The North Face 1996 Retro Nuptse Down Jacket – Orange

The Original. In Its Most Fearless Colour.

The The North Face 1996 Retro Nuptse Down Jacket in Orange is the 1996 Retro Nuptse for those who have absolutely no interest in going unnoticed. Every other colourway in the Nuptse range makes its case with depth, heritage, or quiet authority. Orange makes its case with volume — the boldest, most energetic, most unapologetically visible expression of the most iconic down jacket ever made. This is the Nuptse that announces itself first and justifies itself second. In that order. Always.

Key Features

• 700-fill goose down insulation for the exceptional warmth-to-weight ratio that made the original Nuptse legendary
• Iconic quilted panelled construction — the design language that defined the oversized puffer silhouette, in its most bold and attention-commanding colourway
• Faithful 1996 Retro reissue — original proportions, original panels, original attitude, restored with complete authenticity
• Boxy, oversized fit engineered for layering and the freedom of movement that expedition performance demands
• Orange colourway — high-energy, high-visibility, and deeply rooted in The North Face’s expedition heritage, where orange has always meant serious performance in serious conditions
• Packable design — compresses into its own chest pocket for convenient storage and travel
• Embroidered The North Face logo — the mark of the brand that has equipped adventurers since 1966

Orange. The Nuptse That Cannot Be Ignored.

Orange on The North Face is not an accident. It is a declaration — a colour drawn from the brand’s expedition heritage, where high-visibility meant survival, where being seen against a white mountain face was not a style choice but a necessity. On the 1996 Retro Nuptse, that heritage energy translates into something that the street has never been able to look away from: the oversized quilted silhouette in a colour so vivid, so immediate, and so completely itself that every other colourway in the range suddenly looks like it is making a different kind of argument entirely. Nine other reasons to buy the Nuptse. One reason to buy it in orange: because you want to. The North Face since 1966. The Nuptse, since 1996. Orange, without apology.