For the second chapter of their collaboration, The North Face and Aimé Leon Dore once again shift the boundary between city and mountain. The Fall/Winter 2026 collection is born from the meeting between the outdoor brand’s alpine heritage and that refined, nostalgic New York sensibility that has always defined Aimé Leon Dore’s language.

The starting point is some of The North Face’s most recognizable models, reimagined through proportions, materials and details that take them out of strictly technical territory. The collection includes 30 pieces and accessories, including new interpretations of the Nuptse, Mountain Jacket and Denali, alongside brand-new silhouettes such as the Fleece Rugby and the Ballistic Tech Vest, the latter inspired by 1990s utility wear.

What changes, however, is not just the look, because this season also sees the return of GORE-TEX®, present for the first time since 2019 in a collaboration between the two brands, while the Pertex Nuptse introduces a reversible construction with a hood and Cloud Down technology. The result keeps functionality at its core, but places it within a wardrobe that feels just as suited to a New York street as to a mountain trail.

It’s precisely this dual belonging that makes the campaign interesting: the images alternate between the vastness of the Andes and the density of New York, staging two seemingly distant landscapes united by the same idea of exploration. The mountain is not treated merely as a backdrop for technical clothing, just as the city is not simply its opposite — both become environments to be traversed.

The palette also contributes to building this dialogue: the bright yellow of the down jacket, dark green, blue and earthy tones stand out against the almost pure white of the snowy landscape, while details like the Fair Isle pattern on the hat bring the collection back toward a more traditional outdoor imagery.

Rounding out the offering are the Base Camp Mule and Verto Alpine GORE-TEX® Hiking Shoes, along with duffel bags, beanies, scarves and gloves. It’s not a choice between city and mountain — Aimé Leon Dore and The North Face seem interested in making them coexist. What emerges is a collection built precisely on this tension: gear born to explore an extreme landscape that ends up becoming part of the everyday uniform.