Corpo Nove

Brand of women and men’s jackets for sportswear. It has been the top line of the Paraplu company (1993) since 1995. The jackets and raincoats are very carefully manufactured with distinctive and often unusual fabrics. Corpo Nove produces custom-made items such as pads, necks, cuffs, and hoods in various lengths that can be modified according to the needs of customers.
For its technical and innovative qualities, the American magazine Men’s Journal listed Absolute Frontier, the thermo jacket made by Corpo Nove, among the 95 most perfect objects in the world. Steven Spielberg read the news and wanted to wear one for the difficult climatic conditions during the night shots of his latest movie, the fourth episode of Indiana Jones. The jacket was created in 1999 for an Antarctic expedition of Adventure Network International. Designed to protect against extreme temperatures, thermally and acoustically insulated, it uses Aereogel, a fabric which also allows one to float.
A selection of garments, manufactured in distinctive fabrics, from nettle to peat, is to be exhibited at the London Science Museum on occasion of the show Treat Yourself. The sponsor is the Wellcome Trust, the largest private foundation interested in avant-guard medical research.