Since the early 19th Century cotton moleskin has been a popular fabric choice for manufacturers of durable, comfortable, good-looking workwear. And its no surprise. Densely woven, but with a luxuriously soft hand-feel, its extremely hard-wearing and usefully windproof. The downside of cotton, however, is that once it gets wet, it loses its insulating propertiesand takes an age to dry.

Its a knitted fabric made from 47% cotton.The difference, though, is that Ridgeline have added 7% Nylon and 46% polyester to the blend and produced it in a substantial 380gsm weight.

Compared to ordinary cotton moleskin, its harder wearing, quicker drying, more wind resistant and, for its weight, considerable warmer. In short, its better. By a country mile.

The Monarch Gilet makes full use of the remarkable properties of this revolutionary new fabric: it offers a supremely comfortable, traditional feel in conjunction with all the performance of a technical polyester fleece.