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Indestructible Chinos

We’ve taken the world’s most dependable pants, and made them even more dependable.

$395

Model is 6ft 4 / 193cm with a 34 inch / 86cm waist, and wears size Large.

  • Strengthened with Dyneema®
  • Pockets reinforced with Cordura
  • Garment washed for softness

Like most men’s clothing, chinos emerged from war. They were slim-fitting, flat-fronted, functional, and most importantly… really really dependable. By 1902, after heavy field-testing, they’d been made an official part of the US Army uniform. Once World War II was over, the guys who’d fought went off to college still wearing them – turning them into an instant hit on the Ivy League campuses. And their reputation was only cemented as a staple of mid-century menswear when they became the standard issue kit for John F. Kennedy and Steve McQueen. 

Which is why, 120+ years later, you still don’t need to mess with the design. So we haven’t. Instead we’ve taken pants you’ve always been able to rely on, and woven them with the strongest fibre on Earth… so you can rely on them even more.

While they look and feel like regular chinos, every pair of Indestructible Chinos is made with a blend of cotton and Dyneema® – which is the same stuff used in body armour, arctic ropes and the sides of tanks. Of course you’d never know this just by putting them on. The Dyneema® is woven in with the cotton during the weaving process, so you’ll only ever feel the softness of the cotton, not the strength of the Dyneema®. And they’ve also been garment washed so they feel lived in from day one.

100 Year Sweatpants

Ultra-soft sweatpants that keep out wind, fire, rain, and temperatures 4x hotter than the sun.

$445

Technical Details

Material made in the US by Polartec: 46% lyocell, 37% modacrylic, 14% aramid, 3% elastane
Fire resistant
Water repellent and windproof
Coated with Polartec Hardface® for abrasion and snag resistance
Four-way stretch throughout
Breathable and high-wicking
Underside of the sweatpants is a soft fleece
Two open side pockets
Hidden water resistant zipped pocket inside right side pocket
Two angled back pockets with storm flaps and stay-down zippers
All pockets reinforced with Cordura lining
Elasticated waist with rubberised, metal-tipped drawcord
Articulated knees and crotch gusset for movement
Material is Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certified
Material is NFPA 2122 certified for fire resistance
Material weighs 363g/m2
Sweatpants weigh 670 grams
Machine wash 30°C
Constructed in Vietnam
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The 100 year Sweatpants. Lighter, softer, and even stronger

Our 100 Year Sweatpants have always been tough. But these sweatpants are the softest and lightest version we’ve ever made. They’re super stretchy, fleece-lined, breathable, and they come with five pockets to store all your valuables. But they’re also windproof, water repellent, fire resistant, abrasion resistant, snag resistant, and can withstand temperatures 4x hotter than the sun. So it’s fair to say they’re an upgrade.

They’re windproof, abrasion resistant, water repellent and fire resistant on the outside, and fleece lined on the inside.

The sweatpants combine 4 layers of different technology

Making sweatpants that can do this isn’t easy. In numbers, we’ve spent the last 3 years in R&D working on the 100 Year Sweatpants, and the material alone takes 20 weeks to make. And that’s because it combines 4 different layers of material technology.

Hard-wearing on the outside, soft on the inside

While the sweatpants are designed to cope with some of the most extreme threats the next century might send your way, on a practical level you’ll find the thick fleece lining makes it ultra-soft on the inside, while the high-strength polymer coating makes it incredibly hard-wearing on the outside.

The sweatpants can withstand temperatures of 19,400°C. That’s 4x hotter than the sun.

Most high strength, fireproof materials will do a good job of keeping you alive, but a bad job of making you comfortable. These sweatpants change that.

Ultra-soft and breathable with four-way stretch

Most high strength, fireproof materials will do a good of keeping you alive, but a bad job of making you comfortable. So the 100 Year Sweatpants change that. They’re soft and elastic. They’re highly breathable and high-wicking, so when you start working hard it lets warm air and sweat escape. And the pants are constructed with elastane so you can move in any direction without feeling resistance.

Five pockets, including 3 zipped pockets

The pants are equipped with 5 pockets – 3 of them zipped. You’ll find two open pockets at either side of the pants, and inside the right pocket there’s a second hidden pocket. It’s fitted with a water resistant zipper so you can securely store valuables inside it, and it’s big enough to fit a phone.

Elasticated and rope tied waist

The pants are built with an elasticated waistband for comfort. The waist tightens securely with a heavy-duty, metal tipped and rubberised rope that’s anchored down with a high-strength stitch at the back.

Coated with polartec hardface® for extreme durability

The outside of the entire sweatpants is embedded with a highly durable coating developed by Polartec called Hardface®. It’s a patented polymer surface treatment that increases the sweatpants’ lifespan by making them extremely resistant to abrasion and snagging. The high strength polymers are fused directly into the fibres, so the coating can’t be rubbed off or washed out. It feels completely smooth to the touch, and you only know it’s there by the subtle tessellating pattern that’s visible across the surface of the material.

A water repellent coating sheds rain and snow

The outer surface of the sweatpants is also coated with a water repellent treatment to help it shed light rain and snow. The type of coating we use is what’s known as a C0, meaning it’s completely free of any toxic fluorocarbons. This same technology helps the sweatpants to dry out quickly when they get wet.

The 100 year sweatpants are built from an ultra-tough, all-weather, fire resistant supermaterial.

Built with polartec technology

As well as being synonymous with outdoor gear, for the last decade Polartec have been developing flame resistant fabrics for the US military after their uniforms began melting in the intense heat of IED detonations. They work with military partners to develop combat-ready layering systems that protect soldiers from sudden heat sources in hostile territories. Our aim was to let anyone benefit from this technology.

Size + Fit

The 100 Year Sweatpants are designed with a regular fit.

SizeXSSMLXLXXL
Fits waist71 - 7676 - 8181 - 8686 - 9191 - 9696 - 101
Outside leg101102.5103104.5106107.5
SizeXSSMLXLXXL
Fits waist28 - 3030 - 3232 - 3434 - 3636 - 3838 - 40
Outside leg4040.540.54141.542.5