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Outerwear
Outerwear is judged on materials, construction, and what the care label really demands — not on a hero shot in the rain. This hub covers the specs that decide a jacket: waxed canvas that can be re-waxed for years, down fill power and fill weight together, and the drop that tells you whether an off-the-rack jacket suits your build. A maintainable, repairable shell often beats a disposable technical one on cost per wear, provided you are honest about how the piece will actually be used.
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- Waxed Canvas
- Cotton canvas impregnated with wax — rugged, water-resistant, re-waxable.
- Down Fill Power
- The loft and efficiency of down — higher warms more for less weight.
- Drop (Jacket Sizing)
- The chest-to-waist difference in tailored clothing — how slim the cut runs.
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