Stone Island is an Italian Designer brand from
Sportswear Company (SPW) based in Bologna.
The label was set up
by Italian
designer Massimo Osti in 1982 as a secondary line
or diffusion collection of his main C.P Company label.
Massimo Osti also owned a designer brand before this, and this was
called "left hand". Osti named the brand after the name of his
boat. The brand was remarkable for specialising in surface
treatment of
fabrics and
dyeing techniques.
A feature of a Stone Island garment is the compass patch that
buttons onto the upper sleeve of the left arm. Originally the
patches were green edged, badges from around the year 2000 onwards
became black edged. Also, there are the rarer 'white badges' which
were originally made on certain jackets for the millennium. The
white badge is still available on limited edition jackets.
The make
has been popular amongst football fan 'casuals' in the United Kingdom
and to a lesser extent the Republic of
Ireland
and Holland
. The
brand can also be seen in many
football hooliganism based films, such
as
Green Street Hooligans and
The Football Factory.
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