This is the story of one of the most revolutionary projects in the fashion world and one of the most influential designers of all time, Massimo Osti.
It all began when, in the late ’90s, Dockers entrusted the founder of Stone Island and C.P. Company with the project “Equipment For Legs“, a collection designed to help the young inhabitants of modern cities to “survive” the challenges of everyday life.

This new approach pleased Levi’s, owner of the Dockers brand, who chose Osti to undertake an even more innovative project in collaboration with Philips: ICD+.
The aim of this idea was to reinvent the concept of workwear, taking a giant step towards the future, towards the digital age that was coming.

Bringing together the skills of all project participants, the ICD+ line saw the light in 2000 and included four jackets, all equipped with an integrated wearable electronics system, the “Body Area Network”.

Autonomous and removable, it consisted of a series of inputs to which devices such as the Philips Xenium mobile phone and the Rush MP3 player could be connected, all of which can be stored in ad hoc pockets to be always hidden and perfectly tidy.

To our eyes, it might seem like an old-fashioned project, but at the time of development, the idea of having a phone and a device that played music, always connected and ready to use, was not so obvious.
The garments ranged between 600 and 1000 dollars and were not very successful, but the project shows how much Massimo Osti saw beyond the mere dynamics of the fashion system; he was aware that technology would become an integral part of our everyday life imagining and creating a mini collection that would meet needs that would become evident only many years later.