Eco Possum Wool Jacket MKM ORIGINALS

Wrap up warm in this comfortable fitted full zip jacket made with ECO blend possum merino wool (see more info below on this innovative yarn). Features two front pouch pockets, double layer bands and a snug warm ribbed neck. Designed as part of our MKM Originals work wear range this jacket is also perfect for casual wear.

Made in New Zealand in Palmerston North

Brand; MKM Originals

Eco Blend Composition; 

60% recycled possum & merino WOOL, 25% natural fibres (wool/silk/angora *) and 15% nylon for strength

Eco blend is a MKM innovation that builds on the environmentally friendly and sustainable properties of woolen garments. When yarn is spun 'fibre fluff' is produced which is ordinarily discarded. This fibre has been collected and re-spun to create an entirely new yarn that's warm, soft and tough.

* Content varies due to the source fibre originally being spun

Sizes available: S-2XL

Chest = across under arm x2 for around chest

Length = neck to hem 

CBN = Center Back neck to cuff

Care Instructions to preserve your beautiful garment

Cold Hand Wash in mild detergent, rinse well
Do not wring
Do not tumble dry
Dry in flat shade

Why choose Possum Merino garments?

Hollow corepossum fibre – traps a tunnel of air providing up to 55% more warmth than a 100% wool garment. Blending possum fibre with superfinemerino reduces the overall weight of a garment by up to 20%. Both possum and merino fibres have a complex cuticle, absorbing and expelling moisture vapour from both the external environment and the body microclimate in changing conditions, making the blend an ideal mix for insulating the body and maintaining core temperature. This blend is also highly resistant to pilling, and a much lower, if any, irritability factor as anyone who owns one of these durable garments can confirm.

Choosing Eco Luxury Fur helps save New Zealand plants and wildlife

New Zealand is the only place in the world that the fibre can be harvested so it remains extremely scarce on a global basis, making it the pink diamond of the eco-luxury fur world. Your choice helps drive demand for possum fibre, reducing the numbers of a pest that has a severe negative effect on native New Zealand flora and fauna, making your choice environmentally sound.

Introduced from Australia by early settlers, the numbers of brushtail possums multiplied exponentially in their non-native environment in the ideal climate with abundant food and no natural predators. Hand-gathering the fur is environmentally friendly and doesn't further endanger New Zealand's native wild life.