How Functional Outdoor Clothing Became Fashion's Next Big Thing

Picture a young, upwardly mobile professional making an urban pilgrimage back to their studio apartment, oat milk flat white coffee in-hand. They are wearing an inordinately expensive piece of outerwear better suited to contending with treacherous, sub-zero Antarctic conditions than navigating one&#...

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Main Author: O'Connor, Michael
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Published: Technological University Dublin 2021
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Online Access:https://arrow.tudublin.ie/tudcontrib/243
https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2021/0323/1205581-gorpcore-functional-outdoor-clothing-canada-goose-north-face-arcteryx/
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Summary:Picture a young, upwardly mobile professional making an urban pilgrimage back to their studio apartment, oat milk flat white coffee in-hand. They are wearing an inordinately expensive piece of outerwear better suited to contending with treacherous, sub-zero Antarctic conditions than navigating one's way home from their neighbourhood coffee shop.