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The North Face vs. Patagonia
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 2:11 PM Author: Irate crawly friendly grandma (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862917&forum_id=2:#49859690) |
Date: May 2nd, 2026 2:28 PM Author: shivering narrow-minded institution liquid oxygen North Face has become squarely for teens and “teens”. I don’t think it was this way 20-30 years ago. Patagonia is for semi-outdoorsy 30s guys and brewery dads who don’t want to spend Arcteryx bucks. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862917&forum_id=2:#49859711) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 2:28 PM Author: electric location It seems like actual outdoorsmin use TNF and patagonia is gay b/c they dropped Dean Potter for bad press (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862917&forum_id=2:#49859713) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 2:32 PM Author: shivering narrow-minded institution liquid oxygen Idk what real outdoorsmen use. Probably brands I don’t even know about. TNF is effectively an outlet mall brand at this point. Patagonia cornered the financial firm logo gear market so much that they stopped allowing it 5 or so years ago. I have been seeming some firm-logged Fjallraven gear. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862917&forum_id=2:#49859724) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 2:41 PM Author: Irate crawly friendly grandma https://www.thenorthface.com/en-us/p/shop-all/icons/himalayan-suit-829908/mens-himalayan-suit-NF0A8BH9
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https://www.patagonia.com/product/alpine-climbing-suit/85745.html |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 4:49 PM Author: 180 theater stage stain “Modernity is 180” (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862917&forum_id=2:#49860017) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 2:29 PM Author: lime kitchen macaca so north face won basically (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862917&forum_id=2:#49859716) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 2:34 PM Author: shivering narrow-minded institution liquid oxygen I’m going to do deep ChatGPT research on this. I think TNF went from prep to urban, although maybe I just got old. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862917&forum_id=2:#49859726) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 2:38 PM Author: lime kitchen macaca if you win teens AND "teens" you won the gen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862917&forum_id=2:#49859734) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 2:40 PM Author: shivering narrow-minded institution liquid oxygen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862917&forum_id=2:#49859739) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 4:48 PM Author: 180 theater stage stain (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862917&forum_id=2:#49860015) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 2:36 PM Author: obsidian school persian arcteryx quality sucks now. i've gone to patagonia iron forge for work wear, and OR or Marmot for camping gear and casual wear stuff.
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 2:31 PM Author: honey-headed idea he suggested Preps and Jocks well represented (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862917&forum_id=2:#49859719) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 4:48 PM Author: 180 theater stage stain (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862917&forum_id=2:#49860016) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 2:52 PM Author: Hot plum pozpig plaza These all suck including arcteryx. Raab is probably industry leader now (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862917&forum_id=2:#49859763) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 4:50 PM Author: talented national security agency library Everyone just wears a sweatshirt and trash bag pants now this "debate" died 15+ years ago (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862917&forum_id=2:#49860019) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 4:51 PM Author: 180 theater stage stain 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862917&forum_id=2:#49860022) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 10:06 PM Author: marvelous trailer park You’re all so hopelessly behind what actual outdoorsy people with gear fetishes are wearing these days.
Poast below what item of clothing you’re looking for and I will point you to a credited and more indy brand.
See e.g., Do you need hiking or tennis shoes? On is out. Icebug’s GoreTex hikers with Boa closures will soon be the new hotness. |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 10:10 PM Author: obsidian school persian i don't buy this stuff to impress homosexuals, i buy shit so my feet are in good condition and my crap is still dry after three days in a canoe
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 10:20 PM Author: marvelous trailer park It’s Sitka for you, which is 180 btw
Edit to add: I’ve been seeing more Swift canoes down the east coast and even out west in the past few years. They always get admiring looks at the launch. |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 10:16 PM Author: honey-headed idea he suggested Simms and Keens man here sup (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862917&forum_id=2:#49860696) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 10:23 PM Author: marvelous trailer park Skwala for the fishing. https://skwalafishing.com/
Bedrock for hiking/water sandals. https://bedrocksandals.com |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 11:00 PM Author: black concupiscible shrine rigor Acutal outdoorsy people don't have gear fetishes.
This shit is for people who bring fucking hiking poles on the same path i take my 3 year old on. |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 11:05 PM Author: honey-headed idea he suggested (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862917&forum_id=2:#49860784) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 11:38 PM Author: marvelous trailer park Eh, you’re simultaneously correct and, sadly, not. Materialistic gear fetishists can and do coexist with the bohemian outdoors set who is all function over form.
The other dirty secret is that all of those groups of bohemians are fashion obsessed in their own peculiar ways. They posture and status signal and compete as hard as any suburban yoga pants mommy. |
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Date: May 3rd, 2026 10:55 AM Author: icanseemyneurons I just wear jeans for hiking even when it rains (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862917&forum_id=2:#49861372) |
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Date: May 4th, 2026 11:27 AM Author: Josh_Allen On and Hoka rose together in popularity but On was pure novelty. People realize that they squeak and stuff gets stuck in the treads, even for their primary suburban lifestyle center and farmers market use case. I don’t think they were ever positioned as an outdoors brand despite the little Swiss flag. Who the fuck is wearing On Clouds to walk up a mountain? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862917&forum_id=2:#49863812) |
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Date: May 4th, 2026 11:39 AM Author: Emperor CRISPR Chad von Neumann III Every UMC or better Boomer I’ve come across in a national park for like the past three years has been wearing their hiking shoes. And yes, they uniformly complain about rocks getting stuck in the treads (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5862917&forum_id=2:#49863842) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2026 10:41 PM Author: Aromatic pink lodge Feel like Patagonia got a little played out for a while and north face got cool, but then north face got too big and started having cheap Items at Ross and Marshall's and then Patagonia started making nice stuff again and won the Gen |
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Date: May 3rd, 2026 1:26 PM Author: Charles Tyrwhitt Dad I'm surprised the racists haven't come out of the woodworks to point out white people don't wear North Face anymore while Patagonia is still reliably a UMC white people brand. Like Subaru Outbacks. The only people I see still wearing North Face are the Latino cleaners when it's cool in the mornings.
Do remember in the late 1990s when North Face was the de rigueur brand for affluent preppies. It came out of the boarding school cliques. At one point I had two North Face ski jackets, a fleece jacket and a vest. When did it jump the shark? 2005ish? 2008ish? I remember my future MIL picking up a bunch of North Face pullovers on sale and giving it to her daughters and their boyfriends for Christmas and my now wife commenting to me that it was starting to become a bit common.
Patagonia was smart at never letting their clothes turn up at discount retailers.
I like Raab and Kuhl for Alpine hiking. |
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Date: May 4th, 2026 11:23 AM Author: Josh_Allen First reply ITT says exactly that, no?
Your general timeframe is right - sometime mid-W. Not sure if there was an intentional cultural shift in marketing, or if some rap guy started wearing it, but it happened. |
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Date: May 4th, 2026 2:42 PM Author: peeface i don't think most racists here hang around with enough hoodrats irl to notice what they are wearing
i still see some white people wearing northface stuff, but it could be a 20 year old windbreaker or knapsack that is still going strong
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