کھیلنا · KHELNA · verb (Urdu)
1. to play 2. to sport 3. to frolic
WE PLAY, A LOT
Living in Vancouver, we get to play in everything from snowy mountains in winter, to rainy trails in spring, to hot courts in summer.
The outdoors is for playing, not conquering. That means staying curious, trying new things, and moving freely. Bouldering, mountain biking, snowshoeing, whatever's next.
The more we played, the more we noticed what we were wearing: how it let us move and how it interacted with the environment around us.
WE'VE BEEN THERE
Freezing wet on a mountain. Drenched after a pickup game. Burning up on a summer hike.
Growing up as immigrant kids in Canada, we didn't know how to layer for snow, which fabrics breathed, or what kept the sun off. And even if we had, most technical apparel was made for elite athletes and looked like equipment, not clothes. Nothing we'd actually wear.
So we made the gear we couldn't find.
WE GOT CURIOUS
Two things mattered to us: clothes built for play, and clothes we'd actually wear.
So we got curious about how to do both at once.
We start with developing fabrics with the world's leading technical mills. Then construction: how the garment breathes, sheds water, blocks UV, moves with the body — all of it has to work together. Then testing — and re-testing — in the real conditions every piece is built for.
DESIGNED FOR PLAY
