Apparel

This spring and summer, I have been wearing and testing three unique hats for outdoors activities, including a wool cycling cap, a headband-adjustable model, and…

My test of these three jackets spanned a wide geography and several winter weather conditions, from 20-below-zero to above freezing and drizzly. . .

Yesterday I mused on function versus form in the apparel industry, where beauty in design often comes at the cost of versatility, performance or comfort.…

I have a weird theory that the outdoors industry is ahead of the game in the world of clothing and apparel. My logic is that…

Arc’teryx designs and manufactures outerwear that’s pricey, high-performing, and highly modern. According to company press materials, its design team doesn’t focus on incremental advancements, but…

In this second, brief — and final! — installment of my “High style in the great outdoors” coverage, I look at a so-called “windshirt” jacket…

High style in the great outdoors used to entail a flannel shirt and some stout leather boots. Now you’re as likely to see The North…

Helium is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, inert element, and it exists only as a noble gas except in extreme conditions. What that has to do…

Gore-Tex may have the name. But the new kid in town is eVent, a waterproof/breathable laminate manufactured and marketed by the BHA Group Inc., a…

Gore-Tex may have the name. But the new kid in town is eVent fabrics. While, sort of new. Though the brand debuted more than five…

Schoeller Textil AG is up to some whacky fabric engineering, again. . . For what it’s worth, Schoeller Textil AG, a Swiss textile company, is…