Bulletproof clothing – cool stuff

Let’s say you are Will Smith in Bad Boys II – suave, stylish, and a continuously being shot at. You know you should be wearing a bulletproof vest, but it is heavy and unattractive, something you do not want to be wearing at 2am while trying to get your groove on in a club with the hot Puerto Rican girl from work. However, you are still a potential target…what do you do?

Miguel Caballero has a solution for you. This Colombian born (where there is demand, there will be supply…) tailor has patented a fibre that is a weave of polyester and nylon, which while remaining lightweight and easy fitting, can withstand close range gunfire and knife attacks. Pretty cool stuff. Caballero is very confident in his product, demonstrated by the fact that he has been shot three times while wearing his garments (during testing mind you), escaping unscathed after each attempt, as well as by the fact that each of his additional hires is also required to be shot at while wearing the clothing because Caballero believes that if you aren’t confident in the product, you can’t sell it. However, the stuff appears to work, and according to Caballero, “if this products functions in Colombia, you have the guarantee it will stop any type of bullet in any place in the world”. Who is going to argue with that?

What differentiates Caballero’s clothing line from your run of the mill bulletproof stuff is that his products can be worn comfortably, a bulletproof jacket weighing only 2.6 pounds, about as much as a jacket you would pick up at Macy’s. This is contrasted with the 11 pounds a standard, SWAT issue jacket weighs. Now, as more and more people are starting to hear about his product, Mr. Caballero’s clientele list has grown, and now includes high profile people such as President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia, and the Prince of Spain. As soon as this makes it big in the US, it shouldn’t be long before we see some of this stuff on the next episode of Cribs as I am sure he will be adding people like 50 Cent, P.Diddy and the entire Oakland Raiders football team to the list of clients. Who can see a merger between his company and Sean John? Anyone? “Protects like armour, fits like Armani” is the apparent tag line for the stuff…slick. Real slick.

A quick word of caution however: don’t go buying this stuff up bootleg. It might not work as well as you would like…

Cheers,
Taps

Picture courtesy of CNNMoney