Suit of armor hoodie

A person called Chadwick John Dillon produced this suit-of-armor hoodie. He's apparently selling it (or possibly producing them to order). The details require a Facebook account, which I don't have. Chadwick, if you're reading this, consider me interested (though not interested enough to give Mark Zuckerberg all the intimate details of my life!).

Update: From the comments, Melissa Gutierrez sez, "The maker has an Etsy shop that is in vacation mode at the moment because of overwhelming interest in said hoodie."

My friend Chad just made this shirt of armor and it’s for sale! Hit him up for the details! (via Super Punch)

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nvlady

There is something strangely awesome about this….
Melissa Gutierrez

The maker has an Etsy shop that is in vacation mode at the moment because of overwhelming interest in said hoodie:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/SOFworks
- nvlady
  
  Good for him!
- satn
  
  Did you catch what the prices were before it sold out?
austinhamman

WANT!
i don’t even like hoodies but this is cool.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Rick-Adams/100000053021803 Rick Adams

Holy shit this is awesome. I think this guy just found his path to success.
- penguinchris
  
  I make some uncharacteristically bold fashion choices myself – I almost always stand out and it takes me time to figure out what to wear if I want to blend in – but I really don’t see anyone ever actually wearing one of these other than at a convention.
  
  I know I’m late in the comments but would anyone here actually wear one of these? Or do people buy things like this just for going to conventions maybe?
  
  My point (and the reason I’m replying to you specifically) is that it’s unclear to me that this is actually a path to success. I suspect actual sales are much smaller than we think they should be (I do agree that it’s awesome, but I wouldn’t buy one myself).
  
  I’m curious about this because I have a similarly slightly-unusual product up my sleeve that I’m putting together prototypes for in order to do a kickstarter and while I think my product is more likely to actually get used/worn in real life than this, I’m really not sure. Hard to tell what the market for novelty products (which is what this ultimately is) is really like.
jimh

ZOMG WANT
(winter is coming)
magnetiquewolf

neat!
wandermarket

how long before this idea is stolen?
- xian
  
  Urban Outfitters is just putting the finishing touches on their mockup right now I’m sure…
http://illustratorhints.com/ Jesseham

One with a zipper, please. Also, I highly doubt this is within my hoodie budget.
http://dailygrail.com/ Red Pill Junkie

Does it come in black, so I can perform Monty Python’s stints in subway stations?
Jack Daniel

Oh man, this is awesome. Shut up and take my money.
http://www.jjsaul.com Jim Saul

Perhaps he should really jump on this with a Kickstarter.
- magnetiquewolf
  
  yep, totally kickstarter worthy.
- http://profile.yahoo.com/QCGOSVXBEAG7HHTZ5MNMYTZ2HM Cleo
  
  Yeah. Once he has enough for a large order, he can get cheap labor to make these things in Thailand. Boo yah.
  - http://www.jjsaul.com Jim Saul
    
    Or perhaps via Kickstarter he can fill the obvious interest before a certain Arkansas corporation starts producing them with the wonderfully dexterous tiny hands of child labor.
Preston Sturges

The face guard appears to be inspired by a Swiss or German WW2 “field cap” or “mountain cap” which were rarely seen with the face covering turned down. Presumably it rolls up and can be buttoned.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M43_field_cap
- digi_owl
  
  Except for certain memories around my part of the world, i would not mind getting hold of one of those.
darkjayson

I would recommend to this guy that if the interest is big enough and it should be then he should try and not do them himself but see if he can get them made by a company usually funded by preorders, this is also something that think geek or other such shop would carry.

Or like someone suggested start a kickstarter if the deposit to make them is to high if he is in the US

If they are affordable I want one in black, one in white and one in metallic gray. Keeping an eye on this one see what happens.
w willoughby

Cory,
Well said about not wanting anything bad enough to give up my privacy to Mr Zuckerberg et al… As a non-facebooker I may need to steal your to the point explanation.
- http://www.jjsaul.com Jim Saul
  
  There’s a zucker born every minute.
http://www.facebook.com/miriam.breslauer Miriam Breslauer

He should sell the hoodie at Gencon in Indianapolis, IN. He would sell out no matter how many he brought with him.
John Giotta

He probably needs to just draw up his designs and use kickstarter.com to crowd source. He’ll probably make more money, faster. Obviously, he needs to outsource the manufacturing.
satn

Ahh the consumer zombie horde emerges.

soon as a desirable, handmade domestic product appears in low production, it quickly moans for outsourcing to sweatshops to feed its ever-hungry maw.
nem0fazer

Yes its fantastic. Now about the FB comment: You get it only gets what you put in right? I’m no huge fan but I do enjoy the interaction with friends in the UK since moving to Canada.
Maybe I’m wrong but I can’t see what he’s going to profit from looking at my (incorrect) birthday. I don’t use apps and haven’t listed any likes.
RedShirt77

If you wear this in Florida, how many times do they shoot you?
- satn
  
  Once…
  
  with an arrow….
  
  to the knee.