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BREAKAWAY // 004 — The Kids from Piazza San Babila
Milan, 1983. A generation decided the most radical thing they could do was refuse politics entirely. No manifesto. Just dress better than everyone else. What the Paninari understood about clothes as ideology, and why cyclists have been running the same logic ever since.
Tour de France riders stopping mid-race to drink wine, eat at cafés, and disappear into the peloton with a glass of something cold. The history of la chasse à la canette and what cycling gave up when it decided to grow up
BREAKAWAY // 002 — A Sharpie, a Hack, and 150 Years of Castelli
A Norwegian rider blacked out a logo with a marker in 2009. Castelli turned it into a product. Then half the peloton showed up at Milan-San Remo in one. How the most important cycling garment of the last twenty years started as a fix and became infrastructure.
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The Paninari are gone but their logic isn’t. This is a FEED ZONE for off the bike. No kit. No bibs. Just pieces that carry the Paninari vision right now, worn with the awareness that the brand on your back has always been a statement.
We are also kinda tired of seeing cyclists and cycling content creators dressed in the same rotation of Salomons and sportswear. We have nothing against Salomon. We love the brand. But there is a whole world of considered, deliberate, interesting clothing out there and this sport has the cultural foundation to wear all of it with authority. The Paninari figured that out in 1983.
Nothing in this edit is cheap. That was also true in 1983. The Paninari understood that the object was the statement. That hasn’t changed.
It is time to dress. Actually dress.
01 // STONE ISLAND — 100002 SPLIT LEATHER S.I. GHOST JACKET
The Ghost line is Stone Island doing what Stone Island has always done best: taking a concept and following it all the way to its logical conclusion. Ghost means fully monochromatic. Everything the same tone. Even the compass badge is rendered in a special matching version to disappear into the garment. The jacket itself is cut from split bovine crust leather, the material obtained by reducing the thickness of the hide, giving it a textured, durable surface that allows raw-cut finishes. Industrial detailing throughout. Snap-fastened stand collar. Contrasting and matching hardware. An internal compass-embroidered pocket.
The Paninari wore the orange Moncler because once everyone had a Dolomite puffer, you had to move on. The Ghost jacket is the 2026 version of that logic.
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02 // STONE ISLAND — J100006 LIGHT BULL DENIM-TC IN MILITARY GREEN
Lightweight 13oz denim, garment dyed, with an anti-drop finish. Five pocket construction. The Denim Research badge with metal buttons on the left leg. Stone Island applying the same level of material obsession to denim that they apply to everything else. The result is a jean that does not look like it is trying to be a Stone Island piece and yet is unmistakably one.
The military green is a color that should be prominent in your wardrobe. The Paninari understood the language of military references translated into civilian clothing before anyone else. Massimo Osti built C.P. Company and Stone Island on exactly that logic. Forty years later these jeans are the same conversation in a different weight. Wear them with everything in this edit. They do not try too hard. That is the whole point.
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03 // C.P. COMPANY — LIGHT BLUE COTTON CHENILLE POLO LENS SWEATER
The Goggle detail is the most recognisable thing C.P. Company ever did. Osti designed it in 1975 as a functional element, a built-in protective lens for working in adverse conditions. The Paninari turned it into an icon. This version takes the lens detail into a chenille polo knit in light blue. Soft construction, considered colourway, the kind of piece that rewards wearing.
C.P. Company’s fabric research is still some of the most serious in outerwear and knitwear. Garment dyeing. Material obsession. Zero interest in trends. The Paninari wore this brand because it was the best thing available. That calculus has not changed. CP Company should be in your closet rotation.
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04 // VINNY’S — AZTEC BOAT SHOE
The Sebago moccasin was a Paninari essential. The sailing shoe as status object. A piece of American preppy culture adopted and elevated by Milanese kids who understood that footwear was the first thing anyone clocked. Vinny’s is a Danish brand doing something very similar with the Aztec. Handcrafted in Portugal. Hand-stitched suede upper. Vibram lug sole. Three-eyelet moccasin construction. Classic silhouette with enough weight in the sole to feel considered rather than casual.
The boat shoe has always had a life outside the boat. The Sebago in Milan in 1983. The Paraboot on French terraces. The Vinny’s now. Different decades, same instinct for the right shoe at the right moment.
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05 // GHIAIA CASHMERE — RIBBED WOOL HALF-ZIP SWEATER IN ARMY GREEN
Ghiaia Cashmere is a family-run Italian knitwear factory. Not a brand built around campaigns and collab drops. A manufacturer that has been making exceptional wool pieces the same way for a long time and sees no reason to change. This ribbed half-zip is 100% wool in army green. Mid-weight. Regular fit. Clean construction with no excess. The kind of piece that disappears into your wardrobe and never leaves it. The army green connects directly to the military reference thread that runs through Stone Island and C.P. Company, the whole Paninari language of technical and workwear codes translated into something you actually want to wear. Ghiaia is obscure enough that the right people will clock it immediately. That is not a coincidence. That is the whole point.
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06 // MAAP — TECH TOTE
MAAP built the Tech Tote from ALUULA Graflyte, a composite fabric with a strength-to-weight ratio eight times that of steel. 130 grams. Waterproof. Structured. The kind of material that gets used in yacht racing and aerospace before it ends up in a tote bag.
The Paninari carried the Invicta Minisac because it was the right object for the right moment. Considered, specific, built to last. The MAAP Tech Tote is running the same logic forty years later. A cycling brand making something you would carry anywhere. Throw everything in there and get on with your day.
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