Since the time most remote man tried, having to defend themselves from the rain and bad weather, making waterproof garments, they tried to cospoargere vegetable oils, animal gelatins, waxes, tried following the path of boiled and sprinkled with cauciù fabrics, paraffin and cork powder.
But the real turning point and you could really call with waterproof word from the Latin in-permeabilis precisely means that it can not be crossed, it came about with the invention of the Scottish chemist Charles Mackintosh who patented the nineteenth century a completely resistant wool fabric to 'water.
From the invention to the founding of his company producing waterproof fù passed the short and soon fù also imitated by a man named Burberry entrepreneur who joined the convenience of this garment to care elegance getting a leader who even now remains a classic men's fashion.
To help it to spread also helped other two factors, the first fù unfortunately the Great War, in fact, the trench-coat (overcoat trench) was worn by English (made just by Burberry army officers), the second film that fù She made him wear in the film famous actors and actresses such as Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, humphrey Bogart Michael Caine contribuiendo to determine a big fashion success.
Obviously fashions change, however, the usefulness and the need for shelter were, our proposal to waterproof style renewed the offer with Steinbock to this page: http://www.naticonlacamicia.org/impermeabile--mod--goran- 3786.html
the material with which it is achieved is more technical and being lightweight materials of new generation, however, the purpose of the wearer remained always the one of its origins.
