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Bip, aside from Trans-Antarctica and Steep tech stuff what are the best vintage North Face jackets to look out for? I'm liking the look of some of these National Ski Patrol jackets.
All I have to contribute to this thread at the moment is this '30 years of exploration' hat from 1998. Pretty cool hat with a Nylon exterior. It has a bit of military hat style fit to it which is interesting.
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I'm mad I slept on all the hats on this website though:
http://www.vintagegearoutfitters.com/hats.html
A couple months ago pretty much all of them were available then they sold out fast all of a sudden. All they had left were the Green (laurel) coloured one and the green Shipton Spire one which I snagged. When they arrive to me in the UK I'll post my impressions up here of them. Vintage North Face hats seem really hard to find. Trawling ebay I rarely find any. Its a shame because the older ones look like they have a really nice fit to them.
Dude, my bad - I missed this post totally.
So, I like a wide variety of TNF. Obviously, the Trans stuff is top tier, followed by Helis, Search and Rescues, and then Steeps, I guess. But, I also like a lot of the other models - older Mountain Guides, for example. I even like the standard mountain lights and I think they are fresh, especially if you can find the rarer colors, like teal, mango, the brighter purple, etc.
Although they aren't super popular, I also like some of the even older stuff that has a totally different look - the extreme and vertical ski jackets have some wild colors and look totally different than most modern TNFs.
Now that this thread is alive again. I'll post some additional pics of stuff.
As far as that site, VGO basically folded up shop and from what I was able to deduce went and got rid of much of their stock on ebay.