The Complex Guide To Essential Winter Brands
By Nick Grant | Dec 29, 2011 | 1:48 pm | Permalink
Classics never die. If a brand has been around for 50 years or more, that means they're doing something right. If your primary products are cold weather clothes, that means you have to have the goods that maintain the balance between maximum warmth and casual style.
Face it: lots of newer brands aren't creating new items for us to ogle over. They're imitating the L.L. Beans, Pendletons, Red Wings, Filsons and Woolriches of the world. These sorts of companies have been making the same thing for years and are pretty damn good at it. There's also some under-the-radar brands that are innovating winter gear through newer fabrications and modern cuts. We're bringing you the best of both worlds. Here's the Complex Guide To Essential Winter Brands.
Golden Child December 29th, 2011 at 05:25 PM
What about Gloverall? They created the toggle coat over 50 years ago that has been copied a million times. Gloverall still makes and sells duffle coats. Even brands like J Crew knew to collaborate with the OG brand to get the look right on their toggle coat. However, the details on authentic Gloverall brand duffle coats (i.e. plaid patterned lining opposed to a boring blank lining) are rarely duplicated even by high fashion brands.
Platinum Player January 6th, 2012 at 04:27 PM
Look no further than the young jacket designer RMK out of LA changing the game. The collection now on Karmaloop is the beginning of a new era of menswear. Perforated leather and huge collars? Yeah, they did that. http://ow.ly/70wbW