Carbon Fibre Jacket
Engineered with carbon fibre spirals that work like high-strength springs.
- Woven with 180 metres of carbon fibre for strength
- Lightweight, water repellent and breathable
- Extreme four way stretch
We start by engineering 180 metres of carbon fibre filaments into spirals, before wrapping them around an elastane core. Together they work like high-strength springs, expanding and compressing as the jacket stretches and moves. Woven into a visible grid structure, the carbon fibre acts as a ripstop that adds tensile strength and abrasion resistance to a jacket that’s already highly elastic, lightweight and water repellent. And its minimalist track jacket shape makes it versatile in any season.
Mars Hoodie
Meet the 3D-knitted space hoodie built by robots here on Earth.
Technical Details
You’ll want comfort up in space
While you might imagine wanting to take a jetpack or a laser gun to Mars, in reality you’ll be better off taking things that are comfortable, comforting and familiar. Your guitar and photo of your grandparents are more likely to get you through the trip. Explorers and astronauts have known this for a long time. It’s why Shackleton took books from his personal library to the Antarctic for him and his men, and why The Space Shuttle Program instituted a PPK allowance (known as a Personal Preference Kit). Since then, astronauts have carried their favourite clothes, national flags and even a saxophone up into space.
A Mars Hoodie that looks like… Mars
As well as being insanely comfortable, the pattern we designed on the surface of the Mars Hoodie is based on the cratered surface of Mars itself, the liquid cooling systems you find in spacesuits, and the design of ‘Mars Science City’ by Bjarke Ingels – which imagines a future of giant, pressurised, interconnected inflatable buildings. It’s why the hoodie is covered in cratered sections and others that look like they’ve had air pumped into them. And it’s this patterned mattress-like effect that makes it feel like you’re climbing into bed.
Our space story so far
Over the last 3 years we’ve been exploring the realities of life in space, and how clothing can start to solve some of the challenges we’ll face. In 2019 we launched our Deep Sleep Cocoon – a cross between a cocoon and a spacesuit, it’s designed to help you sleep during the 16 sunrises and sunsets you get every day in low orbit. Next we launched our Mars Jacket and Pants which come with anti-gravity pockets and 3D printed vomit pockets to tackle space adaptation syndrome – puking in space. With the Mars Hoodie we’re working on the idea of ‘how do you feel at home on another planet?’
Size + Fit
The Mars Hoodie has 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 |