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2022.92.6
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Vollebak Solar Charged Jacket
Date(s)
- [undated] 2017-2019 (Creation)
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(2015-)
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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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Jacket made from a grey polyamide fabric. Jacket is front fastening via a two way zip with a concealed storm guard. There are two vertical, inseam pockets at each side of the waist and the peaked hood has an elasticated drawstring for adjustability. Welded eyelets are under each sleeve for ventilation. All seams are fully taped and waterproofed.
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Label: Vollebak / Made in Portugal / M
Material: Polyamide
Measurements: 55cm [Chest]; 79cm [Length]
Details: Zip front; hood
Physical Condition: Good
Material: Polyamide
Measurements: 55cm [Chest]; 79cm [Length]
Details: Zip front; hood
Physical Condition: Good
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Named as one of TIME Magazine's Best Inventions and as Sports Gear of the Year by WIRED, the Solar Charged Jacket is made from a highly responsive material that can be instantly charged and made to glow in the dark by any light source you can find.