Until now, carbon fibers have not been widely used in clothing. Vollebak, makers of the Graphene Jacket, created a T-shirt made from super-thin carbon fibers usually reserved for the world’s fastest cars.
The British Ministry of Defense patented the production of carbon fibers, leasing it out to Rolls-Royce to make jet engines.The T-shirt, which costs $110, looks like a regular sporty base layer, with a stretchy, moisture-wicking exterior. It feels cool, smooth, and soft to the tough. But it’s much tougher than a T-shirt made of nylon or polyester. In fact, carbon’s atomic structure is five times stronger than that of steel. Each shirt is woven with over 120 meters of carbon fiber that is combined with elastane, which gives it four-way stretch.
