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Men's V1 Jacket

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Men's V1 Jacket

Dan English

Pagosa Springs, CO

Price

$500.00

About this piece

The waterproof shell with a wool liner. Seriously. Every waterproof shell on the market has the same problem: synthetic liner that traps moisture against your body. You stay dry from rain, but soaked from your own sweat. The fabric can't regulate temperature, can't manage odor, and turns clammy the moment you stop moving. The V1 Jacket is the only four-season mountain shell built with a seam-sealable wool inner liner. DUAL SURFACE™ Technology combines a waterproof membrane with wool against y...

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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