Stone Island Fall Winter ‘008 ‘009
Concepts:
Combining the iconic strength of Army and Navy garments with sportswear function and techniques
(trekking, climbing, sailing).
Developing fits and materials to cleverly mix uniform’s and sportswear aesthetics.
Garments:
Revisiting ergonomic shapes and volumes from traditional pieces that include Pea-coats, Parkas, Field
Jackets and Duffle coats through:
- a considered survey on contemporary fits.
- personalised accessories.
- a mix between natural (military world) and man-made (technical world) materials, often combined in
the same garment.
Materials and treatments:
- Hand Painted Camouflage: Inspired by abstract expressionist artists such as Jackson Pollock who
layered paint onto canvas and also 20th century soldiers who created their own camouflage by dirtying
up their own uniforms with natural earth. This affect is applied to Raso Gommato for shoulder pieces
(rubberised cotton satin) and cashmere/cotton for light knits,
- Pixel Camouflage down jackets: Two layers joined together compose a heavier down jacket. The
outer piece in Tyvec®, goose feather filled, pixel-printed with fluorescent colours and covered with
superlight coloured nylon shell, inner piece in shirt-weighted nylon, goose feather filled, in solid colour.
- Nylon-weaved linen Twill: coated with coloured waxes and then garment-overdyed for a deeper colour
effect.
- Hyperwool: ‘technicized’ wool by coupling it with a heavy nylon honeycomb mesh and inner
transparent polyurethane coating, this gives a three-dimensional effect.
- Bi-colour double knits: 100% Todd & Duncan Cashmere, subtle coloured on one side, 100% nylon
hollow fibre with bright colour on the reverse which can be worn both ways.
- Prismatic silk: 100% silk with a prismatic external coating for an intense high shine colour effect lined
with padded nylon jersey.
- Raso Gommato (rubberised cotton satin) with prismatic inner polyurethane coating.
- Super overboiled wool knit creates a sharp-edged tailored Duffle coat and Pea-coat.
Colours:
Traditional and bright tones are key and often matched together in a single garment:
- traditional British tones of vine, wood green and petrol are matched with black or white trousers.
- military green, khaki and tobacco, matched with trousers in bright colours like green, bright red and
bluette.
- Blue, black and écru from the Navy inheritance matched with mèlange grey knits and beige trousers.