Hey Antwon! Big fan and first time commenter here. I'm not sure anyone har answered this yet but having worked with outdoor jacket design and actually know what that bottom button is for. Well, on outdoor gear at least. It's used for ventilation in rain, snow and/or wind. It sounds weird but you zip up your jacket, button the button and the open the the zip from the bottom as much as you need. This keeps the jacket fitted to the body but you get a large central ventilation point. This is great in high output activity where pit zips simply are not good enough. Don't know if this is applicable to this jacket but it's the reason for that button on most if not all hiking and skiing jackets with a double zip. Love the channel!
I like military style clothes and have been struggling to find techwear jackets I like that aren't incredibly subdued and greyman. this is exactly what ive been looking for
my idea for the button on the bottom is to use the button in the middle but like it's windy so you do the button on the bottom to keep the jacket from flapping around without needing to zip it up all the way. kind of like securing the jacket while allowing yourself the breathability still.
This thing is a god damned work of art & a masterpiece at that. Both in the design aesthetic & the functionality. Way outta my budget but if I had fuck you money I wouldn't think twice about snapping this up. Nike, Adidas, and other sportswear brands really need to take note here & catch up. If one of them introduced something this bad ass looking with even just half the features in the $250-$300 price range I'd snap it up.
12:50 isn't it for when you sit down? That's also why I love two-way zippers.. you can pull the lower one up a little to be less restricted when sitting down. Second advantage, when you wear a small sling bag underneath it gives you extra room..
My winter jacket is broken. But only the zip. This has just inspired me to sow a special cool zip in. Expensive jackets are faaaar out of my price range. But I can sow. So im here to find cool features i can add to my projects.
Thanks to your video, totally convinced me buying it on SSENSE (Size XS -- last piece) at $1272. (Acronym or Gore-Tex shall pay you PR fees!) Normally wearing a size S (US), but the XS works perfect on me.
Think this was the 3rd video I seen after finding this channel a few days ago and had this jacket on my mind since then. The £1800-£2000 price I seen everywhere was a bullet I wasn't gonna bite but just found one for £1500 in London no less. Not regretting the purchase, my bank balance does though lol
Did you say what size you were wearing? You've convinced me to buy this but i don't know if i should go medium or small. Found some on the after market
The semi small zip option at the bottom of the jacket is for when you sit down, dude. It prevents the coat from bunching up at the bottom. You will learn the ways of fashion young grasshopper... ;p
I feel sizing up on this one doesn't make sense - the stretchy parts would allow enough freedom of movement if you got your true size. The jacket looks too big and unflattering when sized up.
Perfect jacket in every sense. Like you say, the colours per section in this one were extremely well thought out! Those hood poppers feel strong enough when the hood is cinched?
My favorite Acronym jacket to drop this season was the J91-WS. Absolutely insane attention to detail and the Schwarzrot color is beautiful, especially for the fall.
Thanks for the video. This is a very nice jacket, and adding some stretch is needed. I tried Polartec neoshell in an Enfin Levé piece and the feeling is great. Water-resistance & Strech.
Really thoughtful review ! You mentioned this jacket and colorway as a good entry in the Acronym brand and I totaly get where you come from. I would love for you to address if and how the item you are reviewing could be added in to a more casual/mainstream/streetwear look. For example the J16-GT might look easy to add in a weekly rotation, but I'm not sure how I could mix it with my current daily pants and sneakers. PS : Cheers from France, that Baguette pouch looks promising. Would a bottle of wine fit on the other side ? :)
Thanks! Good point for sure, something like this suits more obviously technical-looking clothes better than ultra-minimal stuff purely because of how complex it looks, but I still think it works as a statement item. You'd get a bottle of wine in there easily, perfect for date night!
