Anyone have both? I’m curious on fits between the two, as I have a few pants from vollebak but feel and sizing is slightly different. Or just general thoughts between either.
hi - any reasonable alts for the PE hat? i know tilley gets suggested, but it just doesn't do it for me. perhaps just getting a regular old military surplus booney will be better. i also heard that these go on sale, but it's not clear when, or if, they do
Thanks to u/crazysnakemanhere for the recommendation! I went in for a t-shirt, came out 2 tees and a sashiko jacket heavier! And I got to meet Nick T and lovely Vollebak staff JJ and (I'm sorry, charming blonde lady whose name escapes me!)
It was a proper space with loads of sexy gear. I got to have a good look at the Sonic jacket and the Mycellium jacket and tried on the Aerogel. I did feel for the team who had to put up with the disruptive Unite The Kingdom marchers outside (and had to give up changing space on behalf of unwell and unwelcome demonstrators!)
Do visit when they come to your capital. It was a lengthy journey for me but well worth it.
Also I can highly recommend the event newspaper, let me know if you'd like images.
For anyone in London you can check out some Vollebak pieces near Holborn (1 Kemble St) - nice to see the Sashiko jackets and the Full Metal jackets and the Neo suit.
You might need to sell an organ or two for their prices 🤣
Only on until tomorrow I think.
Back in 2024 the Vollebak team issued the following challenge (see the email below) Tomorrow I will be attempting to pull it off with some buddies of mine. Although I won’t have the future suit, I will be wearing full Vollebak. Planet earth hat, planet earth ultralight shirt and V1 planet earth pants.
We will be hiking the La Luz trail ( La Luz Trail #137 on AllTrails
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/new-mexico/la-luz-trail?sh=fbq6dm&u=m&utm\_medium=trail\_share&utm\_source=alltrails\_virality )
and dining at 10-3 at the top ( https://ten3tram.com )

There’s no shortage of ‘unspoken rules’ or ‘secret tricks’ to a good suit. But we only get interested in a suit once we know we could also run up and down a mountain in it… before wearing it out to dinner. So that’s our next plan.

Two weeks ago we launched The Future Suit – an ultra-modern, weatherproof take on what we used to call a suit.
Designed to work everywhere from a plane, to a boardroom, to a mountain, to a night out, the Future Suit Jacket and Future Suit Pants are made from high performance Merino that we’ve transformed into a smooth, high tech material – so it doesn’t look or feel like any wool suit you’ve seen before.
So the obvious next step is to see how it does when you run up and down a mountain in it… then wear it straight out to dinner.
If you have a favourite mountain, or there’s a particularly cool one near you that you think we should consider please let us know… ideally there’s also a great restaurant right at the bottom of it so we can run straight to our table.
Or, if you really like running and eating, you can apply to be our guinea pig / mountain goat.
The suit retains and enhances all the high-performance properties of Merino – it can stand in the rain for half an hour before it even feels damp, it’s 5x more windproof than normal Merino, it’s breathable, it kills bacteria, and it regulates your temperature – but it comes in a streamlined, minimalist design.
NICK AND STEVE TIDBALL - FOUNDERS
Vollebak News: a new colourway coming for the Sashiko Jacket in September.
Yesterday I was able to have a brief chat with Satish, Vollebak’s Design Director, and compliment him on the Sashiko Jacket he was wearing. Genuinely, he looked really sharp in it and clearly designed it for himself!
However the version he was wearing was the new military green colourway, which he said was coming out in September. It really works and seems like a great trio of colours to choose from.
Satish was really pleased with the response to the Sashiko Jacket, and I was able to pass on our enthusiasm and love for the piece.
Might be worth starting to save your pennies!
… oh, and I also met Tyler, one of the models (see wearing the full metal jacket). He was a really friendly guy, but he must be 6’7! No wonder the gear is always longer on me than I thought it would be.
The picture above is him being squeezed into the sonic jacket.
Can't imagine it staying white if that's a side effect
Thinking about visiting from Bristol tomorrow
I spent the afternoon inside the Vollebak Space Shop talking with Steve, Felix and Izzy.
The space is amazing. Steve said they built the place in a single day. The atmosphere and aesthetic are genuinely distinctive and very Vollebak in person: raw and real. Photographs don’t do it justice.
The team are so friendly, as you might expect, and showed us around all the products without ever being pushy. Just passionate about their philosophy and proud of what they’ve achieved. Quite rightly.
They have lots of their gear laid out for a look in person.
If you’re thinking about going, get yourself there tomorrow. I think you’ll have a blast.
