The Real Engineer of Garments

Remembering Massimo Osti's fabric innovations.

One of the more recent photos dominating the timeline is a flick of a 2017 Stone Island knit featuring their thermosensitive “Ice” fabric, which changes color when it’s touched. Stone Island developed a following over the course of its 40-year lifespan because it’s one of those rare labels that is as much an innovator as it is a subcultural source code.…