TOUGHMESH™ FABRIC — THE ITALIAN JOB
Built in the USA, a featherweight training shirt that thrives during your hardest workouts and dries lightning fast. We built these tees to our exacting standards using proprietary, made-in-Italy ToughMesh™ fabric.
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication” - da Vinci
ToughMesh™ is our world-class, featherweight fabric milled at the foothills of the Italian Alps, not far from where da Vinci painted The Last Supper. It took us five years to develop, test and prove a fabric that could thrive in our way of life — no cost, time, or rigor was spared to create a line of apparel that’s tough enough to endure the demands of rucking and training and will dry long before you can drink your first beer, which will be well earned.
We’re proud of the outcome — wear it hard.
- Built out of world-class, featherweight ToughMesh™
- Badass GORUCK spearhead on chest
- Made in the USA
- Off the shoulder seams for minimal friction when rucking
- Charcoal: 80% Nylon, 15% Elastane, 5% Polyester
- Black & Ranger Green: 85% Nylon, 15% Elastane
- Acid Lime: 85% Polyamid, 15% Elastane
- About ToughMesh™:
- “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication” - da Vinci. T’s transition easily from the driveway to the streets to the bar. With and without a ruck on your back.
- ToughMesh™ weighs only 100GSM (grams per square meter). That’s 30-40% less weight than normal performance fabrics.
- To make the fabric tough enough, we use nylon (then add a little stretch). The polyester version repeatedly failed our testing and cost us an extra year that we’ll never get back.
- Every roll of fabric takes 6 hours to complete, using 44 gauge needles. Standard fabric takes 45 minutes and uses 20 gauge needles. Quality takes time.
- Mini-perforations are woven into the fabric to increase airflow, speed up dry time and decrease weight. They’re small and mighty but do not dominate the aesthetic of the shirt.
- Antimicrobial treatment is added into the fibers themselves, before the fabric is woven in Italy. This process ensures a significantly longer lifespan of odor resistance across repeated washings. Lesser fabrics are simply “coated” after they’re milled - which wears off in just a few cycles of a high powered washing machine.
- UPF 35 (this provides 97%+ coverage) to protect your skin from the sun.
- Off the shoulder seams remove friction while wearing a ruck - which we hope you do often.
Half Chest Width: Measured 1" below the armhole, from one side seam to the other.
Center Front Length: Measured from the neck seam straight down to the bottom front hem.
Shoulder to Hem Length: Measured from the top of the shoulder down to the front hem.
Neck Width: Measured straight across the neckline opening, from edge to edge.
| In Inches | HALF CHEST WIDTH | CENTER FRONT LENGTH | SHOULDER TO HEM LENGTH | NECK WIDTH |
| S | 19 | 21 5⁄8 | 26 3⁄4 | 6 3⁄4 |
| M | 20 1⁄4 | 22 5⁄8 | 27 7⁄8 | 6 7⁄8 |
| L | 21 1⁄2 | 23 5⁄8 | 29 | 7 |
| XL | 22 3⁄4 | 24 5⁄8 | 20 1⁄8 | 7 1⁄8 |
| XXL | 24 | 25 5⁄8 | 31 1⁄4 | 7 1⁄4 |