BREANNA STEWART WEARS STONE ISLAND'S 1200039 OVERSHIRT

Breanna Stewart Answers the Same Hundred Questions as a DJ

Breanna Stewart, a three time Olympic gold medalist and the co founder of the 3x3 league Unrivaled, is the newest subject in Stone Island's Community as a Form of Research, a 100 question interview format curated by Serpentine Galleries artistic director Hans Ulrich Obrist. She is photographed in the 1200039 Organic Panama Cotton and Nylon overshirt from the brand's Autumn Winter 026 collection, shot by David Sims with creative direction from Ferdinando Verderi and styling by Max Pearmain. Stewart is the second athlete Stone Island has run through this exact format in a week, after DJ and watch dealer Adrian Douzmanian answered the same 100 questions on July 23 in a different AW26 piece. The pattern says something the brand has not stated outright: the interview series is becoming a rotating cast, not a one off campaign.

Organic Panama Cotton Does Not Need a Membrane

The overshirt sits away from the technical nylon that has defined most of Stone Island's AW26 rollout so far, including the Q100019 Light Nylon shell and the Q100035 resin coated anorak. Panama cotton is a coarse, open weave fabric traditionally used for warm weather tailoring, and Stone Island garment dyes it after construction the same way it treats its nylon pieces, so the color sits unevenly across the weave instead of printing flat. The build includes a packable hood, contrast nylon pockets and a nylon panel across the back, elasticated cuffs, and a front two way zip closure, which turns a soft summer fabric into a piece that can layer over base layers once the temperature drops. It is a cotton garment built with the same research department logic the brand usually reserves for laminated nylon, proof that Stone Island's AW26 season, tagged The Compass Inside, is not only about waterproof shells. The same season has already produced a flocked logo desert tee cut from garment dyed organic cotton jersey, so the overshirt is the second natural fiber piece to carry that research department treatment this season, next to a run of laminated nylon shells that have otherwise dominated the AW26 rollout.

"Still I Rise" Is Tattooed, Not Just Written

Stewart's answers inside the interview are specific in a way most athlete features are not. Asked what she does first every morning, she says she looks at her kids, because they are the ones waking her. Asked about the quotes she lives by, she names two tattoos: what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and still i rise. Asked whether she is organized or spontaneous, she says if there is something she wants to do, she and her wife just do it, which she admits drives her wife nuts. None of that reads like a caption written by a brand's marketing team, which is exactly the point of the Obrist format: it is built to extract answers a stylist could not invent.

The WNBA's Fashion Deals Are Not Small Money Anymore

Stewart's resume backs up the casting. She has three Olympic gold medals from 2016, 2020 and 2024, three WNBA titles from 2018, 2020 and 2024, two WNBA MVP awards, and four NCAA titles from her run at UConn. In March 2026 she scored 32 points to lead her team, the Mist, past the Phantom 80 to 74 in the Unrivaled championship, and was named the league's MVP two years after co founding it with former UConn teammate Napheesa Collier. Unrivaled itself is now valued at $340 million. That trajectory matters here because Stone Island is not the only brand treating WNBA stars as a fashion story right now. Nike priced A'ja Wilson's second signature shoe, the A'Two, at $145 in May, and Stone Island ran the same 100 question format on Adrian Douzmanian days before Stewart's portrait went up. Two separate brands are now building real product and editorial budgets around women's basketball, not a single celebrity favor.

Buy the logic here, not just the overshirt. Stone Island is casting athletes with a real resume into a research grade interview format usually reserved for artists and DJs, and Stewart, with three golds, three rings and a $340 million league she co founded, is not a stretch casting choice. The overshirt itself, garment dyed panama cotton with a nylon back panel, is a wearable answer to a season that has otherwise been about laminated technical shells.