Mountain Style: British Outdoor Clothing 1953-2000

Why It Made The List A richly researched tribute to British outdoor clothing, charting how hill-walking, climbing and mountaineering gear became its own kind of style culture. Mountain Style begins with the post-Everest outdoor boom of the 1950s, then follows the climbers and makers of the 1960s and ’70s who started building the kit they couldn’t buy. Across new studio shots, period adverts, brochures, archive photographs and interviews, it captures everything from classic Ventile smocks and down suits to early Gore-Tex and ravers’ jackets. A sharp pick for gear heads, design nerds, vintage clothing obsessives and anyone who likes their fashion with weather, purpose and a bit of British eccentricity.