The year is 2056 and something has gone very wrong…
You’re not exactly sure what caused the cataclysm. In the final days, the obfuscation and disinformation became so intense that the only clear thing was that collapse was happening. It turns out the darker side of human nature was always there beneath the surface and now — unplugged and unhinged — society has turned upon itself.
But you saw it coming.
You grabbed what mattered and headed for the horizon, towards whatever future still exists.
The good news is that you have access to everything Vollebak has ever made. All the materials. All the science and technology.
So invent a survival bag and tell us what you’re depending on to make it through.
Maybe it’s a backpack made from Blue Morpho material. Maybe it’s a fully shielded rucksack designed to disappear from drones and thermal scans. Maybe it’s modular, self-repairing, waterproof, radiation resistant..l. or maybe it’s surprisingly simple.
Maybe it’s just a couple of ideas. Or maybe you already have sketches and detailed concepts in your head.
There are loads of creative people in this community, and with the Spaceshop launch approaching, it feels like the perfect time to imagine where the brand could go next.
Let’s see what ideas we can come up with - and maybe even spark some inspiration.
As the title says. Does anybody out there have a pair of the Indestructible Mitts, and would you be willing to sell it?
The humble chore jacket has already survived a couple of hundred years on the backs of French pig farmers, Jackson Pollock flinging paint around, and Paul Newman eating way too many prison eggs in Cool Hand Luke. So we’ve built an Indestructible Chore Jacket to help it survive another few centuries.
The chore jacket was originally known as the ‘bleu de travail.’ Developed as utilitarian workwear for French farmhands and artisans in the 19th century, it was made of heavy cotton moleskin and dyed with a deep indigo which hid the dirt.
It also faded beautifully. Not that French farmers would have cared. They liked that it was tough, roomy and had big patch pockets to stash tools, pipe-tobacco, and maybe a couple of pastries.
By the 1890s it had crossed the Atlantic, where Carhartt started mass-producing its own version in brown canvas. Half a century later Jackson Pollock started flinging paint around while wearing a chore jacket. And Paul Newman navigated the American prison system in one in Cool Hand Luke.
Having survived a couple of hundred years already – and clearly not going out of fashion anytime soon – we decided to help it survive the next couple of centuries by building the first Indestructible Chore Jacket.
We’ve built our own classic chore with a cotton and Dyneema twill, produced in Japan by a 180-year-old textile mill who are famous for making clothing that’s both really strong and really soft at the same time.
15x stronger than steel, Dyneema is the single strongest fibre known to man today. If you’re into chemistry, it’s an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene that combines extreme strength with very low weight. It’s 40% stronger than high-strength aramid fibres, and so tough it was originally used in body armour, anti-ballistic vehicle armour, and ropes used to tie down oil rigs in violent, icy seas. And we’ve used it to build the world’s strongest pants, belts, t shirts and jackets.
As for the aesthetics, our Indestructible Chore Jacket is a cleaner, more minimal and day-to-night take on the traditional design. Chest pockets are generous but reverse entry and discreet with invisible snaps. A zipped side pocket is all but invisible and there’s also an internal zip pocket, for things you want to keep close to your chest.
The jacket comes in Sand and Sandstone… and also has pockets for pastries.
NICK AND STEVE TIDBALL - FOUNDERS
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I’m selling a new condition Vollebak Dyneema Ultra Light shell jacket. Size XL
It’s currently on the website for $995 plus shipping and tax
Looking to place it with the right person.
https://vollebak.com/en-us/products/ultralight-shell-with-dyneema
Good morning r/vollebak
So, Friday 15th May is the launch of the Spaceshop in the UK. It opens at 9am.
I was wondering if any of the loose collective of people here — those interested in impending apocalypse, material science, good customer service, and clothing from the future — might fancy meeting for a cup of tea or coffee before the Holborn launch on Friday.
A couple of us will be at a nearby café (location TBC) from around 8am. Alternatively, you could just meet us outside Space House shortly before opening.
Nothing formal. Just a chance to put faces to names, have a quick chat, and walk over together.
One of the things I like about this sub is that it seems to work regardless of whether people buy everything at full price, hunt archive sales, or buy exclusively secondhand. That mix makes the community more interesting, not less.
And I suspect some of us are probably better at talking about kit online than walking into a room full of strangers. If that sounds familiar, this might be a gentler way in.
If people would rather just go independently and enjoy it in their own way, that’s obviously completely fine too. But if anyone fancies meeting beforehand, comment below or drop me a message.
Would be great to see a few of you there.
Hoping for some input from the hive mind here. I have a 2020 purchase ceramic hoodie bought direct from Vollebak. It’s a size M, brand new with tags and original packaging. I’m trying to price it to sell. What do you think k is a fair price to list it at? Thanks a ton for your input.
