There are few things that can be found at both Everest Base Camp and on the front row of Fashion Week, but Gore-Tex jackets are one of them. What began life as a tool for a job has become one of the hottest items in modern menswear, with everyone from Prada to Palace making their own versions.
It’s good news for style-conscious consumers, for whom deflecting showers has historically meant resorting to an umbrella or ruining a nice outfit with dowdy, uber-practical jacket. There are legitimately stylish options to be found now, with some brands reworking Gore-Tex into classic outerwear silhouettes,