Supreme x The North Face Leather Base Camp Duffel
Supreme vs. Original
Original — The North Face
Base Camp Duffel
About the original
The North Face Base Camp Duffel is an expedition duffel built around a large D-zip opening for full access, an internal mesh pocket, haul handles, and detachable alpine-cut shoulder straps that let the bag be carried as a backpack. The standard version uses a laminated, water-resistant ballistic nylon that has stayed largely unchanged since the 1980s, when The North Face (founded in 1966 in San Francisco) introduced the silhouette for mountaineering base-camp use. The FW17 Supreme version wraps the same duffel shape in full-grain cowhide with leather haul handles and a co-branded logo on the end panel, and retailed at $398 against the standard fabric duffel's $175 retail.
About The North Face
The North Face is an American outdoor apparel and equipment company founded in 1966 by Douglas and Susie Tompkins as a mountaineering retail store in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood. The company introduced the Sierra down parka in 1968 and the geodesic Oval Intention tent in 1975, and its Nuptse down jacket, released in 1992, is named for the 7,861-meter Himalayan peak. The brand now produces the Summit Series, Steep Tech, and Denali fleece lines under VF Corporation ownership. Supreme and The North Face have run one of streetwear's longest ongoing collaborations, releasing seasonal capsules each spring and fall since 2007.
