Altitude Sports activities X Quartz Co.: The City Winter Parka Made with Milkweed

Introducing world-exclusive milkweed parkas made by way of a collaboration between Quartz Co., Altitude Sports activities and Monark™ for the third 12 months. Made in Canada, these parkas will guarantee optimum heat and showcase the clear model of the Quartz Co. model. With this collaboration, we need to provide our clients a smooth winter parka that showcases the trendy designs of Canada’s very personal Quartz Co., recognized for his or her craftsmanship and sturdy high-quality merchandise that are each stunning and practical.

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Milkweed: a plant-based and regionally grown insulation

As soon as regarded as a weed, this fibre has been gaining notoriety as an insulator, which you’ll quickly see on this season’s winter parkas.

Often known as “Silk of America,” it’s plant-based, a terrific insulator, regionally grown, renewable, gentle, and hypoallergenic.

The plant is cultivated in Canada by the Monark™ Cooperative. They provide the assist and assets wanted to assist landowners who want to develop the burgeoning milkweed trade. Harvesting milkweed ensures the survival of the Monarch butterfly, which makes use of the plant in its reproductive cycle. Harvest is completed late within the season after the butterfly has migrated south.

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Monark™ transforms the harvest into mats of insulation, used for parkas. Being plant-based, the insulation is exclusive in comparison with all different insulations available on the market. The thermal capability of this insulation is great, and solely a small quantity is required to insulate a winter parka, permitting for very gentle merchandise. The fibre additionally retains warmth when compressed, within the crease of your arm for instance.

The choice to decide on milkweed as insulation was motivated by the chilly, humid and windy surroundings they must face.

Whereas there are restricted portions accessible, get your restricted version Altitude Sports activities X Quartz Co. collaboration parka earlier than they’re all gone.

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