I cannot wear ARCRONYM clothing because I ride an electric unicycle and need lvl 2 armor in the shoulders, elbows, back, knees, and hips. With all of the amazing features their products have, NONE of them provide armour slits/pockets in the jackets or pants at all. I would think there would be a line of high performance wear for people in my position. Antwan, if you ever see this, please ask to have them think about this concept. You have more of an "in" than I do and this would open up their market significantly. I would love to wear the J-16, but if I wipe out going 40mph with it on, it won't matter how many features it has, my body will be wrecked and so will the jacket. There's no Kevlar or places to slide in armour in anything they make for it to be worn by everyone who doesn't use an automobile for transportation. Seems like a no-brainer to me, but only because I have that use case. With how expensive ARCRONYM's clothing is, I cannot ever justify the ROI cost to value ratio.
I'm with you there. I'm a cybergoth and while I love the style in its setting, I feel so damned ostentatious just walking down the high street in them!
One of the best ACRNYM jackets ever but not a big fan of the triangles on the back I appreciate the functionality behind it but it kills the authentic a little bit but still a 9-10 outta 10
Nice video, I'm curious what you think about the "new" nike mmw collection, I've been looking at it but the prices seem insane, 600 euros for a sports jacket, but it does consist of a bunch of pieces that form it so I guess? curious what the comment section thinks too
Thanks! Yeah, MMW is certainly pricey although I've seen previous collections on sale so it's worth holding out for sure if you're interested. I saw Johnny Thai got one of the more recent jackets 50% off
As someone who isn't into fashion but is into technical outdoor gear this jacket confuses me. Using goretex pro but then having stretch panels that reduce the waterproofing, as well as a hood that snaps on and so has gaps around the base just confuses me. Could use standard goretex and be 1/3 the price, feel the same and function the same.
They're some wool 'smartphone' gloves so you can use touch screens. I think they were a Christmas present a long time ago so not sure where they're from!
Wow, this is the perfect jacket, it´s my ultimate grail i really play on buying it, but i don´t have the money for it right now, for how long will it be available on the acronym webside?
Hey Antwon, can you check a cool jacket from Indonesia The brand is Iwearzule and the jacket called EZIO ADAPT 2.0, it gots 25 features on a single jacket
excluding the fashion talk, the main thing that pulls me back is to see what he will introduce himself in the next video as - "hey whats up, this is arithmetic nightmare here"
I ended up cutting quite a lot of out this video (originally it was 27 minutes which was just ridiculous) but the bag/spec sheet discussion was one of those parts. It's something I'm keen to talk about in a future video, but I'd totally understand anyone not familiar with the brand and spending such a large amount to be disappointed if they're expecting a luxury unboxing experience that you'd likely find with other high-end brands
Watching these vids about Acronym stuff is like watching Let's Plays on new games when your PC sucks
Holy fuck man that is so true
+++
This jacket is truly beautiful, absolutely love the colour on this and those features, especially the added panels!
Thanks! For sure, so much to like on this one
but the price is scary >w
Hey Antwon! Big fan and first time commenter here. I'm not sure anyone har answered this yet but having worked with outdoor jacket design and actually know what that bottom button is for. Well, on outdoor gear at least.
It's used for ventilation in rain, snow and/or wind. It sounds weird but you zip up your jacket, button the button and the open the the zip from the bottom as much as you need. This keeps the jacket fitted to the body but you get a large central ventilation point. This is great in high output activity where pit zips simply are not good enough.
Don't know if this is applicable to this jacket but it's the reason for that button on most if not all hiking and skiing jackets with a double zip.
Love the channel!
I like military style clothes and have been struggling to find techwear jackets I like that aren't incredibly subdued and greyman. this is exactly what ive been looking for
my idea for the button on the bottom is to use the button in the middle but like it's windy so you do the button on the bottom to keep the jacket from flapping around without needing to zip it up all the way. kind of like securing the jacket while allowing yourself the breathability still.
I love Busy Jackets, they are EVERYTHING to me. God if I was wealthy I'd probably have something like this...
