Massimo Osti Studio announces its partnership with Alberto Riva, an Italian sailor and engineer who has been active in offshore racing for years. An eclectic sailor and sports climber, Riva is renowned for his ability to blend his sailing training, which began on his family’s vintage 1979 boat, with highly specialized technical expertise.

In line with this approach, Riva has sailed in the Mini 6.50 class over the past few years, achieving first place in the 2021 international rankings and winning several regattas in the Mediterranean and Atlantic.

This three-year collaboration will make Massimo Osti Studio one of Alberto Riva’s official sponsors starting in June 2024. The partnership will be inaugurated with Riva’s participation, alongside the Acrobatica Sailing Team, in the Transat Québec-Saint-Malo, the oldest non-stop ocean race from west to east, aboard the Acrobatica Class 40 boat.

The project celebrates the shared passion for the sea between Massimo Osti and Alberto Riva. It presents a dreamlike narrative exploring the interdependence between man and the ever-changing marine environment from two different perspectives.

Sailing is a journey of constant stimulation for both the body and mind. The preparatory technique and the poetic act of enriching one’s experience create a highly individual and unique process in all its facets.

For Riva, sailing represents an engineering and sporting challenge where every detail matters. The unpredictability of nautical practice intersects with personal human experience, requiring the development of a psycho-physical balance. Solo sailing involves strategic decision-making and reliance on one’s skills and intuition. It is a combination of emotions, reflection, concentration, and adaptability, between oneself and the sea.

For Massimo Osti, the sea has always been a source of poetic inspiration and introspection, with careful consideration given to the functionality and technical aspects of nautical clothing. Like Riva, the Bolognese designer loved to sail alone on his boats to escape the frenzy of his work, using the sea as a way to reconnect with himself and find inner peace.

All these elements that characterize Massimo Osti and Alberto Riva—from a fascination with technology to an emotional relationship with sailing—culminate in Chapter 05: ‘About Sailing’. This chapter includes five distinctive garments, such as a jacket and a vest in Satin Rubber, a fabric made from cotton coated with a polyurethane film and double-dyed.