Stone Island was created in 1982 in Ravarino, a small town in the Modena province of Northern Italy, where the brand has conducted its ongoing exploration into the transformation and ennobling of fibres and fabrics, and the unique ability to intervene on the finished garment. These experiments have led to the discovery of materials and production techniques never previously used by the clothing industry, including the development of more than 60,000 different dye recipes.