It was back around 1978 that Scottish mountaineer, Hamish Hamilton, came up with his idea for Buffalo Clothing. For a long time it seems that he had been wondering how the Inuit people kept warm by using animal skins with the fur next to the skin which allowed moisture to circulate and escape through the porous hide. Hamish managed to create a synthetic version of the hide which he called Pertex and when this was combined with a fleece type inner he had an ideal material, initially for the production of sleeping bags and later on for a clothing system which included a top very similar to the one we have here in the collection. Kindly donated by our good friend, Allen Fyffe, this 1980’s blue Buffalo top compliments the older grey one we have in the collection, and despite its age, is still in very good condition. Though never quite the height of fashion, Buffalo clothing is functional with a certain esoteric charm. Some 40 years after its inception the company is still going strong so they must be doing something right.