Stone Island Shadow Project Scarabeo Down Jacket
Since 2008, Stone Island have collaborated with ACRONYM® designer and techwear visionary Errolson Hugh on the Shadow Project diffusion line, with each party leveraging their respective strengths — Stone Island’s textile development expertise and Hugh’s meticulously futuristic eye for detail — to create uniquely urban garments without compromise. Now, for their 10 Years collection, the collective has turned a decade of experience back on their archive and reworked some classic pieces in all-new fabrication, including this Down Parka in the dazzling Scarabeo fabric.
Based on the natural iridescent properties of certain species of beetle, Scarabeo is a single-layer fabric that packs in a great deal of the technological marvels that made Stone Island’s name. Combining reflective, iridescent and printed properties, the fabric is coated in microscopic glass beads which provide a dynamic range of colours in motion, upon which is then printed a graphic geometric pattern. The printed areas omit the reflected light, provide three-dimensional contrast to the surface of the fabric. The effect is subtle during the day, but really comes to life in a brilliant fashion in low-light scenarios; this is not a piece for the shy, retiring type. Not only does the fabric look good, but it is highly wearable due to its weather and stain resistant properties.
The Down Jacket itself leverages these properties perfectly, adding to their resistance with a generous down fill for exceptional warmth. One of the Shadow Project’s more conventional designs, the Down Parka boasts a detachable hood with a further detachable visor for customisable protection and looks, with a substantial moleskin lining for luxurious comfort. Featuring plenty of pockets as expected of the brand, the coat is finished with the signature black-out nylon Compass Badge to the left sleeve, which can be detached and buttoned within the jacket on a commemorative woven 10 Years label.
