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HISTORY STONE ISLaND bRaND
1982 THE ORIGINS The first collection of Stone Island was born from the creative mind
of Massimo Osti, inspired by the military uniforms and realised with Tela Stella a fabric that recalls the waxed jackets corroded by the sea and by the sun resulted from the study of a rigid, full-bodied, two-sided and two-tone truck tarpaulin which underwent a heavy stone wash procedure. To this, a badge a fabric label showing the Stone Island Wind Rose was applied.
1983 GFT acQUIRES 50% OF STONE ISLaND GFT, Gruppo Finanziario Tessile an Italian company controlled by
the Rivetti family acquired 50% of the Stone Island brand. These are the years of the foundation and consolidation of the brand s aesthetics characterised by the extreme research on textile, fabric treatment, and garment dyeing techniques.
1993 THE RIVETTI FaMILY TaKES FULL cONTROL carlo Rivetti, together with his sister cristina, took full control of
the Stone Island brand, through Sportswear company S.p.a. In 1996 Paul Harvey took over as the brand s designer.
2005 THE JUNIOR cOLLEcTION Stone Island Junior a collection created for children and teenag-
ers between 2 and 14 years old was launched.
2008 THE EXPaNSION carlo Rivetti took over the creative Direction. The e-commerce
platform stoneisland.com was launched, accessible from about 45 countries. The company also released the Stone Island Shadow Project an exploration platform for a new generation of urban menswear that represents the continuous investigation of new aesthetic-functional codes.
2017 TEMaSEK Temasek, an investment company based in Singapore, acquired
from the Rivetti family 30% of Sportswear company S.p.a., the company owning the Stone Island brand.
HISTORY STONE ISLaND bRaND
2020 STONE ISLaND JOINS THE MONcLER GROUP In December, Stone Island announced its entry into the Moncler
Group.
2022 THE 40TH aNNIVERSaRY Stone Island celebrated its 40th anniversary with dedicated prod-
uct launches and an iconic installation in Miami, followed by events that involved all the main communities of the brand.