How Napapijri and PDF want to redefine contemporary outdoor wear

Napapijri, long synonymous with alpine functionality and an exploratory spirit since the 1980s, today announced the next chapter in its partnership with PDF, the brand founded by Italian designer Domenico Formichetti. Following last season’s initial collaboration—when Formichetti reimagined the iconic Skidoo jacket on the runway—the project now evolves into a dedicated line: Progetto Napapijri by PDF, set to arrive this spring. The capsule will make its official debut during the upcoming Milan Fashion Week, inside PDF’s runway show, a key moment for the designer’s label. It is already available for purchase at selected global multi-brand retailers, as well as directly on both brands’ official websites.

This is far more than a standard guest capsule: it represents a genuine creative conversation between two seemingly distant universes. On one side, Napapijri contributes its technical heritage: garments engineered to withstand extreme conditions, with obsessive focus on high-performance fabrics, ergonomic fit, and details that have defined the history of outdoor clothing. On the other, PDF maintains its signature bold, deliberately provocative aesthetic—steeped in hip-hop references, underground cultural nods, and a near-sculptural approach to garment construction.

The outcome is a collection built entirely around tension and contrast. Napapijri’s signature pieces—such as the Skidoo, Rainforest, and Bering models—serve as the foundation and are radically reinterpreted. Classic silhouettes expand into oversized volumes, proportions are inverted, cuts become asymmetrical or deconstructed. A traditional striped polo gains urban edge through technical inserts and unexpected finishes. Outerwear pieces like jackets and anoraks preserve Napapijri’s engineering precision while adopting a more aggressive aesthetic, featuring pronounced layering, oversized zips, and texture play that bridges pure functionality with high fashion.

The color palette mirrors this duality: neutral, nature-inspired tones typical of outdoor gear—beige, black, technical grays, forest green—coexist with brighter accents and prints that inject metropolitan energy into the garments. This is not a superficial overlay, but a profound re-thinking in which comfort and protection remain at the core, while the visual language shifts toward something younger, more rebellious, and street-aware. The project thus becomes an open laboratory where heritage and disruption feed off each other, producing a result greater than the sum of its parts.

The capsule will be officially unveiled during the upcoming Milan Fashion Week, as part of PDF’s runway presentation, a defining moment for the designer’s brand. It is already available at carefully selected multi-brand stores worldwide, in addition to the official websites napapijri.com and pdfbrand.com. In a fashion landscape increasingly saturated with collaborations, Progetto Napapijri by PDF stands out for its authenticity: this is not opportunistic marketing, but a logical progression for a brand that has always placed experimentation among its founding principles.

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