Padded Lumberjacket
A rugged and versatile layer designed for lightweight warmth as the seasons change.
- Constructed with a soft Pima cotton shell
- Lined with super-compact insulation
- Insulation is made from recycled plastic bottles
Our Lumber range is high strength gear built for hard living. Hundreds of years after lumberjacks built modern America by hand, we’ve been taking their default uniform and using modern technology to build our own high strength versions. From jeans woven with fibres 15x stronger than steel, to thornproof jackets with somewhere to hold your axe.
Minimalist and hardwearing, the Padded Lumberjacket is built with advanced Japanese materials and super-compact insulation. The outside is engineered with a reinforced and insulated collar, triple chain stitching, and a highly technical Japanese weave called ‘typewriter’ which is strong and resilient thanks to its density, but also super lightweight and soft.
While the middle layer is made from sheets of super-compact and breathable synthetic insulation that we’ve anchored down with stitched bartacks to reduce weight and bulk. It makes the jacket a rugged and versatile layer designed for lightweight warmth as the seasons change.
Black Algae Dyed Polo Shirt
The original polo shirt, reinvented with the world’s first black algae dye.
Technical Details
Made with patterned cotton piqué
Polo shirts are typically heavier than normal t shirts, so our material has a nice comfortable weight to it. Piqué’s weave pattern of raised parallel cords gives the shirt a textured but soft feel, while the structure allows the fabric to breathe so you stay comfortable in the heat. We carried out 6 months of lab tests to successfully dye our shirt, trying different fabrics, dyeing temperatures, and pigment concentrations, before finding the perfect combination.
Turning algae into dye took 5 years of R&D
To create a black algae dye, each individual particle in the pigment needs to be microscopically small, otherwise the shirt’s fibres won’t absorb them. So Living Ink have spent 5 years in R&D working on how to reduce the size of the black algae particles to an average of 1 micron. This breakthrough creates a sustainable alternative to dyeing clothing using traditional carbon-black based dyes, and with a clear pathway for scaling up.
Size + Fit
The Black Algae Dyed Polo Shirt is designed with a regular fit.
Size | XS | S | M | L | XL | XXL |
Fits chest | 83 - 90 | 91 - 98 | 99 - 106 | 107 - 114 | 115 - 122 | 123 - 130 |
Fits waist | 71 - 76 | 76 - 81 | 81 - 86 | 86 - 91 | 91 - 96 | 96 - 101 |
Size | XS | S | M | L | XL | XXL |
Fits chest | 33 - 36 | 36 - 39 | 39 - 42 | 42 - 45 | 45 - 48 | 48 - 51 |
Fits waist | 28 - 30 | 30 - 32 | 32 - 34 | 34 - 36 | 36 - 38 | 38 - 40 |