DiscoDavis
Explorer
Patagonia is somewhat comparable, fit is less athletic.
My suggestion for most of this stuff is buy mil surplus. I stay away from most camouflage patterns (unless they're crazy cool or really old) to blend in a bit better for normal work or casual clothes, or to avoid associations with military when traveling. The few things mil surp does not do well are fit/sizing and waterproofness-unless you like wearing full ponchos around town. Surplus stuff is usually made in-country and good but not perfect quality (still waaaay better than today's clothing). I used to say they didn't do comfort well but certain countries do this better than others, Swiss, german, belgian, swedish, etc. I love euro stuff, swedish items in particular look fantastic, you'll see their old 70s jackets on ebay as fashion items regularly. All western euro stuff is hard-wearing and generally bulletproof, if not mostly cotton. The few times that I don't wear an old field jacket or parka, I keep an arcteryx shell and a merino sweater, or a barbour jacket. All my vehicle-kept cold weather gear is Swedish army arctic clothing.
Here's where it gets good:
Knew an Austrian fellow when I was in school over in CH, he would regularly trawl surplus stores in country, bought work shirts, pants, jackets, olive drab parkas etc and then bring them back to his tailor at home to alter. For a while there he had some amazing looking (see: tailored) clothes for almost nothing, and most was Swiss-made! Guy had the Daniel Craig high fashion adventure look nailed down.
These days all I really buy new is t shirts, underwear, and really nice socks. All my christmas presents were socks
For everything that surplus can't do there's always arcteryx shells and tad fleece or merino hoodies.
My suggestion for most of this stuff is buy mil surplus. I stay away from most camouflage patterns (unless they're crazy cool or really old) to blend in a bit better for normal work or casual clothes, or to avoid associations with military when traveling. The few things mil surp does not do well are fit/sizing and waterproofness-unless you like wearing full ponchos around town. Surplus stuff is usually made in-country and good but not perfect quality (still waaaay better than today's clothing). I used to say they didn't do comfort well but certain countries do this better than others, Swiss, german, belgian, swedish, etc. I love euro stuff, swedish items in particular look fantastic, you'll see their old 70s jackets on ebay as fashion items regularly. All western euro stuff is hard-wearing and generally bulletproof, if not mostly cotton. The few times that I don't wear an old field jacket or parka, I keep an arcteryx shell and a merino sweater, or a barbour jacket. All my vehicle-kept cold weather gear is Swedish army arctic clothing.
Here's where it gets good:
Knew an Austrian fellow when I was in school over in CH, he would regularly trawl surplus stores in country, bought work shirts, pants, jackets, olive drab parkas etc and then bring them back to his tailor at home to alter. For a while there he had some amazing looking (see: tailored) clothes for almost nothing, and most was Swiss-made! Guy had the Daniel Craig high fashion adventure look nailed down.
These days all I really buy new is t shirts, underwear, and really nice socks. All my christmas presents were socks
For everything that surplus can't do there's always arcteryx shells and tad fleece or merino hoodies.