Santaniello

About Santaniello

Santaniello is an Italian family label with its roots in Salerno, a port city south-east of Naples. Tailor Biagio Santaniello and trouser maker Carmela Forino, partners in business and in life, began it in 1968, and their first collection arrived in 1991. Today their three children, Giuliana, Carmine and Antonio, are involved in the important decisions. Antonio is creative director, bringing modern silhouettes and newer ways of making to his parents' knowledge of fabrics, design and detail. Inspiration comes from workwear through to military clothing, and blue sits at the centre of the collections. The label also uses recycled and certified materials, natural pigments for dyeing, and buttons made from reclaimed paper.