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2022.92.2
Title
Vollebak Full Metal Jacket
Date(s)
- 2020 (Creation)
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(2015-)
Administrative history
Vollebak is a London-based technical outerwear and sportswear brand founded in 2015 by twin brothers Nick and Steve Tidball (b. 1979). They previously worked together in advertising as an art director and copywriter team. This experience has informed the brand’s emphasis on single product launches rather than collections, and garments designed with specific functions or material properties. Designs have included the world’s first graphene jacket, a carbon fibre T-shirt, a solar-charged jacket that stores and re-emits light, a 100-year hoodie and a full metal jacket woven from over 11 kilometres of copper yarn. Time magazine named Vollebak’s solar-charged jacket one of the best inventions of 2018 and their full metal jacket one of the best inventions of 2020. In 2019 Satish Tailor (b. 1972) was appointed head of design, and in 2022 Vollebak received an undisclosed amount from the BFC Venrex Fashion Fund.
Sources: Wired UK.
Sources: Wired UK.
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Silver, hooded jacket made from a copper, polyamide and polyurethane mix. Jacket is front fastening via a two way central zipper. The high front collar of the jacket is fleece lined on inside to keep your chin comfortable and warm. Jacket has zipped side pockets for hands which are fleece-lined; zipped chest pockets which are phone-sized; two deep pockets above the side pockets which fasten with poppers; and a zipped internal pocket. The hem of the jacket has a drawstring. The fleece lining made from a brushed polyester.
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Label: Vollebak / Made in Romania / X-Large
Material: 65% copper with polyamide and polyurethane
Measurements: 56cm [Chest]; 75cm [Length]
Details: Zip front; high neck
Physical Condition: Good
Material: 65% copper with polyamide and polyurethane
Measurements: 56cm [Chest]; 75cm [Length]
Details: Zip front; high neck
Physical Condition: Good
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Note
Copper is an antimicrobial material - it’s been proven to kill harmful viruses that land on its surface.
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Advanced 3 layer fabric:
• The top layer is a lacquered, woven copper yarn. This means the dyed copper is covered by a clear coating to protect it from corrosion and UV. It’s not stiff.
• The middle layer is made from Schoeller’s change membrane, the same as in the the 100 Year Jacket.
• The lining is an abrasion resistant polyamide (nylon)
• The top layer is a lacquered, woven copper yarn. This means the dyed copper is covered by a clear coating to protect it from corrosion and UV. It’s not stiff.
• The middle layer is made from Schoeller’s change membrane, the same as in the the 100 Year Jacket.
• The lining is an abrasion resistant polyamide (nylon)