Neo Luxe: Stone Island
Neo Luxe: Stone Island
Neo Luxe: Stone Island
Neo Luxe: Stone Island
Neo Luxe: Stone Island
Neo Luxe: Stone Island
Italian brand Stone Island has an inherent legacy of textile innovation that is in no small part down to the obsession of founder Massimo Osti. Back in 1982, he began to catalogue thousands of examples of workwear items along with their function properties, giving the brand a foundation that no other fashion company can compete with.
This heritage of research and experimentation would later help develop a resin-coated truck tarpaulin washed with pumice stones into the Tela Stella, Stone Island's first technical jacket.
The brand's use of innovative materials has continued to develop and reads more like a list of army combat gear than traditional fashion attire, with heat-sensitive and colour-changing properties, bullet-proof Kevlar and reflective jackets covered in glass micro-beads. Truly exemplifying the phrase ‘form follows function’, Stone Island also offers refined combinations of organic and man-made fabrics, natural hues and unique patterns that redefine traditional notions of luxury fashion.
The arrival of Stone Island's latest Autumn Winter collection at Lane Crawford heralds a modern desire for apparel suited to active lifestyles paired with the beauty of quality engineering.
Photography and words by HYPEBEAST