Rapha’s new ByBorre vest leverages the Dutch firm’s superior textile knitting & weaving know-how to create an on- or off-the-bike garment actually infused with the Rapha ethos to rejoice the British biking clothes firm’s twentieth anniversary. Knitted by robots, the Rapha + ByBorre vest combines a mixture of pure merino and recycled artificial fibers with Rapha’s founding precept truly woven into the material itself…
Rapha + ByBorre twentieth anniversary knitted vest
“The last word efficiency and magnificence with no compromise on both.”
– Simon Mottram on founding Rapha in 2004
Probably the most technical addition to the Rapha20 line-up up to now, this knitted vest is the most recent collaboration between modern Amsterdam-based textile maker ByBorre and Rapha, since their 2019 Professional Group Switch assortment. The material tech is way the identical, utilizing superior industrial round knitting equipment in an unconventional option to create three-d materials that mix a mixture of pure and artificial fibers into distinctive patterns. The darkish gray vest has the Mottram quote woven in, whereas the sunshine grey will get outsized Rapha script logos.
“Our collaboration with Rapha goes approach again, and I’m excited that we have been in a position to come collectively once more to create one thing really modern. By means of our digital platform, Rapha had entry to our clear textile provide chain, permitting them to create customized textiles that align with their imaginative and prescient whereas making acutely aware choices all through the design course of.”
– Borre Akkersdijk, ByBorre founder
Vest pricing, particulars & availability
The £200 / $260 / 230€ Rapha + ByBorre twentieth anniversary vest is made from a 25% merino / 58% recycled polyester / 17% recycled nylon mix. It is available in a large 6 unisex dimension vary (XS-XXL) with a roomy common match designed for off-the-bike put on, however able to journey, as properly.
Decide from two colours – gentle or darkish grey – with underlying pink accents and a vivid hi-viz pink lining. It contains a 2-way zip, a small zip chest pocket, and a couple of snap-closure slash pockets.
It’s obtainable now in individual on the Rapha20 Previous Ahead exhibition on the Truman Brewery in London, in choose Rapha Clubhouses worldwide, and direct from their on-line store.