THE P5R BACKGROUND MUSIC THO 🔥
It's a banger
This thing is a god damned work of art & a masterpiece at that. Both in the design aesthetic & the functionality. Way outta my budget but if I had fuck you money I wouldn't think twice about snapping this up. Nike, Adidas, and other sportswear brands really need to take note here & catch up. If one of them introduced something this bad ass looking with even just half the features in the $250-$300 price range I'd snap it up.
I received my J16-GT jacket today. It's really great! Thank you for your helpful review ;)
12:50 isn't it for when you sit down? That's also why I love two-way zippers.. you can pull the lower one up a little to be less restricted when sitting down.
Second advantage, when you wear a small sling bag underneath it gives you extra room..
Yes it is! Also great for in the car, and let's not forget riding a bike. Super useful actually
Looking great mate! I also really love all the colour nuances within the jacket 👌
My winter jacket is broken. But only the zip. This has just inspired me to sow a special cool zip in.
Expensive jackets are faaaar out of my price range. But I can sow. So im here to find cool features i can add to my projects.
Thanks to your video, totally convinced me buying it on SSENSE (Size XS -- last piece) at $1272. (Acronym or Gore-Tex shall pay you PR fees!) Normally wearing a size S (US), but the XS works perfect on me.
Awesome! Glad you like it - I'll get emailing Acronym now for the fees haha
As mentioned on Reddit already: love the color!
Wow congrats on the 88k subs! When I was in the tech wear style you had 12k. That is awesome
Thanks so much! Honestly the amount of support has been awesome especially in the last few months
Think this was the 3rd video I seen after finding this channel a few days ago and had this jacket on my mind since then. The £1800-£2000 price I seen everywhere was a bullet I wasn't gonna bite but just found one for £1500 in London no less. Not regretting the purchase, my bank balance does though lol
This channel is the best space on TH-cam
Thank you very much, this Video really helped me to decide which (first acrnm) jacket to buy. Now i Need a Review on the J1L - GT
I wish you would review more commonly priced things
Did you say what size you were wearing? You've convinced me to buy this but i don't know if i should go medium or small. Found some on the after market
This one is size L but I later changed to M (my usual size) which fits better imo. This jacket fits a little roomy imo
@@ThisIsAntwon really appreciate that! Love your videos
The semi small zip option at the bottom of the jacket is for when you sit down, dude. It prevents the coat from bunching up at the bottom. You will learn the ways of fashion young grasshopper... ;p
excited for next weeks video, sounds like its going to be a fun time
Hope to see more brands using the top open zipper in the future. As you said: Such a cool feature.
Thanks for the review, man! Your videos are always so thorough and the edits are funny
I feel sizing up on this one doesn't make sense - the stretchy parts would allow enough freedom of movement if you got your true size. The jacket looks too big and unflattering when sized up.
idk that's up to you. i think it looks very nice
Perfect jacket in every sense. Like you say, the colours per section in this one were extremely well thought out!
Those hood poppers feel strong enough when the hood is cinched?
My favorite Acronym jacket to drop this season was the J91-WS. Absolutely insane attention to detail and the Schwarzrot color is beautiful, especially for the fall.
Thought the exact same thing! I should be getting mine in soon. Very excited as it's my first ACR purchase
Always love when you cop ACR. Truly living the dream!!! The J16 -GT in green looks so niiiice! Great video as usual.
this is the sickest jacket. also the size fits perfect on u
Thanks for the video. This is a very nice jacket, and adding some stretch is needed.
I tried Polartec neoshell in an Enfin Levé piece and the feeling is great. Water-resistance & Strech.
Really thoughtful review ! You mentioned this jacket and colorway as a good entry in the Acronym brand and I totaly get where you come from.
I would love for you to address if and how the item you are reviewing could be added in to a more casual/mainstream/streetwear look. For example the J16-GT might look easy to add in a weekly rotation, but I'm not sure how I could mix it with my current daily pants and sneakers.
