The clothing brand of innovative materials Vollebak has created a jacket with 65% copper, which "disease resistant" property could prove useful in the fight against Covid-19.

By Ludmilla Intravaia

Copper in a jacket is quite unusual. Aside from armors, of the samurai for example, this metal is little used in fashion history. However, the clothing brand Vollebak decided to opt for this material to create its Full Metal Jacket, because of its "disease resistant" property, which could prove useful, for instance in light of the Coronavirus pandemic, as mentioned on the brand's website : “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 (…) These properties have been demonstrated by an extensive body of research and have come under the spotlight again this year in initial Covid-19 studies.”

This jacket containing 65% copper is only the first step towards other experiments, mixing science and technology in fashion, for this brand specializing in research in innovative materials : “We’re exploring copper potential because to make intelligent clothing you need to start with base materials that can do things normal clothing can’t. You can think of copper as a platform on top of which other innovation can be added – a bit like an operating system in a computer. Copper’s ability to resist disease, while also conducting heat and electricity without a power source, make it an obvious contender.”

* The Full Metal Jacket is available in two models, Black Edition and Silver Edition, for the price of 995 euros. All the info on the Vollebak website here.

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