Tobacco Motorwear released their first line of men’s Kevlar® motorcycle jeans last year, and since then the company has been doing a roaring trade thanks to their attention to detail and their attention to safety.
What they’ve released is that they wanted to produce the same quality of protective motorcycle jeans for women – a market that’s currently under-served. They began experimenting with materials and designs a few months ago and after much product testing (see the images above and below) they’ve now launched the official Kickstarter campaign to fund the first production run of denim motorcycle jeans with a protective Kevlar® lining for women.
If you’re a man and you like the idea of a pair of selvedge denim motorcycle jeans with Kevlar® lining, you can click here to view their range of menswear.
Ben Branch has had his work featured on CNN, Popular Mechanics, the official Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, and many more.
Silodrome was founded by Ben back in 2010, in the years since the site has grown to become a world leader in the alternative and vintage motoring sector, with millions of readers around the world and hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
This Heck On Wheels hat is the work of the team at Go Fast Don’t Die, a brand that started among a group of friends as a saying that one of their mother’s would say to them when they left to go on a group ride: “Go Fast, Don’t Die”. Pretty soon members of the…
The Belstaff Whitwood 2.0 Short Boots are made from a water-repellent, full-grain buffalo leather (1.4 to 1.6 mm thick) designed to offer maximum protection from both the elements and the asphalt. The boots have a full calf leather lining for comfort and an extra layer of leather across each forefoot to protect the boots from…
The Piloti Endurance driving shoe is a new, limited edition addition to the Piloti range that has been specifically designed as a fully featured driving shoe that can also be worn casually for everyday use. Piloti handcrafts their shoes and boots in Portugal, the Endurance driving shoe is made from a soft nubuck leather –…
This World War II training film covers pilot familiarization with the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, one of the most prolific and beloved fighter/bombers of the war. The P-47 Thunderbolt was famous for two things – they were almost impossible to shoot down, and they carried enough firepower to take out trains, tanks, trucks, and armored vehicles…
The Eton FRX5-BT is an emergency survival radio that can be powered by batteries, or by the front-mounted hand-crank if the batteries run out before the crisis is over. With AM/FM/NOAA Weather Band as well as S.A.M.E. and NOAA Weather alerts, the Eton FRX5-BT is designed for use during a multitude of disaster situations including hurricanes,…
The Bill Thomas Cheetah has become an unlikely success story, the car was first designed as a concept car of sorts for Chevrolet who were seeking something a little more hard-edged than the Corvette to take on and beat the new Shelby Cobras. Bill Thomas – Self-Taught Engineer Extraordinaire Bill Thomas was a legendary California…
