A meeting in a bar in Anchorage, Alaska, with a serving member of the 210th Rescue Squadron is what inspired Italian designer Massimo Rossetti to create Parajumpers, a highly functional, durable, cold-weather outerwear brand.

Fusing innovative style with technological components, Parajumpers’ winter jackets feature hard-wearing nylon, removable down-padded lining, cargo pockets, and a collar that fastens to a hook used in parachuting.

Each style in the collection is named after a legendary rescue mission where highly trained operatives, also known as PJs, intervene to rescue and save lives in some of the wildest, most remote corners of the world.