Particularly as it was the 1980s, when fame was a social must, and swimming against the current required nerves and guts.

That’s when, amidst the elements, they witnessed something both “disquieting and beautiful”: according to Goggi, a “tableau of fluctuating colors” spread across the deck of the Guapa, oozing from the jackets in a kind of “fluo mix. Often, the linings can be worn individually, as their own jackets, since they have pockets and zips. Bologna in the 1970s and early 1980s was a particular, anomalous, free creative zone: a place bursting with incendiary energy in every field, from music to theatre to art. The method was unheard of until Osti started his work in the early 70’s, back when CP Company was still Chester Perry, with the idea to remove the stiffness from fabrics.bicolori e molto illustrate con disegni e caratteri originali, prima edizione, in italiano, buone condizioni. For years there has been a relative dearth of literature devoted to Massimo Osti, Stone Island and C.

To me, Massimo Osti is the quintessential Italian creative: one driven by a no-holds-barred hunger, a brutally pragmatic hands-on approach and a positive, nothing-is-impossible outlook on things. While there was a free-wheeling inventiveness to his work, it never came at the detriment of function, which Massimo Osti considered essential; every little detail had a reason, from a dart placed mysteriously on an elbow or a ridiculous number of pockets.Four years in the making, the book is a veritable treasure trove – a beautiful production, sumptuously photographed, full of iconic images and containing many previously unpublished images and stories.