Clothing garments and accessories suitable for commuters and outdoor lovers are increasingly seeing a new era of detailing appearing in bags and shoes, adapting intelligent designs to be functional for outdoor activities. With a rise in popularity in brands such as Salomon, Asics, and On, a trend coined as Gorpcore, where fashion incorporates...
27 Nov 2023
In June 2016, Miucca Prada, always ahead of the curve, showed a Spring/Summer 2017 menswear collection full of references to an outdoor lifestyle, including hiking attire, backpacks and water bottles hanging from utilitarian straps. Prada Menswear SS17/Catwalk Pictures A few months later, Jason Chen of ‘The Cut’ coined the phrase ‘gorpcore,’ to...
19 Jan 2022