WIND PRO FLEECE PANTS

nonnative and Gramicci are bringing back the two fleece pants that sold well on their first release. They return on Saturday 31 October in the same two models and the same three colours, beige, gray and black.

The pants come from the ongoing collaboration between the Tokyo label nonnative and the outdoor brand Gramicci, whose climbing pants provide the base for the series. Both models are cut from POLARTEC® WIND PRO®, a fleece nonnative uses across its own collections. According to the brand, the dense knit gives roughly four times the wind resistance of a standard POLARTEC® fleece, holding warmth against cold gusts.

The fabric does this without a film or membrane. That keeps it breathable, so excess heat can escape, and leaves a soft, flexible hand, which is not what most wind-resistant fabrics offer. The aim, as nonnative puts it, is to overturn the image of fleece pants through cut and comfort rather than through technical add-ons.

The two models differ in silhouette. The CLIMBER EASY PANTS are the slim, versatile base of the collaboration, the model it started from. The WALKER TP EASY PANTS are straight through the thigh and taper from below the knee to the hem. Both come in sizes 0 to 4.

Each pair costs ¥40,000 before tax, which makes ¥44,000 with tax. They go on sale on 31 October at the nonnative shop in Aoyama-dai, Meguro, Tokyo, the nonnative shop Osaka, COVERCHORD online and in Fukuoka, and the Gramicci online shop.