Patagonia’s Technical Fabric Development & Design

GEAR:30

BLISTER

Arts, Design, Skiing, Snow, Snowboarding, Sports, Outdoors, Bike, Technology, Gear

4.9 • 809 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

This week we talk to Patagonia’s senior material developer, Pasha Whitmire, about how Patagonia designs, develops, and tests their technical fabrics; myths surrounding waterproof / breathable materials; why the future of fabric development lies in sustainability; the advantages and disadvantages of working with big names like Gore-Tex; and a whole lot more outerwear geekery.

TOPICS & TIMES:

The “Killer Wash” and Patagonia’s other fabric tests (3:50)
The relationship between fabric and garment (12:50)
Waterproof laminates — 3L? 4L?? 5L?!?! (19:00)
What comes first: concept or material? (22:43)
Designing fabrics to be recycled (23:45)
Gore-Tex — challenges and advantages of working with the fabric juggernaut (29:44)
Biggest misconceptions about waterproof / breathable fabrics (34:52)
Why the future of fabric tech is green (46:08)
Other brands that Pasha is excited about (48:04)

Sam and Luke’s article on Outerwear Care

Outerwear 101

Outerwear 201

Information on Breathability Testing

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome to another episode of Gear 30 on the Blister Podcast Network.
0:10.1	I'm Sam Shaheen, a senior editor at Blister, and you can check out everything we're doing
0:14.0	and reviewing over at Blister Review.com.
0:17.8	Today, Blister's managing editor, Luke Kappa, and I are talking to Patagonia's senior material developer, Pasha Whitmire.
0:24.6	We cover a lot in this podcast, including technical fabric design, development, testing, and working with Gortex fabrics.
0:31.7	Luke and I are self-professed outerware nerds.
0:34.5	Combine that with Pasha's knowledge and passion for technical fabrics, and you guessed it, this conversation turns into a full-on fabric and outerwear nerds. Combine that with Pasha's knowledge and passion for technical fabrics, and you guessed it,
0:38.9	this conversation turns into a full-on fabric and outerwear geek out session.
0:43.5	But Pasha also sheds light on a lot of interesting and genuinely useful information that we
0:48.2	think everyone will enjoy, even if you're not a nerd like us.
0:51.5	So, without further ado, let's get to our conversation with Pasha.
0:57.4	Hi, everyone. I'm Sam Shaheen, and I am talking with our managing editor, Luke Kappa.
1:04.4	How you doing today, Luke?
1:05.5	I'm doing well. We just got almost a foot of snow in Cresor Butte.
1:09.9	Ooh, man.
1:11.6	Nice May Day present for you there, eh?
1:13.6	Yeah.
1:14.6	We have today on the podcast a guest are really excited about.
1:19.6	Pasha Whitmire is a senior material developer at Patagonia,
1:23.6	and we're going to get a chance to geek out a whole bunch on materials. How are you doing today, Pasha?
1:29.0	Hey, good. How are you guys?
1:30.6	Good.
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