Besani was founded in 1969 by three partners, of which one – Alberto RIVA – still runs the company today. Since its inception, the company has specialized in designing and manufacturing high quality knitted cotton fabrics made for ready-to-wear garments and sportswear. Their fabrics are known for the use of dyed and mercized Filodiscozia yarn (Lisle yarn), which yields very high-grade cotton jersey with unique characteristics of brilliance, softness, and resistance to pilling.