Diletta Cancellato

The weight and lightness of knitting

Let’s go back to the ‘50s, picturing a tailor’s shop. There are fabrics everywhere: rolled up on the shelves, bent on the worktable, pinned on the mannequin with clear basting. The tailor stands out in a central position. Surrounded by his apprentices, he directs, designs, measures, sews, cuts, creates and transmits the art of making quality products.

Diletta Cancellato was lucky enough to grow up with a tailor as a grandfather. After graduating in Fashion Design at the Politecnico di Milano and getting a Master Degree in Fine Art at the Parson School for Design di New York, now she experiments with weight and lightness in knitwear, mixing volumes and creating innovative silhouettes, always with quality materials.