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16 • September/October 2024 sportstyle • sportstylemag.com DESIGN / MATERIALS Polartec. New York City is home to Miler Running, a premium apparel brand launched in 2019 by Ben Morrow. "e word 'performance' is oen slapped on any product for something more than casualwear," asserts Morrow. "In a more perfect world, and what I strive for as a designer committed to developing only premium products, is to justify labeling anything as performancewear only if it is designed from the bottom-up to serve a special type of activity, both in functional and aesthetic way. Running is essentially movement in a very pure and elemental form, so the brand oen reflects this minimalist origin." A Sustainable Point of View Morrow believes positive change should start with transparency and in the case of Miler, being transparent about the origins of materials and production is of particular importance. He explains, "With production exclusively in our homebase of New York City, we have a real and genuine relationship with the people that produce our products. is proximity and relationship create a better foundation for sustainability and equity." e same can be said of the running apparel brand Vander Jacket, except the city is Denver and deadstock is the material of choice. "You can't lag behind on the function of the garment because there's lots of function options available, but we can create cool, great looking apparel," states Sarah Vander Neut, company founder and designer. Fabric Vander Jacket Aspects of the brand's supply chain are predominantly found within the Centennial state of Colorado. Garments are made by the hands of runners and skilled sewers and feature upcycled functional fabrics. Rabbit Ideal for everyday runs, this soft, lightweight On the Go Tank teams nicely with Leggy Smashems 5" shorts, that have epic storage available in the waistband and feature performance fabric technology to fight bacteria and eliminate odors. ON PACE PERFORMANCE

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