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29 October 2018

15y: DSPTCH x 3sixteen Capsule.

15y: DSPTCH x 3sixteen Capsule.
A model wears a black logo tshirt with an olive backpack on his back.
A model wears a black tshirt and an olive backpack facing away from the camera, so the bag can be seen clearly.

Our friendship with DSPTCH's founder, Rich Liu, goes back over 10 years. We first met when he was buying for a shop that carried our brand; he came on later to help us out with our website, and when he launched his own bag company, DSPTCH, a few short years after, we were glad to be able to support each other as two growing small businesses. Because our companies share a commitment to local manufacturing, lasting materials, and enduring design work, our annual collaboration projects always seem to come together naturally.

15y: DSPTCH x 3sixteen Capsule.
A diptych of a model wearing an olive backpack and an up-close look at the texture of the tan BDU.
A side profile portrait of a model wearing the tan BDU; to the right, the two graphic tshirts are folded and laying on a concrete floor.
A man puts a wallet into a storage pouch inside the backpack; to the right, he wears the same black backpack on his right shoulder.
An up close look at the water-resistant beading of the tan BDU fabric.

This year, to help celebrate our 15 year anniversary, we got a little more ambitious and worked together to expand the capsule collection. We kept the idea of combining waxed canvas and leather to create premium daypacks and created new colorways. In addition to the bags, though, we designed a graphic tee and a special version of our BDU jacket out of Ventile. Originally designed in England and now manufactured in Switzerland, Ventile is a technical 100% cotton fabric that is highly breathable and water repellent, and was first used for the British RAF in 1943 as well as the first summit of Mount Everest in 1953. What's remarkable about Ventile is that it's a completely uncoated fabric; the water repellency comes from the tight weave and the natural properties of the yarns, which swell when introduced to water.

Our graphic tees were designed to represent shared ideals and a commitment to high quality domestic manufacturing. The graphic references old factory tshirts and is printed on our standard heavyweight jersey tees.

A front view of the black backpack while a model holds it between his legs while sitting on a bench.
A man puts a laptop into a grey backpack.
The model slings the black backpack over his right shoulder casually.

We made a few updates to our collaborative Daypack, a staple bag style in the DSPTCH lineup. While past iterations featured a 10oz waxed canvas, we've upped the material to a super heavyweight 18oz waxed twill. We took a tonal color approach to this season's bags, matching up leathers and zipper pulls to the canvas colors for a different look. There are four colorways in total: Olive Drab, Field Tan, Grey, and Black. Each one features YKK Racquet Coil luggage-grade zippers, Duraflex mil-spec hardware, nylon webbing, a nylon water-resistant lining, and high-flow mesh for the straps and bag backing. 

All four colorways of the backpack sit on the ground together, in the following order from left to right: olive, tan, grey and black.
A closer look at the four backpacks in the same order.
An angled low view of the four backpacks in the same order.

The DSPTCH x 3sixteen 15y Capsule Collection launches this Friday, November 2nd at the following retail locations:

3sixteen LA
DSPTCH SF
DSPTCH NY
DSPTCH Tokyo

The full collection will also be available via 3sixteen.com and DSPTCH.com at noon EDT on 11/2. 

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