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are there any other lovers of shiny rukka pvc macs, i adore these lovely macs which sadly are no longer made these days. what has happened to all these macs, maybe we should ask rukka if they would bring them back as im sure lots of people would buy them. what do you think
dave

yes love those. i was at a car boot sale last week. and saw a bright red one. but we were with friends and it was 30 degrees so it would have been a little difficult.
shame

I absolutely adore Rukkas; especially the older heavy shiny yellow and red versions with belts

They are the best by a long way!!

There's 1 on ebay right now

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Classic-shiny-bla ... 483abf42af

But as usual, if you want it, you gonna have to pay for it

Hi, interestingly enough this issue of retro Rukkas appear frequently. We have tried during the years to pursue Rukka to take some of those classic models back into production, but with very little success. After L-fashion purchased them, the emphasis has been in the more value added technical garments. The pvc/pu based raingear are currently purchased from Estonia. Their flagship material has been the very plieable but dull Elastoplast, which is a product of Norsk Titanduk. Now this compnay is in bankruptcy, so we have been wondering who is now delivering their material.
Rukka still has a factory outlet in Kokkola, where they originally started their production. People have tried to get e.g. ebony coloured bib pants, which they still today claim to be one of their colours, but there aren't any available.
You can check the current products on their website
http://www.rukka.com
there is also an email for their international PR-person, so I'd be very pleased if a massive email campaign from different parts of the world suddenly appears to her mailbox and remember to ask for an explanation why they aren't utilizing the ever growing interest to retro models.

Juppe

Rukka PVC macs are the best, but very sadly the few available to get on e-bay are very expensive. I think the shiny Navy Blue was my favourite , but really any colour looked good.

I've seen a few Rukkas for sale on e-bay lately, but none of them fetched good prices - it seems the only really desirable Rukkas are the soft, supple shiny PVC models that they made in the seventies, particularly anything with attached belts like the heavenly yellow number that the SeaChel modelled for us in Shiny Beach

It was really the most beautiful raincoat that I've ever seen....... No wonder they are so popular!!

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mason_bl/3361560563/" title="Chel and her yellow Rukka by mason and SeaChel, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3632/336 ... df49d1.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Chel and her yellow Rukka" /></a>

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3632/336 ... df49d1.jpg

Mmmm

noraskahastryk wrote: December 30th, 2023, 6:53 pm I love old shiny rukka raincoats, the long shiny with big hood and belt is my fave of all time. Such a perfect raincoat in my opinion.

Mine too .
Best worn back to front and tied with belt and hood up mmm best way to wear theme

noraskahastryk wrote: December 30th, 2023, 7:03 pm

Nylon macs wrote: December 30th, 2023, 6:55 pm

noraskahastryk wrote: December 30th, 2023, 6:53 pm I love old shiny rukka raincoats, the long shiny with big hood and belt is my fave of all time. Such a perfect raincoat in my opinion.

Mine too .
Best worn back to front and tied with belt and hood up mmm best way to wear theme

i only worn rukka raincoats the normal way and it works fine for me

That's good if you enjoy and it works for you .
But it works for me the latter