Cbrn protective clothing with partially foldable hood

A protective garment to protect at least an upper portion of a body of a user against effects of a contaminating agent, the protective garment comprising a hood configured to cover a head of the user, the hood comprising:

• a peripheral edge which delimits an opening for a passage of a face of the user;
• and
• in a thickness of the hood, from an external environment in which the user of the protective garment is located towards the body of the user:
• a first layer of material, referred to as an outer layer, configured to stop the contaminating agent, in a liquid form, having a hydrophobic and oleophobic dual characteristic;
• a second layer of material, referred to as an inner layer, configured to at least one of absorb and adsorb vapours originating from the contaminating agent;
• wherein each of the outer layer and the inner layer of the hood has a peripheral edge, which are assembled so as to form the peripheral edge of the hood;
• and
• wherein the peripheral edge of the outer layer is securely assembled to the peripheral edge of the inner layer only at a lower portion.