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The thing about ventile is that it's 100% cotton with no treatment all all. It's waterproof ability is due the cotton yarn being able to expand when wet and seal the material. This can make it stiff and hot when drenched.
But it was designed for raf pilot crashing into the sea.
I especially like the fact that it feel non rustly unlike goretex or event.
wildwest
Had some Alpkit jeans made from it, which were nice but more for the cut than the fabric. As I remember the fabric is impregnated (with silicon?) which made it water resistant, but this wore off fairly rapidly on washing to ~normal levels. Was perhaps slightly better long term than standard denim and was reasonable at not getting stained.
Not the same as Ventile, which I believe is like a soft duck cotton and get's its properties from a dense weave that swells when wet becoming ~waterproof.
Outdry is the material I would be interested in seeing more jackets/items made out of.