Ridgeline Men's Monarch GiletTraditional look. Traditional feel. Revolutionary performance. Since the early 19th Century cotton moleskin has been a popular fabric choice for manufacturers of durable, comfortable, good looking workwear. And its no surprise. Densely woven, but with a luxuriously soft hand feel, its extremely hard wearing and usefully windproof. The downside of cotton, however, is that once it gets wet, it loses its insulating propertiesand takes an age to dry.