Hunting and fishing. It is coming strong. Until then, enjoy this excellent convertible messenger/backpack/daypack from the Shadow Project collection from Stone Island. Berlin’s Bagjack got involved as well in making this unit. The overprint is a “tiger skin” using the expected high tech fabrics you only come to see from Shadow Project. It looks like Bagjack also produced the bags. Well done. (moclassics)

Another look at the Stone Island Shadow Project Transformable Messenger Bag after the click.

“Research and technology applied to material. Treatments, experimentation, finishes and dyeing techniques have created new colour codes, while respecting the garments’ performance. Stone Island’s extensive experience is continually updated.”

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Here’s a Stone Island piece exclusive to their online shop. This Three Quarter Length Hooded Multi Pocket Jacket is available online in white. “The jacket fastens with a full zip and press stud fastening and the front features has 4 large flap bellow pockets with stud fastening. The hood is fixed with an adjustable toggle and large neck piece at the collar. Hood is also lined with felt, which runs throughout the whole jacket.” Again, white is a web exclusive color for this Stone Island piece. It will set you back 1200$US which will hopefully make it the last parka you buy for some time.

More looks at the Stone Island Three Quarter Length Jacket in White after the click.

The casual movement in London gets a restart with the opening of the first stand alone store from Stone Island. The 450 sq/ft store opened in London’s Covent Gardens. “The store incorporates custom made design with clean contemporary and functional detail. Listed architectural elements are fused with the modern high octane design working in perfect synergy with the garments displayed….The stores concept is based on an identity project called ‘Item / Unit’ and has been invented, designed and engineered by Marc Bhure, owner of the German design company Zeichenweg TM, which gives total layout flexibility.”

The combination of classic silhouettes and advanced technologies has proven an interesting sub-trend in contemporary fashion. Most of these focus on adding a tweak here or there, or reinterpreting a garment in a new fabric. The STONE ISLAND SHADOW project takes the step further. In some respects it reverses logical thinking. Garments are reformed from the inside.

A collaborative effort between Stone Island and Acronym the Shadow Project is a merger. A completely new theoretical tack on the preexisting archival resources of Stone Island, through the lens of Acronym. We present you a preview of the ‘08-’09 line, complete with the intriguing full story behind the aims and goals of this ambitious work.

We preview Stone Island’s Shadow Project for Fall/Winter 2008/09 including a technical video walkthrough of the line after the jump.

Wallpaper takes an interesting look into a forthcoming collaboration between Stone Island and designer Aitor Throup. "Another debut at Salone this year was Modular Anatomy, the first instalment of what looks to be an interesting collaboration between Stone Island and young fashion designer Aitor Throup. The project involves the construction of an ostensibly traditional down jacket pieced together in small parts using separate, individually filled cushion segments… Throup’s design philosophy starts with the human form and allows the garment to evolve organically, hence the building-block approach rather than a more conventional construction using sleeves, armholes and body panels… "

Read more on this design process via a photo slideshow at Wallpaper Online.

When you team up Mr. Errolson Hugh, the mastermind behind the Acronym with a high end sportwear line like Italy’s Stone Island, you can bet that it will have everyone talking about the end product. For months we’ve known of the team-up but now we have some solid info via Sportwear International. “With Stone Island’s (stoneisland.com) rich historical archive and its forward development resources as a starting point, Acronym worked on their strong technical and performance based roots. The result is a unique and unprecedented fusion of form and function. Proven functional principals from both military and active sportswear allow the individual items in the collection to work both alone and, most effectively, synergistically together. The grid itself is independent of seasonal and aesthetic change…the grid is comprised of 4 categories and includes a total weather protection shield jacket, a vest, a light shell blazer with windstopper and a long sleeve interlock T-Shirt. The fabrics are all breathable, moisture managing and maintainable.”

Be sure to check back shortly for more on the Shadow Project.