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Men's San Juan Jacket

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Men's San Juan Jacket

Dan English

Pagosa Springs, CO

Price

$449.00

About this piece

The work jacket that doesn't fight you. Most work jackets make you choose: either you get protection and durability but can't move, or you get flexibility but blow through the fabric in six months. Heavy CORDURA® everywhere means you're wrestling with your own jacket every time you reach, lift, or climb. The San Juan Jacket puts armor where you need it and gets out of the way everywhere else. Built with CORE CONSTRUCTION® - a woven membrane integrated into the fabric that makes the entire jac...

About the artist

Dan English spent years in the outdoor industry watching brands ship production overseas and lose control of quality. In 2013 he moved to Pagosa Springs and started building a textile mill from scratch. Voormi's patented Core Construction — which weaves technical fibers directly into merino wool — was developed in-house because no existing mill could do it. The result is fabric that's warm like wool, abrasion-resistant like a softshell, and made entirely in Colorado.

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