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?
Vintage Gear Addicts Unite!
Max ’95s sir. That Face write-up was crazy.
Polytetrafluoroethylene
^^If I have another daughter, I now have her name. FTW!
I think the Patta AM1’s would go hard with this jacket
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“they say time is money…so being that we TIMELESS, it’s funny, guess we should be lookin crumby, dressin’ bummy!” I’m trying to mentally prepare myself for the killah combo you are gonna incorporate this one in. Did you take that tennis knit or u and prime handling that??