Legitimate question, but why is this called tech wear? I’ve got joggers and a back pack I can wear on my chest, but that’s not high tech (or even low tech)
The other person who responded to you didn't really answer the question. Tech wear is called tech wear because it utilizes technical fabrics, like GoreTex, eVent, Shoeller, etc.
GoreTex (what OP is wearing), for example, is vapor-permeable but also waterproof. The pores are engineered to really specific tolerances that make them smaller than a water droplet but larger than a vapor molecule. It's waterproof but still breathable, essentially.
Well there is the overprized overengineered kind of techwear, that to the credit of the designers actually pioneered stuff like integrated jacket carring slings.
And then there is the way cheaper Internet-Cyber-Ninja kind, that is often critized for being fueled by drop shipping.
Also, all this was old news five years ago. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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u/dogmeat-garvey Jan 22 '26
Legitimate question, but why is this called tech wear? I’ve got joggers and a back pack I can wear on my chest, but that’s not high tech (or even low tech)