01five zips
A 70 cm two-way front zip under a storm flap. Open from the bottom to sit down or reach a pocket underneath.
prototype 02 · field testing
dispatch
palace lobbyairport tarmaclast train homedive bar
one parka for all four.
COMBINE · outerwear
dispatch parka
tough, tactical, sharp, and ordinary enough to disappear in a crowd.
A knee-length A-line parka built as the outer shell of a layering system. It is not meant to be warm on its own: it is cut generously enough to go over a suit jacket and a down gilet without crushing either, and it keeps wind and wet snow off everything underneath.
not yet for sale
prototype 02 on a twelve-month field test.
first run in preparation.
first run in preparation.
- shell
- 270 gsm cotton/poly/elastane twill, DWR-finished
- cut
- A-line, just above the knee, room to layer
- colour
- deep blue, reads black in low light
- closure
- 70 cm two-way zip under a buttoned storm flap
- pockets
- eight: four outside, four inside
- hood
- roll-away, wired peak, two-point adjustment
fabric & weather
A 270 gsm twill of cotton, polyester and a little elastane. Heavy enough that wind doesn't whip it, light enough not to trap heat, with enough stretch to move over a suit jacket.
A durable water-repellent finish makes drizzle and wet snow bead off. It is water-repellent, not waterproof: for hours of steady rain, it is not the right tool.
fit & sizing
Cut oversized on purpose, so the layers underneath keep their loft. Raglan sleeves run long and roll up, and a hidden strap closes each cuff.
Reference measurements, size L:
status
Prototype 02 arrived in September 2026 and is now worn for a full year, in every season and every kind of assignment, before anything is produced.
details
Every feature answers a problem we met on the job: lost umbrellas, cold hands on the tarmac, a phone that has to stay dry and reachable.
02storm flap
Tortoiseshell-style buttons over the zip: the formal face of the coat, and a second line against the wind.
03long sleeves
Raglan sleeves cut long, to roll up or strap closed at the wrist with a hidden tab.
06deep pockets
Two very large flap pockets at the hip, for gloves, a radio, a folded scarf.
08roll-away hood
Voluminous, with a wired peak and chin and crown adjustment. Rolls into the collar when it isn't needed. Too many umbrellas lost in the storm.
09patch fields
Loop panels on the sleeves for a name, a language, a team. Or nothing at all.
11one-hand cinch
An internal waist cord with spring toggles at the hip, clear of the zip. Loose in winter, tight in summer.
12inside pockets
Two at the chest for a phone and a notebook, two at the hip for a water bottle, a power bank or a book.
layering
Three climates we actually work in, and how to dress for each one.
no single layer can keep you safe. so this one doesn't try.
DISPATCH is deliberately not warm by itself. It is the shell: it cuts the wind, sheds wet snow and holds its shape, while the layers underneath do the insulating.
Change what you wear under it, and the same coat works from a summer storm to a dry freeze in the mountains.
summer stormanywhere
↓°C, fast
over a t-shirt
- DISPATCHshell
- t-shirtbase
outsideskin
Unlined, the twill breathes over a single layer. Air comes in at the hem and leaves at the collar, so you stay dry without overheating.
cinch tightcuffs strappedhood out
damp coldzürich
0°C, humid
over a suit
- DISPATCHshell
- down giletwarmth
- suit jacketformal
- button-downbase
outsideskin
The worst weather for a wool coat. The water-repellent shell keeps drizzle and wet snow off the down, and the generous cut gives warmth without bulk.
cinch loosestorm flap closed
deep freezedavos
−16°C, dry
over a wool coat
- DISPATCHshell
- wool coatinsulation
- down giletwarmth
- suit jacketformal
- button-downbase
outsideskin
Dry snow doesn't melt into the cloth, and the tight weave blocks the wind. The wool traps air, the gilet holds the core, and the shell sits over both without crushing the down.
cinch loosehood upcuffs strapped
one colour
No camouflage, no high-vis. A blue that belongs as much at a gala door as at a station platform.
blue in the sun, black in the dark
Deep enough to read as black at night and indoors, it opens up to a lighter blue in daylight. Formal without being a uniform.
prototype 02
Delivered September 2026. Now worn on assignment for a year, through every season, before a single production piece is cut.
prototype 01 february 2023, ventile cottonprototype 02 september 2026, 270 gsm twillnext after the field test
workwear for people whose job is to look after others
for the common and the novel, the blue and the white collar, the artist, the model, the host and the visitor, for the high and the low brow, the architect, the builder, the student, the teacher, the writer and the reader.
the COMBINE motto
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No cart yet, and no deposit. Write to us and we'll tell you when the first run is cut.
studio@extraworks.ch- tell us your usual jacket size
- and what you'd wear it for