Full Metal Jacket

Built with 11km of copper, and winner of TIME Best Inventions 2020.

£995
Size

Model is 6ft 4 / 193cm with a 42 inch / 106.7cm chest, and wears size XL.

  • Three layer material built with 65% copper
  • Soft and malleable
  • Highly waterproof and breathable

With over 11 kilometres of copper in every jacket, the Full Metal Jacket is designed to help us pioneer the future of intelligent and disease resistant clothing. 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.

Now, as we look for materials that offer us resistance to disease on Earth and up in space, and a base on which to build intelligent clothing, copper is set to be at the centre of innovation again. Its ability to conduct heat and power while killing bacteria and viruses make it a potential first building block for the future of clothing. Used to create the earliest recorded medical tools in ancient Egypt, and the latest medical tools being developed by NASA, we decided to build an entire jacket out of it.

Built with 65% copper, the jacket is soft, malleable, highly waterproof, windproof and breathable, and comes with a fleece lined neck and pockets, making it a perfect everyday technical jacket.

Technical Details

3 layer material made in Switzerland
Fabric is 65% copper, 23% polyamide, 12% polyurethane
The jacket uses Schoeller c_change® membrane
Highly waterproof to over 20,000mm
Highly breathable with a RET score of 10
Fully seam-sealed for waterproofness
2 fleece lined zipped side pockets
2 giant front bellows pockets with angled storm flaps
2 zipped upper chest pockets concealed behind storm flaps
1 zipped internal pocket
All zips are waterproofed
Heavy-duty two-way waterproof metal front zipper
High front collar with fleece lined chinguard
Metal snap fastener cuff adjusters
Elasticated adjustments on both sides of the hood
Elasticated hem with drawcord adjuster to secure
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Viruses and bacteria can’t live on copper

Disease resistant clothing will become a requirement in the future, which is why we’re starting to work with copper now. It’s biostatic, so bacteria and other life forms can’t grow on it. It also has exceptional antimicrobial properties which means bacteria and viruses die when they make contact with it. The copper releases electrically charged ions which first make it difficult for a microbe to breathe, before punching holes in its outer membrane, moving in and completely wiping out its DNA, preventing it from developing any future resistance.

Copper has always been central to the history of innovation

Copper created the tools from which entire civilisations were built. It was the first metal to be cast in a mould 6,000 years ago, and the first to be alloyed to make bronze. It provided humans increasingly efficient ways to kill each other – from axes and swords to bullets. But it also gave us increasingly efficient ways to spread information – from the Gutenberg printing press, telegraph and telephone, to circuit boards, computer chips, broadband and telecommunications cables. The first clock, watch, telescope, microscope and battery all relied on copper. And if you’re reading this on your phone, 12% of that is copper too.

SIze + Fit

The Full Metal Jacket is designed with a loose fit, with plenty of room for other layers underneath. If you prefer a closer fit, we recommend you go for the size down.

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