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Allied Feather + Down

Rethinking Circularity / Garments Apart / III

10 April 2026

8 minutes

Circularity cannot be retrofitted onto a finished product; it must be resolved as a structural constraint before construction ever begins.

Recyclable Materials Mean Nothing if the Product Cannot Be Disassembled

Performance outerwear is among the most technically complex categories in apparel—and among the hardest to recycle. Multi-material construction, bonded membranes, and inseparable trims have long made end-of-life recovery a structural impossibility rather than a logistical inconvenience. A new research and development project is testing whether design for disassembly can change that calculus from the ground up.

Subir Ghosh

Feature

Wireframe: Why Garments Must Come Apart

Rethinking Circularity / Garments Apart / II

8 April 2026

7 minutes

The argument for circular outerwear does not begin at the end of a garment's life. It begins with what the garment is made from, and why those choices matter.

Circular Design Is Not Compromising Performance; It Is Redefining What Performance Means

High-performance outerwear has been optimised, for decades, around functional benchmarks that left little room for circular thinking. A project built around one garment—drawing on down insulation, heat-dissolvable stitching, and recycled nylon shell fabric—is testing whether that incompatibility is real or assumed. The findings, drawn from contributors across the supply chain, suggest the conflict is more a question of material selection than structural limitation.

Subir Ghosh

Feature

Wireframe: Why Garments Must Come Apart

Rethinking Circularity / Garments Apart / I

6 April 2026

8 minutes

Where performance apparel meets its limits, the real question is not what a garment is made from, but how it was conceived to end.

Four Partners, One Jacket, and a New Logic for End-of-Life

The gap between recyclable components and a recoverable product has long defined the limits of sustainable apparel. The Peak Performance R&D Helium Loop Anorak, built in collaboration with four specialist partners, was designed to close that gap—by treating end-of-life disassembly not as an afterthought but as the primary constraint governing every construction and material decision.

Subir Ghosh

Feature

Wireframe: Why Garments Must Come Apart

PRESS RELEASE / Launch

16 March 2026

3 minutes

Until now, performance products that combine multiple materials, such as natural down insulation, zippers, and elastic trims, have been nearly impossible to recycle due to the complexity of disassembly at the end-of-life.

Allied Feather + Down, NetPlus, and Resortecs Launch a Paradigm-Shifting Circularity Solution

MONTEBELLO, U.S.: Allied Feather + Down, NetPlus , Pertex, and Resortecs, leaders in circularity, recycling, and advanced materials, are joining forces with the Swedish backcountry ski apparel makers at Peak Performance to introduce a paradigm-shifting circular jacket.

Until now, performance products that combine multiple materials, such as natural...

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

6 March 2026

3 minutes

ExpeDRY down was developed specifically to combat internal humidity. By integrating gold particles at the molecular level, the technology speeds the evaporation of moisture within the down cluster itself, actively working to maintain loft in damp or high-exertion conditions.

eVent Fabrics and ALLIED Feather + Down Redefine Down Jacket Performance

LEAWOOD, U.S.: eVent Fabrics, a global leader in waterproof and breathable fabric technologies, has partnered with ALLIED Feather + Down to demonstrate a new evolution in down jacket performance. Debuting at Performance Days in Munich, March 18–19, the concept system addresses one of the most persistent limitations in insulated outerwear: internal...

PRESS RELEASE / Launch

21 November 2025

3 minutes

ALLIED Feather + Down, NetPlus, and Resortecs Launch a Paradigm-Shifting Circularity Solution with Peak Performance

MONTEBELLO, CALIFORNIA: ALLIED Feather + Down, NetPlus, PERTEX, and Resortecs, leaders in circularity, recycling, and advanced materials, are joining forces with the Swedish backcountry ski apparel makers at Peak Performance to introduce a paradigm-shifting circular jacket.

Until now, performance products that combine multiple materials, such as...

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

5 September 2025

2 minutes

Allied is working with the supply chain specialists at Green Threads DPP on a comprehensive audit of their down processing facilities.

Gold Standard for Down Transparency Introduced at PV Paris

MONTEBELLO, U.S.: Allied Feather + Down, global leaders in high performance, responsibly sourced, and sustainably processed down, is preparing for a more transparent textiles future by expanding their supply chain transparency initiatives and sharing initial insights with the market at Permière Vision Paris this September.

As the Ecodesign for...

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

13 May 2025

2 minutes

The Palisade Insulator is created with NetPlus recycled nylon made from discarded fishing nets collected from coastal communities around the world. These nets are cleaned, sorted, and transformed into high-quality 100% post-consumer recycled nylon through a recycling process.

Strafe Pushes the Limits of Sustainable Performance: The New Palisade Down Insulator

ASPEN, COLORADO, U.S.: Known for their forward-thinking and technical mountain apparel, Strafe Outerwear has just announced the launch of their first down piece - the Palisade Down Insulator.

Created in partnership with industry leaders Pertex, NetPlus, and Allied Feather + Down, and staying true to their commitment to sustainability and...

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

27 November 2024

2 minutes

Montane will offer ExpeDRY in 100% of their down jackets, being the first to adopt the technology over all down jackets.

Montane Adopts Allied's ExpeDRY Across Down Product Offering

MONTEBELLO, CALIF., U.S.: Allied Feather + Down (AF+D), global leaders in high performance, ethically sourced, and recycled down, will be supplying their high performance ExpeDRY ultra dry down to Montane for their fall 2025 down apparel line.

ExpeDRY represents the evolution of performance down for use in extreme situations, replacing chemical...

PRESS RELEASE / Event

20 November 2024

2 minutes

The award-winning 1000 Fill Power jacket joins a growing line of ALLIED apparel that is specifically designed with a look to the future, where the lines between fashion and performance outerwear continue to blur.

Allied Feather + Down’s 1000 Fill Power ExpeDRY Insulated Jacket Takes Home 2024 ISPO Award

Montebello, Calif., U.S.: Allied Feather + Down (AF+D), global leaders in high performance, ethically sourced, and recycled down, is proud to announce their new 1000 Fill Power ExpeDRY down jacket is a 2024 ISPO Award winner.

Created in partnership with Japanese-based textile trading company MN Inter-Fashion, this jacket is made from an extremely...