PS : Cheers from France, that Baguette pouch looks promising. Would a bottle of wine fit on the other side ? :)
Thanks!
Good point for sure, something like this suits more obviously technical-looking clothes better than ultra-minimal stuff purely because of how complex it looks, but I still think it works as a statement item.
You'd get a bottle of wine in there easily, perfect for date night!
Can acronym jackets actually be wore in the outdoors? Meaning taking them on winter hikes etc.
Yes definitely - I've worn my J1A a few times hiking
Best jacket for sneaking snack into movie theater
TRUE
06:33 is the best part imo
The size and fit was great on you, what are your measurements?
Nice jacket. Gonna sell a kidney for this
A vid on Acronym and value would be great
What do you think about the costumes in the new Dune movie?
I think it’s you best review ever, thank you very much for all you work.
Thanks! Really appreciate the kind words
Congrats on this one. Keep killin it, king!
Kindly, does anyone from the USA understand how acronym sizes are? I usually buy Large to XLarge. Thanks
I cannot wear ARCRONYM clothing because I ride an electric unicycle and need lvl 2 armor in the shoulders, elbows, back, knees, and hips. With all of the amazing features their products have, NONE of them provide armour slits/pockets in the jackets or pants at all. I would think there would be a line of high performance wear for people in my position.
Antwan, if you ever see this, please ask to have them think about this concept. You have more of an "in" than I do and this would open up their market significantly. I would love to wear the J-16, but if I wipe out going 40mph with it on, it won't matter how many features it has, my body will be wrecked and so will the jacket. There's no Kevlar or places to slide in armour in anything they make for it to be worn by everyone who doesn't use an automobile for transportation. Seems like a no-brainer to me, but only because I have that use case.
With how expensive ARCRONYM's clothing is, I cannot ever justify the ROI cost to value ratio.
"I have enough black jackets already"... HERESY!
holygrail new jacket💪
What pants are you wearing?
I still can’t get into techwear pants. Jackets I can but I feel like full techwear fits sometimes just look ridiculous in real life.
I'm with you there. I'm a cybergoth and while I love the style in its setting, I feel so damned ostentatious just walking down the high street in them!
I got this in black as I don't have too many black jackets 😉. It really is a fantastic looking and performing thing.
still looking good buddy
That escape zip function is SO COOL.
One of the best ACRNYM jackets ever but not a big fan of the triangles on the back I appreciate the functionality behind it but it kills the authentic a little bit but still a 9-10 outta 10
Thank god the bread fits in!!
I know right, smh imagine owning a jacket without an Acronym BreadFit pocket system
@@ThisIsAntwon hahahah!
What you think about Reebok Instapump Fury X GORE-TEX INFINIUM?
I thought they looked pretty cool! Seems like they released very quietly though, and not at many retailers
Nice video, I'm curious what you think about the "new" nike mmw collection, I've been looking at it but the prices seem insane, 600 euros for a sports jacket, but it does consist of a bunch of pieces that form it so I guess? curious what the comment section thinks too
Thanks! Yeah, MMW is certainly pricey although I've seen previous collections on sale so it's worth holding out for sure if you're interested. I saw Johnny Thai got one of the more recent jackets 50% off
hey! what rings are u wearing?
The plain steel one is from Vitaly and the X-shaped one is from Arxiome!
You have a girlfriend? Oh sorry, I thought you said you were a gamer. I'm going to have to talk to the council about this.
Just because she's 2D doesn't mean she's not my girlfriend
@@ThisIsAntwon I think its described as double d.
One of the coolest jackets I’ve ever seen omg
This jacket is 3 thousand dollars in Australia not including shipping
Another one to the collection!
i will forever want this jacket but never be able to afford it
As someone who isn't into fashion but is into technical outdoor gear this jacket confuses me. Using goretex pro but then having stretch panels that reduce the waterproofing, as well as a hood that snaps on and so has gaps around the base just confuses me. Could use standard goretex and be 1/3 the price, feel the same and function the same.
