How the Supermarine Cotton Shirt Miraculously Keeps You Dry

If you ’ve ever go backpack , you ’ve probably get a line that “ cotton kills . ” This is a quotation to cotton ’s hydrophilic nature which when combined with stale / wind lead quickly to hypothermia . The Supermarine shirt from Outlier proves itself the elision to this rule .

The shirt uses Ventile fabric , a tightly - woven cotton wool fabric with astoried historythat trace its roots to World War II fighter pilots and even the top of Everest . Nowadays it ’s mostly a niche merchandise , keep alive by shuttlecock watching enthusiasts , Antarctic IE , and various air forces . Outlier claims that despite its obscureness , Ventile ’s carrying out is like to that of GoreTex––and even more breathable ! But do n’t expect this revitalisation to go mainstream .

At $ 300 a pop , it has the gamy end rain cogwheel on the market to compete with . What ’s more , the catalog state roundly that “ this shirt is a morsel of bitch to take care of . ” Stephen Regenold writing for theOutside Blogechoes this persuasion saying that in nastiness of its respectable public presentation , fit , and finger “ in the closet , the Supermarine ’s strange fabric is prone to wrinkling . ” In Christ Within of the cost tatter , he suggests that this shirt is geared toward the well - off bike commuter who want to show up at employment looking fly , rain or shine . If that ’s you and you have $ 300 to spare on a finnicky shirt , then this is the shirt for you . I ’ll stick to my waterproof , give thanks you very much . [ Outside Blog , Outlier ]

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