Clint419 joins Stone Island in ‘DENIM RESEARCH’

This season, the Italian brand brings its technical DNA to one of the industry’s most iconic materials.

‘STONE ISLAND DENIM RESEARCH’ connects with the legacy of Massimo Osti, who introduced denim to the Stone Island universe in 1984, with a new contemporary vision. Under the concept of research, the tensions between tradition and technology, between everyday fabrics and future possibilities are explored.

In the early 2000s, Paul Harvey consolidated this idea under the Stone Island Denims label, debuting in the FW01-02 season. Today, the brand revives that experimental spirit through a retrospective that, rather than surrendering to the archive, reinterprets it.

The new capsule encompasses a complete range of materials that expand the definition of denim: from polypropylene, David Light Indigo-TC and micro-velvet to untreated Japanese selvedge. Each one functions as a technical exercise that reinterprets the concept of denim when applied to Stone Island‘s textile expertise.

The pieces—jackets, overshirts, utility vests, and classic or carpenter jeans—feature an exclusive black badge with a blue compass, symbolising the experimental nature of the line. The nickel buttons have been developed specifically for the collection.

In Indigo Polypropylene Denim, polypropylene yarn—one of the lightest fibres in existence—creates a hollow-structured fabric that absorbs blue dye with unprecedented intensity. Combined with indigo cotton, it achieves a double-face effect that maintains the traditional look of denim, but with radical lightness.

Indigo-TC Nylon follows the same experimental logic: hollow fibre nylon treated with indigo and subjected to Stone Island‘s own anti-corrosion process. The result? Garments that weigh less but have a much more powerful visual presence.

The David Light Indigo-TC, meanwhile, uses high-precision Japanese polyester that is dyed with indigo pigment after manufacture, in a process that causes calibrated shrinkage to transform the texture and drape.

Finally, Micro Corduroy proposes a dialogue between indigo cotton and white polyester, reinterpreting classic corduroy with a ribbed surface that reacts differently to light—as if denim were translated into another textile language.

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In the campaign, Clint419 wears the Q100027 INDIGO POLYPROPYLENE DENIM-RINSED, thus synthesising the philosophy of the project: volume and lightness coexisting in the same piece. Its 14 oz denim fabric combines the strength of cotton with the hollow structure of polypropylene, creating an unexpected tactile sensation.

At the same time, Alessandro Borghi embodies the 4100123 INDIGO MICRO CORDUROY-RINSED, made from ultra-fine indigo-dyed corduroy. The treatment applied to a material traditionally unrelated to denim confirms Stone Island‘s obsession with experimentation.