Bulletproof Clothing Gets Stylish

Bulletproof clothing is getting stylish with the introduction of new technologies that drop the weight from 4.5 kg to around 1 kg.  With price tags between $500 and $2000, you can now buy designer coats that are made to withstand ammunition from a 9mm, .44 Magnum, and a 3.57 revolver.  Luxury Launches puts it best, “Instead of being dressed to kill, you can be dressed to not be killed by Miguel Caballero, the self-described ‘Armani of bulletproof clothing.”

CNN has also picked up the story, “Caballero sells a line of armored clothing that fits like Armani but deflects point-blank gunfire like the Popemobile. Last year the 38-year-old entrepreneur sold an estimated $7 million worth of bulletproof trench coats, business suits, suede jackets, and denim casuals to executives, political leaders, undercover agents, and other VIPs - people who demand more than a bodyguard for protection and don’t like the bulk or SWAT-team look of flak jackets and vests.”