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Thursday 22 October 2009

C.P Company Goggle Jacket

One of the most iconic jackets to ever go into production. C.P Company's Goggle jacket is the pinnacle of design and functionality. Originally designed by Massimo Osti 20 years ago. It blew people away then and the jacket is still better than most jackets getting churned out today. Originally made for race car drivers the goggles were added to keep the drivers eyes safe without hindering his overall eyesight. And you know that hole that brands are adding to the sleeves for your watch? The Goggle jacket had that from day. If you are lucky to own one then you know what i'm talking about. From the material to the attention to detail the Goggle jacket really was an innovation in outwear. Its design has tried to be imitated in recent years but none of the brands came even close.

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To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the jacket owner of C.P Company Carlo Rivetti has asked Aitor Throup to design and develop a re-worked version. This Friday and Saturday the jacket will go on exhibition at The Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London.

features-list

1. GORE-SEAM® waterproof thermo-taping.
2. New ergonomic shape detachable hood and goggles.
3. New round shape goggles.
4. 3 layer GORE-TEX® PERFORMANCE SHELL fabric.
5. Ergonomic driving shoulder construction.
6. Ergonomic elbow articulation.
7. New waterproof chest pocket construction.
8. New ergonomic watch viewer placement.
9. Internal hidden zipped pockets exposed when driving.
10. Driving gloves attach to jacket.
11. Transforming articulated driving flap/leg cover.
12. Waterproofed traditional shape front pockets.
13. Detachable driving pouch with two compartments.
14. Adjustable cuffs can be zipped up.

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The exhibition will open on Friday 23rd Oct to the Saturday 24th from 10am to 4pm.

Alongside the Goggle jacket at the exhibition will be 20 more Mille Miglia jackets from the C.P Company archive.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Its a shame all the chavs got on these jackets and every market from Brixton to wellsbourne where selling cheap Imitations for about £15.

Football thugs eat your heart out !

@OllieDanger said...

Fully agree anon seems to be the way of the world.

Anything good can never stay pure.

1875 said...

To be honest with the exception of the new race Mille the quality has declined massively. Have 1 mille left and it's from 1996 in apple green. made in italy (not romania) with lampo zips and a watchviewer that won't come off, unlike the newer designs.

Just out of interest a while back there was a dire piece on here about football casualism, how come CP didn't get a mention but ben sherman did? Seemed pretty bizarre.

@OllieDanger said...

Haha i gotta hold my hands up to that casual post. And i understand why people may have thought it was waste but what i tried to do was keep it short and relevant to what people were wearing at the time of the post. I didnt wanna come across patronising and go on about brands i didnt think people knew about. The only way i can gauge what our readers are into is from their comments and going on the majority of them they dont strike me as C.P wearing dudes (dont take that out of context).

The topic of 'Casualism' is huge and to try and cover it all in one post is impossible.

Hope this doesnt offend anyone.

Anonymous said...

who is Aitor Thoroup????

Anonymous said...

translating ollie's last post..

"the only thing i know about c.p company is that i read about it in casuals and saw this jacket posted on seenmy's blog weeks ago"

@OllieDanger said...

Tell us what you know about C.P anon?

Have no idea who's blog you're talking about, i check about 5 blogs regularly and that aint one of them.

The invite came direct from C.P.

muricio rua said...

ollie blud why pay attention to anons comments

Anonymous said...

hhaha @ ollie "only reading 5 blogs"

suuurrrrrrrrrrrrrre

u bite most of ur posts from on the daily

and u know seenmy is stephen mann

Anonymous said...

A big nono here Oli, not owning up to your knowing your hero and then not been able to spell the man's name. Shame on you, and you pretend you were invited!