My peoples, SuperBAD MC Solace, from Timeless Truth blessed the kid with a vintage Gore-Tex NorthFace mountain jacket from his archives. Sun is prA’li making room for some of the most vicious I-T’s evar. I ain’t mad at him neither since I get one of the illest jackets Face ever produced. This joint is easily 15 years old and it is still so crispy that I nearly shit myself. Between Timeless Truth and Meyhem Lauren looking out for me with pieces I am gonna stunt hardbody for the rest of 2010.
The Gore-Tex fabric that NorthFace used for this jacket is reminiscent of the material that coated one of my all-time favorite I-T’s. I once had a Wilderness Experience jacket I copped from Tent & Trails back in 1990 and that joint was the illest jacket of all time. I could only wear a t-shirt under the coat because it would get that hot inside. The Gore-Tex was so thick and strong that I couldn’t scuff or rip the jacket. I felt like it was bombproof. Little did I know how right I was.
It turns out that Gore-Tex is a derivative of Teflon which is some shit called a Polytetrafluoroethylene. Essentially it’s a carbon-based compound that is ultimately pulled from fossil fuel production. Imagine putting a diamond-hard, scratch-resistant coating on a microscopically perforated plastic bag.
The Gore-Tex company is a family owned business that held the patent for their material for many years. After the patent’s expiration a lot of companies started manufacturing their own cheat of the OG Gore fabric. If you are lucky enough to get a product that is made with actual Gore materials you should take good care of it because the garment is made to last you a lifetime. Before NorthFace was acquired by Jansport this was how they manufactured their products.
The inner details of the jacket are Ridiculon-3000. I might have spent an hour just studying the seams and the hidden zippers and the overall construction. I’m gonna rock this jacket like it was 1995 all over again. Except I will be stuntin’ with a pair of Air Max 2009. Or maybe I should pull out a pair of Air Max ’95s?
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