BUFFALO SYSTEMS

Hamish Hamilton started Buffalo in Sheffield in 1979 with one idea, borrowed from Arctic clothing: a fibre pile lining with a Pertex shell, worn next to the skin with nothing underneath. The pile wicks and stays warm when wet, the Pertex stops the wind, and the whole thing is a single layer. The Mountain Shirt won the Golden Boot in 1986 and has not changed much since. Still cut and stitched in Sheffield, still repaired there. Looks like nothing. Works in everything.

Buffalo Systems Mountain Shirt Rannoch Blue

Rannock Blue

£295.00

Buffalo Systems Belay Jacket

Olive

£290.00

Buffalo Systems Belay Jacket

Rannock Blue

£290.00

Buffalo Systems Mountain Shirt

Mile Stone

£295.00

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John Wilcock (Brownie) in a beige jacket and Nigel Lawson in a cream cardigan inside an abandoned building near Trafford Park.

Brownie's Breaking Bad

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John Wilcock (Brownie) changing out of a blue-striped shirt aboard his Manchester canal barge, with Nigel Lawson beside him.

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Hands holding green suede Adidas Ardwick trainers above a table of archive shoes, old catalogues and bright blue pairs.

Nige's Adidas Shoeseum

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