The North Face 1996 Retro Nuptse Jacket in Purple

The Original Puffer. In Purple.

The North Face 1996 Retro Nuptse Jacket in Purple is the icon in its most distinctive and singular chromatic statement — a deep, rich purple that gives the Nuptse's legendary silhouette a drama and individuality that no other colourway in the range can offer. The same faithfully reissued 1996 construction — the 700-fill goose down, the signature oversized baffles, the authentic panelling — in a purple that has never belonged to the crowd and never will. The Nuptse in purple is for those who wear the icon on their own terms, in the colour that has always signified something more than fashion.

Why You'll Love It

• 700-Fill Goose Down Insulation: The same high-loft goose down that made the original Nuptse a high-altitude performer in 1996 — exceptional warmth-to-weight ratio in the Nuptse's most dramatically singular and individual colourway
• Rich Purple Colourway: A deep, commanding purple that brings a drama and distinctiveness to the Nuptse's iconic silhouette that sits entirely apart from every other colourway in the range — neither the authority of the darks, the warmth of the earth tones, nor the joy of the brights, but something altogether more singular and self-possessed
• Authentic 1996 Design: Faithfully reissued from the original 1996 pattern — the boxy silhouette, bold panelling, and oversized baffle construction in the colourway that makes the Nuptse the most individually expressive and statement-making it has ever been
• Iconic Nuptse Baffled Construction: The Nuptse's signature large, down-filled baffles lock in warmth across the jacket's full body — the construction that built the legend, in the colour that refuses to be categorised alongside anything else
• Packable Design: Stuffs into its own chest pocket for compact storage — the Nuptse's legendary practicality in the most dramatically individual colourway in the range
• Embroidered North Face Branding: The heritage Half Dome logo and original Nuptse branding — detailing that reads with a deep, regal authority against the purple shell

The original. In purple. Singularly its own — the North Face 1996 Retro Nuptse Jacket in Purple is the most dramatically individual and self-possessed colourway of the most culturally significant jacket ever made, for those who have never needed a crowd to validate the colour they choose to wear.