russia see kamenny ostrov . for the 2000 ad story see stone island 2000ad . this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . july 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message stone island industry textile founded 1982 by massimo osti products clothing footwear accessories revenue 80 million 2014 1 operating income 13 million ebitda website stone island stone island is an italian premium men s apparel brand from ravarino famous for its compass patch that buttons onto the upper sleeve of the left arm . it belongs to carlo rivetti s sportswear company spw . massimo osti b. 1944 ; 2005 started his first label c.p. company in 1974 . stone island was set as a secondary line or diffusion collection of his main label . the brand specialized in surface treatment of fabrics and dyeing techniques . gft bought the company in 1983 osti left in 1994 it is now run by carlo rivetti . originally the patches were green edged badges from around the year 2000 onwards became black edged . there are also a run of rarer white badges which were originally made on certain jackets to celebrate the millennium . the white badge is now apparent on jackets that use materials that stone island develops themselves in house . novel jacket designs include the liquid reflective jacket that uses thousands of small shards of glass that reflect to light . from the late 1990s the make has been popular among football fan casuals in england and throughout the rest of europe . 2 the brand can also be seen in many football hooliganism based films such as green street hooligans and the football factory and also on killa b11 . references edit fashionbi bbc external links edit stoneisland.com stone island official corporate website drapers online company history as of 2012 history of the iconic stone island patch this fashion related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title stone island & oldid 733065489 categories clothing companies of italyfashion stubshidden categories articles lacking reliable references from july 2009all articles lacking reliable referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages danskdeutschfran ais italianonederlandsnorsk bokm l suomisvenska edit links this page was last modified on 5 august 2016 at 03 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view