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2022.92.3
Title
Vollebak Indestructible Jacket
Date(s)
- 2020 (Creation)
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1
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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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Waterproof black jacket which is front fastening via six embossed metal buttons. The collar and cuffs are fleece lined with a snap metal fastenings. The jacket has two invisible chest pockets with concealed zip entrances that are secured with metal fasteners and two open fleece-lined side pockets. Jacket is constructed with ultra-strong bonded thread and seam sealing at the shoulders, chest and back ensures that is remains waterproof.
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Label: Vollebak / Made in Lithuania / X-Large
Material: 100% Dyneema
Measurements: 51cm [Chest]; 75.5cm [Length]
Details: Waterproof
Physical Condition: Good
Material: 100% Dyneema
Measurements: 51cm [Chest]; 75.5cm [Length]
Details: Waterproof
Physical Condition: Good
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Dyneema was originally used in body armour, anti-ballistic vehicle armour, mooring systems for giant container ships, and ropes used to tie down oil rigs in violent, icy seas. Dyneema has a lower melting point than nylon, it’s not fireproof.
Note
Machine wash max 30 degrees on gentle cycle
Do not tumble dry
Do not iron under any circumstances
Do not bleach
Do not dry clean
Do not tumble dry
Do not iron under any circumstances
Do not bleach
Do not dry clean