Copper offers stellar performance for Vollebak
Vollebak’s Full Metal Jacket, made using 11 kilometres of copper, was named as one of Time magazine’s Best Inventions of 2020 and hangs in The Museum Of The Future in Dubai.
The experimental brand has now launched the concept in a puffer jacket, using a waterproof and breathable membrane from Schoeller, insulated with 100% recycled 700 fill down.
The outside is made from electrolytic copper rods, extruded to make strands so thin they can only be seen with a microscope. Thin coats of lacquer protect the copper from corrosion. The material is cured for six days then woven on rapier looms before scouring, heat-setting and drying.
Founders Steve and Nick Tidball said: “Copper is one of the most advanced materials in our solar system. Thrown out of supernovas billions of years ago, it became central to the rise of civilisation, creating tools and sterilising water, before enabling modern day communication, transport and electrical power.
“We jumped into copper’s timeline a few billion years later as we started experimenting with materials that could become a building block for intelligent clothing, while offering us disease resistance on Earth and up in space.”
The puffer jacket retails at £1,995.
