About Us

I Couldn't Find the Bag. So I Built It.

I'm Catia. Born in the UK, living in Portugal, training for nearly ten years.

Powerlifting, strength work, and then — about a year ago — jiu jitsu. And with jiu jitsu came a problem I couldn't solve: no bag worked.

I was carrying two. Sometimes three. One for the gi and the sweaty stuff, one for my lifting gear, another for everything else. Nothing kept dirty kit away from clean. Nothing was big enough for both worlds without being a shapeless nightmare. Every bag I found was either built for the gym rat who goes straight home, or the person who never actually trains.

I train. Both. A lot. And I needed a bag that kept up.

So I designed one.

The Soft Armour Core Tote started as a solution to my own problem — a structured 40L carry with a hidden lower compartment for separating dirty kit, enough internal organisation for two sports' worth of gear, and a design clean enough to walk into a coffee shop with after a session without looking like you just rolled on a mat. (Even if you did.)

Every piece in the Soft Armour collection is built around real movement. Not the idea of it — the actual thing. Early morning lifts. Lunchtime BJJ. Post-session commutes. Weekends away.

This is carry gear for people who train hard and live the rest of their lives just as fully.

Built for the spaces between.

— Catia, Founder