Kevlar and Stone Island stretch the rules
18/07/2022
Part of the clothing brand’s Prototype Research Series, now in its sixth iteration, the limited-edition jackets were developed by Stone Island’s research and experimentation department in tandem with Kevlar’s own consumer brand research and development team.
The result of the partnership is a lace-like all-over pattern which reveals a yellowish core after devoré – or burnout – printing has been applied to double cotton-covered, “stretch broken” fine Kevlar yarn. This process disintegrates the cotton, as Stone Island describes, creating unusual fabric properties and texture, reinforced with a resin treatment.
Prototype Research Series garments are intended to prove not-yet-industrialised technical textile concepts.
Image: Stone Island.
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