The W Performance Better Sweater Jacket by PATAGONIA for women is a performance version of the Better Sweater™ Jacket combines lightweight polyester knitted fleece and supple Polartec® Power Stretch™ fleece.
The Women's Performance Better Sweater Jacket by PATAGONIA is the ride-hard-and-put-up-wet version of the Better Sweater – able to scramble talus all day and still look presentable for a trip downtown.
The lightweight, warm and motion-friendly W Performance Better Sweater Jacket by PATAGONIA is made from 100% polyester fleece fabric with a sweater-knit face and a soft, cozy interior throughout the body and collar.
Polartec® Power Stretch™ side panels have a tough jersey face for durability and a fleece backing for a skin-friendly feel. The raglan sleeve design, with underarm gussets, allows the full range of mobility. The Flat-seam construction of the W Performance Better Sweater Jacket by PATAGONIA reduces bulk and helps to eliminate seam chafe.
- Soft and warm 100% polyester sweater-knit face, with a fleece back and Polartec® Power Stretch™ side panels under the arms and at side torso
- Center-front reverse-coil zipper with matching reverse coil handwarmer pockets
- Cozy stand-up collar is trimmed with soft brushed elastic
- Long sleeves feature a drop shoulder with thumb-hole openings and soft brushed elastic at cuff
- Princess seams and a slight drop tail finished with brushed elastic
Bluesign® Approved Fabric
PATAGONIA has worked with bluesign technologies since 2000 to evaluate and reduce resource consumption in our materials supply chain, and to assist us with managing the chemicals, dyes and finishes used in the process. bluesign technologies, based in Switzerland, works at each step in the textile supply chain to approve chemicals, processes, materials, and products that are safe for the environment, safe for workers, and safe for end customers.
In 2007, PATAGONIA became the first brand to officially join the network of bluesign® system partners.
Any fabric you see that’s bluesign® approved offers the highest level of consumer safety by employing methods and materials in their manufacture that conserve resources and minimize impacts on people and the environment.
Fair Trade Certified™
For every Fair Trade Certified item PATAGONIA buy, they pay a premium. The money goes into an account that is controlled by the workers and is specifically designated for social, economic and environmental development projects. Workers may choose to use the money to help build a school or a health clinic, create a scholarship or invest in some other aspect of their other community.