The North Face founders Susie Tompkins Buell and Douglas Tompkins met hitchhiking in the ‘60s.
The two married and started The North Face, Inc. as a climbing and camping store in San Francisco. Soon, The North Face became the gold-standard of mountaineering, camping, and backpacking equipment.
After several changes in ownership, decades of relentless attention to quality, and several styles that have become iconic pieces in the fashion world, The North Face continues to produce some of the most rigorously-tested street-ready garments in the game.
Soon, The North Face became the gold-standard of mountaineering, camping, and backpacking equipment.