Random fashion thoughts - Part II (A New Hope)

[badeggcat]

is there any true waterproof garment for my native tropical climate, where every drizzle is a downpour and downpour means you should start building an ark (i mean it)?

Waterproof membranes like Gore Tex are probably the best solution even though they are not perfect as @ManofKent mentioned. Works slightly better in heavy downpours when temperatures are lower.

 

[NGOStudio]

is there any true waterproof garment for my native tropical climate, where every drizzle is a downpour and downpour means you should start building an ark (i mean it)?

Maybe this

 

[dieworkwear]

This Dior outfit is so ridiculous, but I love it at the same time.

 

[happyriverz]

Going to Beijing in a month and half for 5 days. Any interesting menswear store I should check out?

 

[buy a painting]

Going to Beijing in a month and half for 5 days. Any interesting menswear store I should check out?

Loft No.6 or Ink..

 

[bortalizer93]

I feel like I drop $$$$$ on super high-tech raingear designed to withstand South Asian monsoons, but any time it's even just a light drizzle, I just stay in and wait it out.

Ah, the great techwear conundrum. If it's cheap, it won't protects you when you wear it. If it protects you when you wear it, it'll be too expensive to be worn for protection…

Waterproof membranes like Gore Tex are probably the best solution even though they are not perfect as @ManofKent mentioned. Works slightly better in heavy downpours when temperatures are lower.

No bueno. I once wore a goretex jacket and when it suddenly rains, even though it was some flood inducing rain; i only spent like two minutes scrambling for shelter and yet it still gets me wet.

Maybe this
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Naahh man, that's for concealing the katana and shurikens.

 

[ManofKent]

No bueno. I once wore a goretex jacket and when it suddenly rains, even though it was some flood inducing rain; i only spent like two minutes scrambling for shelter and yet it still gets me wet.

This stuff is truly waterproof (well apart from the gaps for daft things like arms, legs and head):
https://www.originalsfootwear.com/guy-cotten-m93

Only minor issue is, even in a less than tropical UK Summer you'll sweat so much you'll get just as wet as not wearing it...

 

[IJReilly]

So hoping that people start wearing gis for fashion. I wear my old, de-commissioned gi pants as lounge clothes anyway, so...

A few years ago I picked up a camoshita knit blazer with a shawl collar. At first I thought it was a little weird the I realized it was actually just like the gi collar I've been wearing on the mats since 2004.

Out of curiosity, what rank and association are you? Purple belt, ex -BTT guy (now independent of the Brazilians) myself.

 

[Rais]

is there any true waterproof garment for my native tropical climate, where every drizzle is a downpour and downpour means you should start building an ark (i mean it)?

I have quite a few water-resistant shells. For tropical climates I would recommend the Nike Hypershield Light. It's rated to 5,000mm water resistance and I've had it in 90 minutes of downpour without it letting water in. It's also zip-vented in multiple points if you want to wear it when it is warm out as a windbreaker. Gore-tex, even the lighter packable stuff which isn't as water-resistant, is way too heavy. You can find the Hypershield Light on sale for around $USD100, the retail price was $250ish iirc.

 

[Coldsnap]

I like the Patagonia torrentshell. Have had one for a very long time and it's held up. Really well designed rain jacket.

 

[thatoneguy]

Nothing is fully waterproof, the closest it gets is a garbage bag. The trade-off for water proof-ness is breathability. Everyone says they have come out with the new fabric that is both waterproof and breathable.. Not true. Remember these are just extremely tightly woven synthetics with added plastics (or natural fibers + wax if you're fjallraven). Water can be forced through with certain pressure or time in contact with the water and more easily when the fabric degrades. If they keep water out, they keep water (sweat) in too. Some fabrics are basically all plastic, don't buy these. They just rip on one snag and don't breathe at all.

All waterproof fabrics will degrade and start to leak, much faster if you are wearing a backpack, wash/dry them (don't), wear them everyday, or even store them incorrectly.

Thick fabrics, like some of the mainline gore, lasts longest and keeps you dry. But again, doesn't breathe well and insulates. So some choose thinner fabrics that breathe better but may only last a season.

Wearing a waterpoof jacket in a monsoon without matching pants makes little sense; your pants/shorts will just get soaked.. Directly from the monsoon and indirectly from the runoff of your jacket. In this case a full coat is better, but that would just make you even more hot.

I would just get an umbrella. maybe umbrella + jacket.

If I had to recommend a jacket, pick something that has large pit zips, they actually work.

 

[Coldsnap]

Nothing is fully waterproof, the closest it gets is a garbage bag. The trade-off for water proof-ness is breathability. Everyone says they have come out with the new fabric that is both waterproof and breathable.. Not true. Remember these are just extremely tightly woven synthetics with added plastics (or natural fibers + wax if you're fjallraven). Water can be forced through with certain pressure or time in contact with the water and more easily when the fabric degrades. If they keep water out, they keep water (sweat) in too. Some fabrics are basically all plastic, don't buy these. They just rip on one snag and don't breathe at all.

All waterproof fabrics will degrade and start to leak, much faster if you are wearing a backpack, wash/dry them (don't), wear them everyday, or even store them incorrectly.

Thick fabrics, like some of the mainline gore, lasts longest and keeps you dry. But again, doesn't breathe well and insulates. So some choose thinner fabrics that breathe better but may only last a season.

Wearing a waterpoof jacket in a monsoon without matching pants makes little sense; your pants/shorts will just get soaked.. Directly from the monsoon and indirectly from the runoff of your jacket. In this case a full coat is better, but that would just make you even more hot.

I would just get an umbrella. maybe umbrella + jacket.

If I had to recommend a jacket, pick something that has large pit zips, they actually work.

What's the purpose of pit zips? I've never used them on my torrentshell.

 

[thatoneguy]

lets trapped heat and moisture out in a spot where water has a hard time getting in

 

[Coldsnap]

Ah, word.

 

[bortalizer93]

Yeah, probably i'll need to look for something that's made out of rubber. Something like stutterheim or rains. With a really really blousy fit. Would that take care of the perspiration problem?

A few years ago I picked up a camoshita knit blazer with a shawl collar. At first I thought it was a little weird the I realized it was actually just like the gi collar I've been wearing on the mats since 2004.

Out of curiosity, what rank and association are you? Purple belt, ex -BTT guy (now independent of the Brazilians) myself.

I wear gi too when i was young… just a white belt tho, spent too much time lollygagging in the sideline.