STONE ISLAND IS A WORLD LEADER IN PRODUCT DESIGN AND APPAREL INNOVATION . FOUNDED IN ITALY IN 1982, IT HAS ALWAYS FOCUSED ON FABRIC TECHNOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTATION, FOCUSING ON FUNCTIONALITY AND UTILITARIANISM. THE DESIGN IS DRIVEN BY PURPOSE, WHICH TRANSLATES INTO AN INSTANTLY RECOGNIZABLE IMPRINT OF CUT, SHAPE, MATERIALITY AND COLOR . FOR OVER FORTY YEARS STONE ISLAND HAS BEEN NURTURING AN EVER-GROWING GLOBAL COMMUNITY, THAT PAYS HOMAGE TO THE BRAND'S HERITAGE AND ECHOES NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT.