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re: North Face is now for poors. Patagonia is trend of moment. Barbour for ballers
Posted on 12/6/16 at 9:17 am to Salmon
Posted on 12/6/16 at 9:17 am to Salmon
My old (20 yr +/-) Patagonia rain jacket let a little water through while I was running errands in last Saturday's rain. Was looking at the Frogg Toggs gear earlier today. Anyone have experience with their gear?
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Posted on 12/6/16 at 9:21 am to JoePepitone
Patagonia makes really good running shorts. Shirts and stuff I just buy sheep. Same with fleeces. Not like I live in the Arctic anyway. I plan to get a Barbour jacket purely since it can be worn with slacks and a button down and not make me look 12 years old.
Posted on 12/6/16 at 9:23 am to JoePepitone
folks, I never said North Face does not make great gear.
What I said is North Face started mass marketing their gear as a popular trend priced at the cusp of affordability for most everyone. They price it high enough that truly poor people cannot afford it, but low enough that pretty much all non-welfare folks can purchase an item as their "big Christmas gift" for someone.
You can't fault them for that. It was and still is a great business decision, but like all trends something else is going to replace the North Face trend. And it appears Patagonia will do just that.
After the North Face trend ends, you'll likely see North Face gear selling in the $50 - $60 range just like Columbia.
And eventually the same shite will happen to Patagonia, Marmot, Arcteryx, and the other brands just waiting to explode like North Face.
But, there are brands that seem to shun the lure of "trend of the moment". A great example of one of these brands is Barbour. Sure, there are many other brands as good or better than Barbour. But for sake of today's argument, I've chosen Barbour.
Barbour doesn't need to be the "trend of the moment". It knows what it is and embraces its place in the fashion world.
I respect that. So do people with a little money and real fashion sense.
What I said is North Face started mass marketing their gear as a popular trend priced at the cusp of affordability for most everyone. They price it high enough that truly poor people cannot afford it, but low enough that pretty much all non-welfare folks can purchase an item as their "big Christmas gift" for someone.
You can't fault them for that. It was and still is a great business decision, but like all trends something else is going to replace the North Face trend. And it appears Patagonia will do just that.
After the North Face trend ends, you'll likely see North Face gear selling in the $50 - $60 range just like Columbia.
And eventually the same shite will happen to Patagonia, Marmot, Arcteryx, and the other brands just waiting to explode like North Face.
But, there are brands that seem to shun the lure of "trend of the moment". A great example of one of these brands is Barbour. Sure, there are many other brands as good or better than Barbour. But for sake of today's argument, I've chosen Barbour.
Barbour doesn't need to be the "trend of the moment". It knows what it is and embraces its place in the fashion world.
I respect that. So do people with a little money and real fashion sense.
This post was edited on 12/6/16 at 9:27 am
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