PROTOTYPE RESEARCH_SERIES 07 LIQUID CRYSTAL HEAT REACTIVE_2023
Series 07 unveils a special thermochromic technology: the nylon canvas fabric, coated with helical-shaped cholesteric liquid crystals ink, reacts revealing a vast spectrum of chromatic points, spanning diverse and unexpected degrees of iridescence. The liquid crystals distributed on the fabric trigger a molecular reactive color change system evident in the metamorphosis that enters the shades of yellow and green to then flow into the blues.

PROTOTYPE RESEARCH_SERIES 06 _DÉVORÉ WITH KEVLAR® CORE _2022
Made in a textured weave fabric with the use of a 100% DuPont™ Kevlar® Nm200/l core yarn double covered with Nm170/2 cotton yarn.
The dévoré printing technique disintegrates the cotton yarn, creating an all-over pattern that reveals the Kevlar® core. The unveiled yarns create a sort of light technical lace. Kevlar® is a trademark of affiliates of DuPont de Nemours, Inc. and used under license by Stone Island.

PROTOTYPE RESEARCH_SERIES 05_ COPPER NANOTECHNOLOGY ON RASO: THE UNFILTERED STORY OF AN “UNFINISHED” RESEARCH PROCESS _ 2021
Made in cotton Raso bonded externally with a light non-woven fabric on which a nanometric copper layer has been deposited through the PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition) technique.
It’s an investigation about the natural oxidation characteristics of copper in the atmospheric environment, borrowing this technique from industrial uses.

PROTOTYPE RESEARCH_SERIES 04 _ MANUAL FLOCKING ON NYLON METAL GRID-OVD _ 2019
Made in Nylon Metal sprayed with a water-based adhesive and then exposed to cotton flock.
The electromagnetic field straightens the fibrils, which are attracted by the garment.
It then undergoes an elaborate double dyeing procedure, nylon and cotton, for a highly contrasting effect between texture and flock: unique and unrepeatable on each garment.

PROTOTYPE RESEARCH_SERIES 03 _ EXTREME COMPACTING PROCESS ON NYLON BASE _ 2018
A mix of 4 polyamide-based canvas fabrics with different weights, compositions and shrinkages.
The sewing pattern of the garment is engineered to cope with drops from 0% to 25% due to the complex dyeing process at high temperatures of the finished garment.

PROTOTYPE REASEARCH_SERIES 02 _ GARMENT DYED DYNEEMA® _2017
Made in Dyneema®, the strongest and most durable lightweight fibre in the world.
Stone Island has engineered a ready-to-dye version by bonding it to an exclusive performance membrane with an ultra-light nylon tela backing.
The seams are entirely sealed by hand with Dyneema® re-enforced tape. Reversible garment.
Two sets of 50 jackets, garment dyed with 50 colour recipes in the STONE ISLAND Colour Laboratory.

PROTOTYPE REASEARCH_SERIES 01 _ LASERING ON LIQUID REFLECTIVE BASE _ 2016
Made in highly reflective fabric, embedded thousands of glass microspheres.
Hand-sprayed with a resin-based colour and then oven-dried.
The numerical control laser beam etches the surface of the garment, producing a three-dimensional tone-on-tone effect.