About Cove Coat

Alongside good design and the use of high quality recycled fabrics, we wanted the coat to have a functionality. Living beside the sea and having a love for all outdoor activities (including sea swimming), we wanted this coat to work for all situations.

We designed this coat to have a dual purpose. Something that can be worn wherever you go and whatever you do. It needed to be warm and waterproof with a removable towelling inner lining, that would be good next to the skin, but easily removed for drying and washing. Cove Coat uses a hypo-allogenic, natural bamboo towelling, soft next to the skin, made for those cold early morning swims. This is a feature we haven't seen on any similar products. Once removed, the coat can be worn as a high quality, fashionable piece of clothing.

We studied similar products on the market and went back to the drawing board and designed our product from scratch. Cove Coat is a fully original product, designed by our team in Greystones, Ireland. We are manufacturing the coats in Europe and are looking into the possibility of creating the coats locally, here in Ireland.

Materials

For the outer shell of the jacket we used a regenerated Nylon created in Italy. This fabric was difficult to acquire as it is not readily available in most retailers. It is made from old fishing nets, carpets and other consumer materials recreated as yarn, which is then spun to make a new eco-friendly Nylon fabric.

 Inner Fill

The interior of the coat is filled with high quality, recycled and washed down feathers. Down has been used in clothing manufacturing for generations because of its superior insulation quality and weight. It is a natural product and is not a manufactured or harmful material. We found a European company that takes unused duvets, pillows, sleeping bags and takes the down from these unwanted products. The company cleans, washes and re-purposes the down, which reduces the need for virgin down taken from animals. 

Inner Lining

We chose to use a natural bamboo towelling material for the removable lining.  This fabric has many great benefits as a towel. It is not chemically treated and it has a silk like softness. Due to this, it does not cause skin irritations. The fabric is hypoallergenic, antibacterial and anti-fungal. Bamboo possesses an anti-bacterial and bacteriostatic bio-agent, "Bamboo Kun",  this agent allows bamboo to grow in the wild without the use of pesticides or fertilisers. The special antibacterial quality of bamboo remains when in the fabric form and is perfect for use as the lining for Cove Coat.