UNIQLO x White Mountaineering – A second collab collection featuring recycled materials

Uniqlo recently launched their new line of outerwear in collaboration with outdoor clothing brand, White Mountaineering. This marks the pair’s second collaboration collection. This new LifeWear features recycled materials in two outerwear styles fit for people of all ages. 

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Recycled Hybrid Down Jacket 

This jacket is filled with recycled down and feathers, sourced from used garments that customers have donated to stores. The sleeves and upper back employ padding to ensure warmth and ease of movement, while the wave quilting design enables stylish layering. The garment also features excellent water repellency and heat retention properties.

Fleece Full-Zip Long Sleeve Hoodie

A parka that includes a fleece component made from 100% recycled polyester, combining long-layered boa fleece and a smooth-surface fleece material. The garment’s convenient features include pockets on the left chest and waist, size adjusters at the hem, and binder cuffs that make rolling up the sleeves easy.

Collection details

Launch date: Friday, October 13, 2023

Availability: Select UNIQLO stores and uniqlo.com

Sizes: Recycled Hybrid Down Jacket (S-XL) ; Fleece Full-Zip Long Sleeve Hoodie (S-XL)

Special site: https://www.uniqlo.com/ph/en/special-feature/special-collaboration/white-mountaineering/23fw 

White Mountaineering

Founder, Yosuke Aizawa, was born in 1977 and graduated from the Department of Product and Textile Design at Tama Art University. After graduating, he launched White Mountaineering back in 2006 and has presented collections at Paris Fashion Week since 2016. Currently, he continues to design for various international brands. He is also an affiliate professor at the Tama Art University and Tohoku University of Art and Design. 

About RE.UNIQLO

RE.UNIQLO is the brand’s initiative to recycle and reuse its merchandise. Through this program, UNIQLO collects garments worn by customers and distributes them to people in need around the world, including at refugee camps and in disaster-stricken areas. Unwearable clothing is recycled into fuel or materials including clothing. The Recycled Hybrid Down Jacket represents a new RE.UNIQLO initiative to recycle clothing into clothing.