I loved the Evangelion reference at 2:36 lol
Where do I get the gloves he wore, what were they called?
They're just some unbranded wool gloves, nothing special!
@@ThisIsAntwon special, to me🥴
Actually think the larger sizing works better, it holds up nicely as a slightly oversized fit and think it packs more of a punch because of it.
(When) Will you do a winter shoe video this year?
Cool jacket, I will eventuality buy an acronim jacket it’s definitely a bucket list item for me! Lol
That bread joke made me spit my coffee. This channel is amazing
persona 5 background music?)
Can you do a review of machine56? Their jackets looks really cool but with abit of a high price. Wanna know if it's worth it
It’s all about material, and labor. Machine56 is too cyberpunk and material is probably trash, concept and features look interesting tho.
Can anyone tell what gloves Antwon wears at 10:32?
They're some wool 'smartphone' gloves so you can use touch screens. I think they were a Christmas present a long time ago so not sure where they're from!
I'm a huge fan of your hair today
Wow, this is the perfect jacket, it´s my ultimate grail
i really play on buying it, but i don´t have the money for it right now, for how long will it be available on the acronym webside?
As long as there is stock.
It will sell out in a week or so
Big man ting!
Bad arse
Hey Antwon, can you check a cool jacket from Indonesia The brand is Iwearzule and the jacket called EZIO ADAPT 2.0, it gots 25 features on a single jacket
Alpha Green clan!
damn i just found this channel and get a new video ready
Welcome! New videos every Sunday 😎
And the aiden pearce coat in a futuristic version
King 🔥🔥
“Buying less but buying better is what I’m all about” nah mate how many jackets now ha ha
looool I knew someone would call me out on that. OK *in theory* I advocate for buying less but I definitely don't do that myself
Ha ha we all do it tho. Since I got into it and your channel it’s made me worse ha ha
Misplaced my 10 year old Dad-core LL Bean ski jacket…I think it’s only reasonable that I make this my replacement piece
I think I’m going to sell my other kidney and get a J91 WS
Oh ok 😏
plz refer to cyberpunk credits , not all of us are familiar with primitive/pleub manie ...
The center button would not have been necessary if the main zipper was 2-way
6:48 ....thank you for that...
Ahh yes, my type of content
Ok the zipper trick and the messenger bag mode almost make it worth it lmao
Ahahaha messenger bag mode, GAHBLESS! 😂
holy shit its 1700 euros (300 euros tax)
excluding the fashion talk, the main thing that pulls me back is to see what he will introduce himself in the next video as - "hey whats up, this is arithmetic nightmare here"
pls just stand still, damn it
The hoodie under the jacket at 17:00? anyone got any idea what it is? tyvm
He has a video on it, it’s the north face
Persona 5 OST is a nice surprise
Wish I could afford that shit omg
Christ I was going crazy thinking I’d played so much Persona 5 Royal today that the music was ringing in my ears… then realised it’s your bgm
Damn that was fAsT💨 !
The Amazon Prime of techwear content over here
@@ThisIsAntwon Ture…Usually this kinda reviews come up the next year
if i could i would declare war to the pockets on the shoulders ( ONLY those 2). WAAAAAAAAAAAAH warscreem
I believe you’d lose!
@@cipher893 i do too but as man you have to keep your word
@@DieseNuesse you’re not wrong haha
The fact that you spend 1600€ on a jacket and they stuff it into an ordinary zip lock bag is actually insulting.
I ended up cutting quite a lot of out this video (originally it was 27 minutes which was just ridiculous) but the bag/spec sheet discussion was one of those parts. It's something I'm keen to talk about in a future video, but I'd totally understand anyone not familiar with the brand and spending such a large amount to be disappointed if they're expecting a luxury unboxing experience that you'd likely find with other high-end brands
Antwon! Whats up!
yooooo
Cool looking, but seems more a snowboard jacket
Acronym: Find a new feature every day