It's 2am. It's 35°F.
You're walking home in a tank top with just a purse,
because you knew better than to bring a jacket.
Sound familiar?
The JAQ converts in seconds. The jacket folds backwards twice and zips along the side, tucking your pockets inside to become the purse, so nothing falls out when you unzip it. Undo those same motions and it's a jacket again. Follow us at @wearjaq to watch it in action and learn more about the design.
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Espresso wins.
The Espresso JAQ Popular Vote
A dark espresso faux suede, with a slight matte finish.
The Leather JAQ Runner Up · Coming Later
Patent Pending
A look inside the JAQ
A jacket that turns into a bag only works if you never have to empty your pockets to switch. So the pockets came first, and everything else was built around them.
Three zip pockets, inside
Your phone, keys and cards each get a place. Every pocket zips shut, so nothing slides out whether you're wearing it or carrying it.
One set of pockets, two forms
They're your jacket pockets and your purse pockets. Nothing moves when you convert it, so you never have to repack.
Folded in, not out
The jacket folds backwards twice and zips along the side, tucking the pockets inside the bag. Open the purse and everything's right there.
"I watched hundreds of girls walk home freezing every weekend. It wasn't careless. It was a choice they'd been conditioned to make. Nobody wanted to lose their jacket, so they just stopped bringing one."
Sofia, Founder · Penn State '28
Going into my junior year at Penn State, I'd spent two years going out and working at a bar, watching the same thing happen every single weekend. Girls arrive with jackets. Girls leave without them. Or they just stop bringing one at all and freeze the whole walk home instead.
I couldn't stop thinking about it. So I started working on JAQ, fashionable enough that you'll actually want to wear it out, and built so it can be your purse inside and your jacket on the way there and home.
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Launching October 15, 2026 on Kickstarter