The 88 Mille mystery solved.
Posted on April 29, 2008
Filed Under Rare and Collectable, C.P. Company
You know if you have a piece that both OB and IDP haven’t seen before, than you’ve definitely got something rare. Just added this to my collection and finally have the answer to why it stumped the fnyc resident experts. Click below for more on this piece.
The Mysterious 1988 Mille…
The original owner of this piece was joema, who originally purchased in the late 80’s at a discount store in the Boston area for a whopping 99.00 USD. While the 998 buttons date the piece to be a mille from 1988, mystery still surrounded why the piece was missing the CP neck label and article tag.
Above: Massimo Osti by C.P. Company line designed exclusively for the U.S.A. market.
While the buttons say C.P. Company, the clearest sign that this is some thing different is the actual label. If you look closely and really read what it says, ideas from Massimo Osti by C.P. Company of Italy, the mystery is answered.
Turns out the piece is from a separate line Osti designed exclusively for the US market that was called ideas from Massimo Osti and thus the lack of the CP neck label or article tag. The ideas from Massimo Osti line unfortunately wasn’t a success and lasted only a few years, but the discovery of this piece confirms that the mille was not exclusive to C.P. Company label.
Left: Suede on the underside of the lens flap. Right: Knitted neck.
There are a few other intersting details which make this mille and unusual piece including the absence of the curve for the nose on the lens flap. The neck of this piece has a knitted flap.
Special thanks to joema for sharing his original story and allowing me to add this great piece to my collection. A further update, Jack found a brief snippet from DNR announcing the IFMO line. Thanks for the find.
IDEAS FROM MASSIMO OSTI BY C.P. COMPANY OF ITALY As long on wit as it is on title, Ideas from Massimo Osti by C.P. Company of Italy’s sportswear reflects the idiosyncratic vision of designer Osti, which mixes style and function, creating fashion as an almost inadvertant byproduct. Reinterpreting classic hunting clothes, rainwear and foul-weather gear, Osti also designs the equally individual Boneville and Stone Island collections, all of which are distributed by GFT (USA) Corp.
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Amazing stuff! So presumably this means that there must be more of this stuff out there on your side of the pond, probably in the hands of people who haven’t got a clue how special what they’ve got is…
That has to be worth as much as the race MM if not more. Amazing piece
That’s another case solved by inspector G
in this case it was chief inspector L that solved the mystery
Uhmmm … I think I know that one
Superb looking piece, 20 years old and still looks cool as!
Not a Mille expert my any stretch but is it an 88 Race Mille (or is that an urban myth)? Or a Mille from 88?
I saw this model in Russia ….
Totally stunning jacket. Would give anything to own one of them. I too have an American “Ideas from Massimo Osti” jackets, but mine is from 1993 as it hac “CP Comany 993″ on the metal studs holding the small chain at the neck. It doesn’t have a Sportswear label, but it’s the real deal as it was bought on Fifth Av. NYC. It wasn’t till I read your amazing history lesson, that i realised that this one could be of the same ilk. My jacket’s not a Mille, but it’s a cracking vintage piece from the master.
That’s a stunning piece of kit you’ve got there.
10/10!!
I’ve got an American “Ideas from Massimo Osti by CP Company of Italy” jacket I bought on Fifth avenue in 1989. I always Wondered why it didn’t have the Sportswear label, but had Ca & RN numbers like Prada.
It looks like my mystery has been solved.
Thanks very much for helping me solve it.