Shadow Project - Autumn Winter 2011/12

 

STONE ISLAND SHADOW began as a discourse between Sportswear Company owner and creative director Carlo Rivetti and the design team of Michaela Sachenbacher and Errolson Hugh, also known as ACRONYM ®. A platform for exploration, the Shadow project rapidly evolved into a system based program for a new generation of urban masculine apparel. With both Stone Island's incredible historical archive, and its unparalleled forward development resources as a starting point, ACRONYM ® sought to conceive a project according to their strong technical and performance based roots. The result is a unique and unprecedented fusion. A fresh and intelligent new light cast upon the timeless interplay of form and function. Calling the project SHADOW underlines the intimate relationship and interaction between this work and the full body of the STONE ISLAND collection

Autumn Winter 2011/12 reaffirms the original Stone Island Shadow Project intent. Focused. Elegant. Effortless. Incomparably modern. A capsule collection that converts common problems into uncommon possibilities. Designed as a high performance technological interface between its wearer and their environment on one hand. Conceived of as a seamless extension of its wearer's identity on the other. The latest results of an ongoing enquiry into the dynamics of form and function from the living laboratory that is STONE ISLAND. Fabrics have been selected with an emphasis on lustre and tactility; aesthetically pleasing yet careful not to overwhelm the senses. Colours are dark and play off of the matte-sheen of the fabrics, bringing the balanced geometry of each style to the fore. The new modular accessories are a simple, direct ways to transform styles, increasing the already considerable user-driven versatility of the collection.