#12
F/CE
Japanese travel-driven label pairing technical Cordura backpacks with utilitarian outerwear, building each collection around a country its designers have visited.
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Looking to step up from Sorel? These 9 brands share the aesthetic but bring elevated materials, construction and a higher price tier — ranked by overall similarity.
#14
Parajumpers
Italian outerwear label making technical down jackets and parkas, including the Gobi bomber, with styling drawn from US Air Force pararescue units.
#15
Mammut
Swiss alpine outfitter founded in 1862 as a ropemaker, making climbing hardware, Barryvox avalanche transceivers and technical mountain apparel.
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#18
MA.Strum
British technical menswear label built on the Massimo Osti Archive, known for military-influenced outerwear in fabric-innovation-led collections.
#19
White Mountaineering
Tokyo label founded by Yosuke Aizawa in 2006, combining technical outdoor construction with Japanese fabrics and fashion-led design.
#24
Moncler
Milan-based luxury outerwear house, founded 1952 in the French Alps, known for quilted down puffers and its Grenoble ski line.
#25
A.P.C.
Paris label founded in 1987 by Jean Touitou, known for raw selvedge denim, Demi-Lune bags and understated, long-lasting wardrobe basics.
#27
Diemme
Italian family-run footwear brand founded in 1992, making lugged-sole hiking boots and leather sneakers in Onè di Fonte, Veneto.
What changes. Italian-made, pricier, no insulated winter focus
#28
Trickers
Northampton shoemaker founded in 1829, making Goodyear-welted English country brogue boots and dress shoes in its own factory.
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