structured pattern office of 7 people, a product development and wash/treatment research team, automatic cutting and a prototyping department.

There is an historical archive and showroom with around 2500 items, to be used as inspiration for designers or PDs.

Production is managed in out-sourcing in a controlled and certified supply chain located within a radius of 30-40 km, followed daily by Denim Service team of quality and planning technicians.

Denim Service work with the main laundries in Italy, offering a huge range of technique and technologies. Support is also offered on fabric development, with digital print, traditional print, laser on fabric and other techniques.

2023 - Denim Service obtained GOTS and GRS product certifications for the entire production chain, assuring a high standard of control and production traceability.

Denim Service collaborate with the main suppliers of denim fabrics, offering clientele, where possible, the use fabrics of organic, recycled or regenerative agriculture origin.

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Enjoy some interactions with the amazing Alessandra of Denim Service:

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LFG srl

LFG is a knitwear company based in northern Italy, specifically in Reggio Emilia. In the facility, there is a vast array of machinery ranging from 2.5 to 18 gauge for fully fashion and seamless knitting, with a team of staff of 35 qualified workers.

L.F.G. was founded in 2019 and is now a company of excellence in the production and design of knitwear garments.

The internal knitting department is composed of 23 SHIMA machines in all gauges from 3 to 18, both fully fashion and whole garment technology.

In addition to that, there are several linking, sewing, washing and finishing equipment in order to follow all the product development and quality control. Services offered include: research, prototyping, sampling, and production for luxury brands. 

The development process takes place in a creative and innovative environment, a key element of made-in-Italy manufacturing, always striving to achieve the best results for the clientele. The pursuit of excellence, taking full advantage of our expertise and skills, is the basis of every project.

L.F.G. highly specialized staff assists designers in the development of their projects through targeted technical and stylistic support.

Knitwear is such a specialist category, requiring highly skilled product experts to take inspiration through to perfect execution. Here is Silvia and Francesca of LFG - analyzing the production of project [E250]:

Environmental, social, and economic sustainability are important priorities at L.F.G. The goal is to ensure a better future for everyone through the production of high-quality, durable fabrics and garments that respect both the environment and people. L.F.G has a comprehensive Code of Ethics, downloadable on their website.

L.F.G. is a certified company:

• Management system for gender equality UNI/PdR 125:2022
• UNI EN ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System

L.F.G. won the Women Value Company Award from Intesa San Paolo, organized by the banking group in collaboration with the Marisa Bellisario Foundation, dedicated to promoting female entrepreneurship and companies that invest in gender equality.

Enjoy this insight into some of the behind the 'seams' interactions with Silvia:

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At EBiT™ we still sketch designs by hand, with pencil, measuring precise millimeters with a ruler.

Dominic Laurelli is at once a throw back sketching, multi-disciplinary, code defining creative director and designer, while simultaneously holding a progressive and coherent vision for what's coming. Having worked with Lee McQueen, Sarah Burton, Thom Browne, Dominic has been instrumental in the birthing of EBiT™ clothing direction.

Sometimes we also develop with Clo3D.

In collaboration with Matthew Mounsey-Wood, we often use Clo3D to automize the process of more complex garments (eg, the PSYCHO Jumpsuit) and reduce the trial/error process. This saves lots of time, costs, logistics expenses (not to mention the carbon pollution of logistics and transportation - always considering our responsibilities and impact on the environment).

Whether we communicate with pencil sketches, or Clo3D tech-packs and motion renderings. Whether we meet in videos, or over whatsapp messages, or in person at the factory.

We are human and we treat people in the way that we would like to be treated.

Professional, transparent, top quality craftsmanship, with dignity and respect, and with a smile :-)

Feel free to contact us anytime to discuss our development + production approach for EBiT™ - Made in Italy: contact@enjoybeingintransition.com.

With love,

EBiT™