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Helly Hansen

The story of Helly Hansen started in 1877. After many years at sea, Norwegian captain Helly Juell Hansen and his wife Mares Margarethe began producing oilskin jackets, trousers, sou'westers and tarpaulins, made from coarse linen soaked in linseed oil. The layering story was completed in the 1970s, with the development of LIFA. This wonder-fibre, used in LIFA, kept the skin dry and warm by pushing moisture away from the body, making it the ideal base layer fabric for outdoor and work wear use. The latest generation of LIFA is still used in their base layers today. Today their gear is used by world-class sailors, skiers and adventurers who spend their time between human will and nature's forces, and demand full protection and performance when the conditions are at their worst.

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