This week’s product: Hoodlamb Summer Tech 420

A jacket is a jacket, right? Well don’t tell that to the boys and girls at Hoodlamb for they will truly laugh at your face. With the all new Summer Tech 420 they managed to take all the good things from one of their classics into the warm period of year. The outside is made from a mix of 55% and 45% Herringbone organic cotton while on the inside the lining is made from organic cotton Sateen. Besides being comfortable you can also be rebellious in this jacket. Need to hide some documents or rolling paper? No problem this jacket has secret places for it.

Hoodlambs' Summer Tech 420 © Hoodlamb

Hoodlamb was founded in the nineties as a brand specializing in surf clothing. From this point it developed into a brand with a keen vision on sustainability. At their core philosophy lies the use and promotion of industrial hemp which is the basis material for all of their clothing. Besides industrial hemp they also use organic cotton and recycled plastic for their garments.

Hoodlambs' special linging © Hoodlamb

Worth mentioning separately is the lining that is used in the winter version of the Tech 420 jacket. It is made from a fake fur that is soft warm and durable. It is made from 20% hemp 35% percent recycled pet and 45% acrylic satifur. Both summer and winterversion of the 420 are impregnated with a special oil based on hemp seed which ensures that the jackets are 100% waterproof.

Hempworks Amsterdam shut down for business

After being Amsterdam's and Holland’s most popular hemp clothing shop for twenty years Hempworks closed its doors april 17^{th 2015}. In a statement on the shop’s former website founders Douglas Mignola and Adam Dunn explain they will continue their work on promoting hemp products.

 

The former shop in het city of Amsterdam. For twenty years it was the go to shop for a big variety of hemp products. 

 

Douglas is focusing on the former shop’s clothing label Hoodlamb. Adam is moving to Denver Colorado. In the slipstream of legalizing Marijuana the state of Colorado also legalized growing industrial hemp, making the state one of the most important regions in the hemp boom that will bring jobs and profit.