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2020.2.6
Title
Rab Down-Filled Kinder Smock
Date(s)
- nd [1990-1999] (Creation)
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(1981-)
Administrative history
Rab was founded in Sheffield in 1981 by Scottish climber Rab Carrington to make equipment for mountaineering, hiking and climbing. He started with handmade sleeping bags and quickly expanded to other products to supply the increasing numbers of climbers in the Peak District. The company is known for their down-filled jackets, sleeping bags and expedition gear. In 2007 the company was bought by Equip Outdoor Technologies Ltd (who also own Lowe Alpine) and moved to Derbyshire.
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Bright red outerwear pullover smock which has wide horizontal quilted sections filled with down feathers. It has a stand collar and an opening to the waist which closes with four metal poppers. At the bottom of the opening placket is a black woven label with 'Rab' in white thread. At the front waist on each side are two angled slit pocket openings with narrow grey trims. The bottom hem has a drawstring with a plastic pull stopper. The pullover is lined in grey and the cuffs are made of the same grey as the lining and are gathered with elastic (left cuff elastic broken).
Country of Design: England
Country of Design: England
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Materials: Pertex® [technical waterproof synthetic fabric], down (feathers)
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The Kinder Smock was first produced by Rab from the late 1980s. It was designed to be easily visible against the stone in the landscape of the Peak District and to be worn without interference from a harness or belay device.