Stone Island Installation Fall/Winter 2026 at Milan Men’s Fashion Week

Stone Island Installation Fall/Winter 2026 / FW26 at Milan Men’s Fashion Week, PRESENTATION ON JANUARY 17TH, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC JANUARY 18TH – 19TH, 10AM TO 6PM, VIA TORTONA 31 MILAN

Stone Island Prototype Research_Series 09’s presentation draws on the structure of circular knitting machines. Through deconstruction and reconfiguration, the industrial device becomes the Apparatus: a hyper-real, experiential representation of the Prototype’s creation. Removed from their original context, the various industrial components, now fragments of a process devoid of their primary functionality, become an installation, a metaphor in the service of uniting form and function.

Unspooled threads intersect above the circular pedestal and enter the Apparatus in their primary form, as a reminder of the elemental nature of knitwear: it’s the beginning of a journey whose end result in this case is far more experimental and complex than its beginning. Meanwhile, inflatable elements serve as a conceptual interpretation of the three-dimensional lamination process. Through this allegorical journey, the pieces emerge from the machine as garments of greater complexity and experimentation, displayed in three concentric colour-organised rows. A custom audio installation completes the sensory and spatial experience.

Stone Island Installation FW26 / Fall/Winter 2026 :

INSTALLATION: CONCEPT AND DIRECTION: KEN-TONIO YAMAMOTO / LOCATION: STONE ISLAND TORTONA, VIA TORTONA 31 MILAN / GRAPHIC DESIGN CIARAN BIRCH / SOUND JOSEPH WILLIAMS / PRODUCTION WILDFRAME

ABOUT THE BRAND, Stone Island is a global leader in product design and garment innovation. Founded in Italy in 1982, it has consistently pushed fabric technology and experimentation, particularly focusing on functionality and utilitarianism. Design is driven by purpose, resulting in an immediately recognisable signature of cut, form, materiality and colour. For over four decades, Stone Island has built an ever-growing worldwide community which both celebrates the brand’s heritage and is activated by new product development.