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<blockquote data-quote="Shellsuit2025" data-source="post: 27233" data-attributes="member: 9005">Yes. This is serious. I ordered several suits, and they all caused overheating issues when it was 17°C (63°F) and sunny outside.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracksuit[/URL]I think shellsuits from 90's at ex-soviet space were made of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulose_triacetate" target="_blank">cellulose triacetate</a>.<a href="https://www.shinysports.com/threads/some-russian-shiny-video-ads-and-blogs-shiny-nylon-and-spandex.12456/post-27187" target="_blank">Mr. Funtikov</a> wrote that they were made from parachute silk from military warehouses.But I don't think that's possible. The military rarely uses colored fabric for parachutes. They usually have white canopies. That's the way it works in every army in the world.And these suits were bright and colorful. If these suits were made from dyed parachute fabric, they would turn white after many washes. But their color stays. I still have one of those. It has a very thin synthetic outer fabric. All the colors are still there. But the suit is already too small for me.Also, I saw a homeless woman in a town near Moscow. She was wearing a full tracksuit—a jacket and pants. And I had just put on one of my homemade suits for the trip. I didn't see her sweating. She was comfortable in the tracksuit. Unlike me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shellsuit2025, post: 27233, member: 9005"] Yes. This is serious. I ordered several suits, and they all caused overheating issues when it was 17°C (63°F) and sunny outside. [URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracksuit[/URL] I think shellsuits from 90's at ex-soviet space were made of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulose_triacetate']cellulose triacetate[/URL]. [URL='https://www.shinysports.com/threads/some-russian-shiny-video-ads-and-blogs-shiny-nylon-and-spandex.12456/post-27187']Mr. Funtikov[/URL] wrote that they were made from parachute silk from military warehouses. But I don't think that's possible. The military rarely uses colored fabric for parachutes. They usually have white canopies. That's the way it works in every army in the world. And these suits were bright and colorful. If these suits were made from dyed parachute fabric, they would turn white after many washes. But their color stays. I still have one of those. It has a very thin synthetic outer fabric. All the colors are still there. But the suit is already too small for me. Also, I saw a homeless woman in a town near Moscow. She was wearing a full tracksuit—a jacket and pants. And I had just put on one of my homemade suits for the trip. I didn't see her sweating. She was comfortable in the tracksuit. Unlike me. [/QUOTE]

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