Welcome back to Basket Case, wherein your trusty VICE editors scour the proverbial aisles of our favorite online retailers to bring you a smorgasbord of the absolute best things to buy. In this installment, we're diving into Patagonia and vibing out on deep pile fleeces, the iconic Baggies short and the classic Snap-T. A few different images could pop into your noggin when someone mentions the brand Patagonia. There's no denying that the brand was (and, to a certain degree, is) the zip up vest of modern-day business d-bags—from the Wall Street schemers to the Mark Zuckerberg-wannabe "tech entrepreneurs." To simply leave things there though is doing the brand (and yourself) a hell of a disservice. The brand has real, hard-wearing roots that technically stretch back to founder Yvon Chouinard's time as a DIY blacksmith, fashioning metal climbing gear and selling his hardware out of the trunk of his car. That passion for spending time outdoors (and creating gear that makes that recreation more enjoyable) has been a core tenet of the brand—driving innovations like Synchilla fleece and Capilene fabric underwear. Patagonia may be a staple of the suburbs, but its gear is built for so much more than that. Read on for our top picks of what to buy from this iconic brand. |
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