stone island

[altitude]

so massimo osti was the founder of stone island???

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BIOGRAPHY & BRAND PHILOSOPHY

Stone Island owes continuous success to research and innovation both in the construction and details of the finished garments and in exclusive materials developed through a tight co-operation with specific fabric producers.

Since the label was born in 1981 the aim of Sportswear Company has always designed an innovative clothing line, with specific interest in the functionality of a garment.

Sportswear Company has invested in technology and research. It’s experimental dyeing and printing facilities have been the hub of much research within the possibilities of high quality garment dyeing in order to achieve, through this technique, unique colourings (up to 6 colours on one single garment) and finishes.

The brand has produced more than 40,000 garments taking inspiration from military uniforms and work wear. These capabilities make Sportswear Company a unique ‘Laboratory Company’ and Stone Island a label that is recognised worldwide to be on the cutting edge of men’s wear design.

COMPANY HISTORY

Sportswear Company is hugely famous within the Italian casual wear market. The company started to manufacture in 1974 under the name “Chester Perry”. At the end of the Seventies it became C.P. Company and growth followed accompanied by clear-cut success: that of Boneville and Stone Island joined the historic label.

Towards the mid-Eighties the company was taken over by Rabaldo Togna and GFT, with the arrival of Carlo Rivetti as Managing Director in 1989, the sportswear activity of GFT got underway with the name of Sportswear Company.

In 1993, following the selling off policy adopted by GFT, Sportswear Company was taken over entirely by Rivetex, the financial company held by Cristina Rivetti and her brother Carlo, with Carlo Rivetti as president.

The present portfolio of collections that Sportswear Company are manufacturing and developing: C.P. Company, Stone Island, Stone Island Juniors, C.P. Company Donna, C.P. Company Under Sixteen and Stone Island Juniors.


THE DESIGNER - GIONATA MALAGODI

Gionata Malagodi is back designing for Stone Island.

Italian born, just a few kilometres from the company’s headquarters, Gionata, from ‘94 to '98, has been one of the two designers working extensively in the studio of Massimo Osti, the founder of Stone Island.

“To start designing Stone Island again is a dream, in no other company beside Sportswear Company there is such an aim and endeavour for research and for problem solving design and fabric issues. I am coming back with the deepest respect for the history of the label and for the persons that in these years carried out its extraordinary evolution”.
Gionata Malagodi

[dumb5]

yep! and his son is doing new designs for the massimo osti brand now.

[Dunnymonster]

I dont know much about Stone Island so thanks for the interesting info altitude, nice one

[CD]

I remember seeing some Boneville & Left Hand (that was his other label wasn't it?) products like jumpers & trousers in a knife selling store a while back!
Do you think they'd be worth something now he's not with us??
Recently saw a Made In Italy SI jumper in the same store from a few years back (couldn't gurantee the year) and thought about getting it as a collectors item. Probably gone now!

[altitude]

i heard that some of osti's earlier designs are selling at a premium amongst collectors.

[CD]

Originally Posted by altitude

i heard that some of osti's earlier designs are selling at a premium amongst collectors.

I have some really old skool CP Company trousers which says 'ideas by Massimo Osti'. A really old stlye card tag not the tracing paper ones CP have now. They are made in Italy and don't even have the Sportwear Company SPA tag - just a CP Company tag - never seen before. So it soundsl ike SCS got involved with CP in 1993 according to the above report so they must be pre 1993!!!
Bidding starts at £1000.........

[done-diesel]

have you got a photo for me to see?

[sid-not-so-vicious]

i got both a massimo osti jacket and cardigan. quality wise they are far superior to my dior jacket and even my smedley cardigan.