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Michel Rouen Softshell Vests

Four cuts in ten colourways, each with five pockets and a windproof, water-resistant face, sizes S to 3XL.

  • 1 style
  • 10 colourways
  • S to 3XL size run
  • $39.85 to $41.95

Colourways on this page: Light Grey, Black, Misty Blue, Light Green, Navy, Dark Grey, Light Khaki, Olive Green, and 2 more.

A softshell vest is a bonded fabric doing two jobs at once: the outer face stops wind and sheds water, and the inner side is brushed so it is warm against a shirt without a separate lining flapping about. That is why these feel more substantial than the knit vests and why they cost between $39.85 and $41.95 rather than twenty dollars. Four cuts, ten colourways, and the differences between the cuts are in the collar height and where the pockets sit rather than in the fabric.

Five pockets is the number, and the arrangement is worth knowing before you order: two at the hand, two on the chest and one inside. In practice the inside pocket is where a phone lives, because it is the only one that does not swing when you take a club back. These wash cool and air dry, and the care instruction on each card is the label's own, and a bonded softshell is exactly the kind of fabric a hot tumble dry ruins by separating the layers.

Every colourway here is priced on its own. the Michel Rouen range keeps the figures current and the till is what decides.

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Questions about Michel Rouen Softshell Vests

The one with the pockets

What does windproof mean on a Michel Rouen softshell vest?

That the outer face is dense enough that moving air does not pass through it and strip heat off your shirt. It is a fabric property, and it is the single reason a vest works at forty degrees on an exposed hole.

Can you tumble dry a Michel Rouen softshell vest?

Follow the label on the card, which for a bonded softshell is a cool wash and air drying. Heat is what separates the bonded layers, and a vest that has come apart at the bond does not go back.

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