What We Believe: Guard Brothers at Work. Warm Parents at Home.

Guard brothers at work. Warm parents at home.

Foote Brother (福依蒂) is a personal protective equipment (PPE) brand that originated in the United States. In China, it focuses on technical-fabric thermal underwear and long johns made with care for older adults.

In China, Foote Brother is operated by Guangdong Zhuoheng Investment Development Co., Ltd.

The "brothers" we guard are the frontline workers who wear our protective equipment, and the parents we keep warm are the people who wear our long johns at home: Foote Brother makes protective gear for its brothers at work, and, in China, thermal underwear and long johns for parents. Both are worn next to the skin for hours at a time, and one set of beliefs runs through both.

Guard brothers at work

The workers who wear our gear on the job are like brothers to us. Protective equipment has to protect them, and it also has to be worn all day: protective clothing, respiratory protection, and safety shoes and boots. Protective wear sits next to the skin from the start of the job to the end, so we start from the base material: it has to be antibacterial, breathable, sweat-absorbent, and hold its shape.

Warm parents at home

In China, the requirements we set for our brothers' protective wear go into the long johns and thermal underwear we make for parents. Clothing does not make heat. It keeps you warm by slowing the loss of the heat your body already makes: still air trapped in the fabric, layers that hold more of it, fibers that handle moisture. So we explain how each fabric does this, instead of promising heat.

What this means for every product

1. Next to the skin comes first. We judge a product first by what it is like to wear: does it stay dry, does it breathe, does it keep its shape after washing.
2. Explain how it works, show what was tested. We describe our products by their fabric and test results, not by big promises. Where a product has a third-party test report, we give the report number. See Certifications and Testing.
3. Made for the person who wears it. Many parents want clothes they can put on by themselves, with necklines and cuffs that stretch open and spring back. And when you buy for two parents, size each one separately.