Founded in 1985, Tessuti is a private label shoe manufacturer china destination with over 100 designer collections for men and women from established fashion houses and up-and-coming designers. With over 30 years of luxury fashion retail experience, our selection of premium fashion brands is available online and in-store.

Tessuti is a UK-based designer chain retailing designer collections for men and women, including men's and women's clothing, shoes and accessories. Tessuti was founded by David Light in 1985 and 40% of the business was acquired by JD Sports PLC in May 2012 and has since become a key part of JD Sports PLC's strategy. In 2016, JD Sports acquired Tessuti wholly.

As of 2019, Tessuti had 38 stores, including stores in Liverpool, Chester, Leeds Merryhill, Meadowhall Sheffield and Ipswich. The retailer also has two stores within the Trafford Centre in Manchester and the Lowry Outlet store in Salford Quays. The multi-channel retailer also has stores at Bluewater Shopping Centre, Gateshead Metro Centre and Bradford Broadway Shopping Centre. JD Sports PLC acquired menswear brand Cecil Gee in 2012, converting all five branches into Tessuti stores. Tessuti's portfolio also includes the Aspecto and Infinities retail businesses, which were acquired by JD Sports PLC in 2015 as part of an ongoing rebranding under the Tessuti umbrella. New store openings in 2018 include new stores in Manchester Adair and Glasgowburg.

Tessuti founder David Light opened his first store at 53 Chester Watergate Row in April 1985. The first store to offer Chester multiple international brands, Tessuti's original store has brought new brands such as Stone Island, CP Company and Giorgio into town.

In late 2017, the brand received bad publicity when animal rights activists drew attention to the fact that stores were selling products using real animal fur and goose down.

In April 2018, Tessuti opened a flagship store in Chester at 30 Bridge Street, a Grade II listed building that used to be a Liberty store.

Tessuti is the main sponsor of the 2018 and 2019 Graduate Fashion Week Sports & Leisurewear Awards. The winner of the 2019 Tessuti Active & Leisurewear Award is Katherine Jayne-Watts for her sustainable activewear collection.

The Tessuti website was launched in 2006 as an extension of the business, offering the same brands available in Tessuti stores.