Musto (company)
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Musto is a clothing brand based in England. The brand was established in 1965 by Keith Musto
Keith Musto
100pxKeith Musto is a British sailor born on 12 January 1936. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and won a silver medal in the Flying Dutchman class and was reserve in the Flying Dutchman class for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich....

, a British Olympic sailor and engineer. Musto sells sailing
Sailing
Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and...

 clothes, equestrian clothing, shooting
Shooting
Shooting is the act or process of firing rifles, shotguns or other projectile weapons such as bows or crossbows. Even the firing of artillery, rockets and missiles can be called shooting. A person who specializes in shooting is a marksman...

 apparel and lifestyle outdoor clothing .

In 1979 Musto developed the first three layer clothing system for sailors. In 1987 the Duke of Edinburgh presented Keith Musto with the British Design Council Award for his Ocean Clothing. In 1989 Musto became the supplier to the RNLI for its offshore lifeboat crews.

Musto has sponsored British sailor Ellen MacArthur
Ellen MacArthur
Dame Ellen Patricia MacArthur, DBE is an English sailor, up until 2009, from Whatstandwell near Matlock in Derbyshire, now based in West Cowes, on the Isle of Wight. She is best known as a solo long-distance yachtswoman. On 7 February 2005 she broke the world record for the fastest solo...

 since 1994. They also sponsor the Vestas Sailrocket and Pete Goss
Pete Goss
Pete Goss, MBE is a British yachtsman who has clocked up at sea.A former Royal Marine, he is famous for his pioneering project Team Philips. He received a Legion d'Honneur for saving fellow sailor Raphaël Dinelli in the 1996 Vendée Globe solo around the world yacht race...

 and his crew on Spirit of Mystery. In equestrianism
Equestrianism
Equestrianism more often known as riding, horseback riding or horse riding refers to the skill of riding, driving, or vaulting with horses...

, they sponsor Zara Phillips
Zara Phillips
Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips, MBE is the second child and only daughter of Princess Anne and her first husband Captain Mark Phillips and is 13th in the line of succession to the throne...

, William Fox-Pitt
William Fox-Pitt
William Speed Lane Fox-Pitt , known as William Fox-Pitt, is an English equestrian. He has had notable successes at the Burghley, Badminton, Blenheim and Bramham Horse Trials...

, Kristina Cook
Kristina Cook
Kristina Cook also known as Tina Cook , is a British three-day eventing rider. She is the daughter of the four times British jump racing Champion Jockey, Josh Gifford....

 and Matthew Wright. They also sponsor shooting Olympic hopeful Charlotte Kerwood.

In 2010 the company was granted two Royal Warrants from Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh.

They worked closely with Zara Phillips to launch a jointly designed equestrian clothing range named ZP176.

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