Item 2019.142 - Helly Hansen D-301 Inflatable Jacket

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2019.142

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Helly Hansen D-301 Inflatable Jacket

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  • nd [1980-1989] (Creation)

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Helly Hansen
(1877-)

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The company had its beginnings in Norway when Captain Helly Juell Hansen and his wife Maren Margarethe started making water resistant clothing for those who worked at sea by soaking linen in linseed oil. In the early 1900s they started producing leisure wear, camping and sailing gear. During the 1940s the company developed new methods of producing water resistant clothing, introducing PVC to the process which they named Linox and Helox.

From the 1960s Helly Hansen began making thermal underwear and in 1970 developed the Lifa® base layer. In 1984 they launched Helly Tech®, a waterproof, windproof and breathable fabric. In the 1990s the label began to be adopted by different subcultures. In the United Kingdom the brand was worn by teenagers in the north of England as streetwear, in Germany skin heads appropriated the HH logo, and in the US black Americans on the east coast integrated Helly Hansen into hip hop style.

From the early 2000s the company focussed on their products for outdoor sports including sailing, skiing and mountaineering.

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Westminster Menswear Archive

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Green waterproof jacket with inflatable inner sections and hood. It is reversible, the alternative side is purple. It has a rounded edge collar which can stand or turn down and fastens centre front with a zip and four large plastic buttons that button through the wide storm flap placket. On the purple side the collar has two purple buttons and a removable throat guard tab with two buttonholes. On the green side it has a small welted pocket opening on the upper right chest with a plastic nozzle attachment allowing the wearer to blow up the inner of the jacket. On each side of the waist are two pockets with angled wide welts and zip fastenings. The cuffs are purple rib knit. The purple side has a red hood which has a drawstring edge with purple cord and purple plastic stoppers which folds into the collar. The green side has a white label sewn onto the front centre placket with 'Helly Hansen' in yellow, green and purple lettering.
Plastic reflective elephant found in pocket - in Object File.
Country of Design: Norway
Country of Manufacture: Norway

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      Care label: Helly-Hansen / D-301 / Medium Men's 50-52 / Ladies' 44-46 / Made in Norway
      Outershell: / Face: Polyamide / Back: Polyurethane / Lining: Polyester / Interlining: Polyester / Buoyancy material: Polyvinylchloride

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