Helios Full-Zip Hoodie

Helios is named for the sun, but this design is about how trees truly use light, not how humans imagine it.

Coast redwoods are the tallest trees on Earth. Scientifically known as Sequoia sempervirens, they can exceed 350 feet in height, but their relationship with sunlight is what allows that scale to exist. Redwoods grow where light is limited by fog, steep terrain, and dense forests. Height is not ambition. Height is access.

Every inch of vertical growth is a response to physics and biology.

Redwood needles are optimized to capture low angle sunlight common to coastal latitudes. As the tree rises, it gains longer exposure windows each day. Through photosynthesis, sunlight is converted into glucose and stored as wood, while oxygen is released back into the atmosphere. This process supports nearly all terrestrial life. A single mature redwood releases enough oxygen over its lifetime to support generations beyond itself.

Helios shows this process in motion.

The glowing crown represents peak photosynthetic activity where sunlight is strongest. Below it, the forest remains green and cool because redwoods regulate temperature and moisture beneath their canopies. Sunlight hitting the upper needles warms coastal fog. That fog condenses on the canopy and falls as fog drip, delivering water directly to the soil during California’s dry summers. In some redwood forests, fog provides up to one third of annual moisture input.

Light becomes water.

Water becomes growth.

The trunk tells another story.

Redwood bark can exceed one foot in thickness and contains little resin, making it highly fire resistant. Instead of burning easily, it insulates living tissue. Many redwoods alive today survived fires centuries ago, their scars permanently preserved. Inside the trunk, annual growth rings record solar availability year by year. Wide rings reflect wet or bright years. Narrow rings reflect drought smoke or limited light. Scientists use these rings to reconstruct climate history going back thousands of years.

Redwoods also regenerate uniquely. When a mature redwood is damaged or falls, it can sprout new trees from its base using the same genetic material. Entire groves are sometimes one individual organism expressed through many trunks. Survival is built into the system.

The design places Helios as both receiver and distributor of light. It stands not as an isolated figure, but as part of a functioning ecosystem. Height serves community. Shade protects soil. Moisture sustains undergrowth. Stability comes from connection.

That science lives in this zip up.

This zip up is made from one hundred percent recycled fabric, using reclaimed materials to create something built for daily wear and long use. The primary blend is sixty percent recycled cotton and forty percent recycled polyester, with select color variations incorporating recycled rayon. The fabric is never re dyed, allowing the natural character of the recycled fibers to remain intact.

With a medium heavy fabric weight of 8.1 ounces per square yard or 275 grams per square meter, this zip up provides warmth without bulk and flexibility without compromise. The metal YKK zipper delivers long lasting reliability, paired with dyed to match zipper tape for a clean finished look. Side seamed construction keeps the fit structured and consistent, while a tear away label ensures a smooth irritation free experience.

The weight and structure of the fabric allow the artwork to remain clear and balanced, supporting the light and shadow of the design without distortion. This garment is made to be worn as part of your everyday cycle, just as light returns to the forest morning after morning.

Because recycled fibers are used, natural variation in texture and tone may occur. That is not a flaw. It is evidence of real material carrying a second life.

Helios is worn by those who understand something simple and rare.

That height is earned slowly.

That light is shared downward.

That endurance is not spectacle, but repetition.

Redwoods do not race the sun.

They align with it.

That alignment is what makes them giants.