Polartec X Dynafit: the Mezzalama collection comeback

Polartec X Dynafit: the Mezzalama collection comeback

For the past 10 years, Dynafit has collaborated with Polartec to make its garments, and this year it is using its materials to revamp the iconic Mezzalama collection.

Dynafit and its athlete’s spirit

Dynafit General Manager and athlete Benedikt Böhm is a big fan of Polartec fabrics because of their innovation, which is why a collaboration between the two brands began 10 years ago when Dynafit began using the active-insulation fabric Polartec Alpha previously developed for the U.S. military to tackle very intense and strenuous conditions.

In fact, it was Dynafit itself that realized early on that Polartec Alpha technology was ideal for mountain sports, and so it integrated it into its own ski mountaineering line, launching the Mezzalama collection that showed how Alpha technology could make people achieve exceptional athletic performance.

“The invention of Polartec Alpha was a milestone in the history of clothing for outdoor and mountain enthusiasts,” explains Benedikt Böhm. “For me Alpha is a real new category in its own right, alongside shells, down jackets, and so on. The Mezzalama jacket and vest are always with me on my expeditions and projects; I use them during activities, but of course also before and after.”

New Collection

Precisaly Mezzalama returns in an updated version and offers ultra-light, ultra-breathable and easily compressible skimo clothing: a vest, jacket and overpants, all made of Polartec Alpha with 100 percent recycled PET.

In fact, the fabric can protect and insulate against wind and moisture, is extremely breathable so as to maintain the right internal microclimate, and offers quick drying on the mountain.

The collection’s Transalper Hybrid jacket introduces Alpha fabric to summer mountaineering in Dynafit collections. The Speed Polartec jacket, on the other hand, uses Polartec Power Grid fabric that provides the correct amount of warmth for ski mountaineering especially during colder days, plus its grid structure opens air channels that improve breathability, while the bi-component design wicks away body moisture and moves it outside to evaporate.

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