For the CP/SI/Massimo Osti fans

[GlenCoe]

Interesting reading

http://www.found-nyc.com/blog/2010/0...tion/#more-219

 

[TintoTerra]

Thanks for this. Can't see many on here being that interested though.

 

[LA Guy]

Why not? I never really got into Stone Island, more because the connotations with British Hooliganism than anything else, but I have lots of CP Company gear. The materials were/are pretty amazing. I think that the CP Company aesthetic fits in well with both the heritage crowd and those more "fashion" oriented.

 

[the shah]

cp company has pretty interesting stuff must say some of the pieces i have are nice the way the take classic fabrics and do crazy things to them

 

[Rye GB]

Thanks for posting this, Massimo Osti was a great inspiration to me during my time in design school.

 

[fabiomassimo]

I was about to post that article when I found this thread, I think it is a shame to see that Massimo Osti does not receive the kind of recognition he deserves in my opinion, as someone has rightly put it before me, "He was an inventor, rather than a designer".
I personally "suffer" to see the brands he created suffering nowadays (CP has been recently sold has it was a costant "money-loser" for the past few seasons) and generally losign their heritage.

 

[acl1]

Originally Posted by fabiomassimo

I was about to post that article when I found this thread, I think it is a shame to see that Massimo Osti does not receive the kind of recognition he deserves in my opinion, as someone has rightly put it before me, "He was an inventor, rather than a designer".
I personally "suffer" to see the brands he created suffering nowadays (CP has been recently sold has it was a costant "money-loser" for the past few seasons) and generally losign their heritage.

Seriously. And the past couple of seasons, as well as a few other collections (Korea comes to mind), are fantastic. I wish I had more of their knits with dutch-rope liners.

 

[fabiomassimo]

Originally Posted by acl1

Seriously. And the past couple of seasons, as well as a few other collections (Korea comes to mind), are fantastic. I wish I had more of their knits with dutch-rope liners.

You will always find that odd piece that makes you go "Ooooohhh" in their collection, but most of the stuff have become almost "ordinary" which is a word I never thought I'd associate to "Stone Island", their range has got way too big and quite a few of the garments are not as good as they used to be in terms of quality and design. Shame.

 

[MockProper]

did CP Company really get sold? if so to who? and what does this mean for the future of the label?

 

[fabiomassimo]

Originally Posted by MockProper

did CP Company really get sold? if so to who? and what does this mean for the future of the label?

Yes, CP was sold around February-March this year to Enzo Fusco (FGF, Blauer and a few other brands), the brand and the Archive (around 30k pieces) moved from Emilia Romagna to Veneto. From what I know Fusco always loved the brand and the work of Osti therefore he wants to go back to the real roots of CP etc. I know the current head designer for CP Men and I expect he will be doing a good job!

 

[MockProper]

wow, thanks for the info man. I have always been a big fan of both labels

 

[mack11211]

Thanks for the translation.

I remember the NYC store in the Flatiron Building...never went in, alas, but it was a very prominent bit of retail real estate.

I didn't pay as much attention in the 90s but now the Osti military-ish aesthetic is more my style.

The NYC location is now a cell phone store (of course!).

 

[fabiomassimo]

I still have the CP Magazine with the Flatiron building on the cover, I think it is from 91 or 92, great stuff

 

[clausc]

Excellent article.

Not a fan of SI, but I like very much CP. The fabrics are mostly very high tech though. I have a CP motorcycle style jacket with an inliner that I use a lot in the winter. I bougth recently two excellent pants from CP, one Incotex style slim fit grey cotton and some tan summery vintage looking 'ice' shiny fabrics that my wife hates a lot. A lot of the CP stuff is understated ans sometimes looks cheap though. I find some of their jackets incredibly expensive and hard to justify without being interested in some technical stuf specs or interesting details.

 

[fabiomassimo]

In Massimo Osti's approach, CP company shouldn't have been a technical brand. That is how Stone Island was born. He discovered Tela Stella (a fabric used for trucks covers) and dyed it. Beautiful. But too different from the style of CP. it was 1982, Stone Island was born. CP had been going for a few seasons, totally different approach, more into a "tailor made" taste. Since Massimo left SPW, CP became more and more a technical brand and lost its true heritage. Too much nylon and polyester in recent collections.