The North Face Men's 1996 Retro Nuptse Jacket

The Original. Reissued. Still Unmatched.

The The North Face Men’s 1996 Retro Nuptse Jacket is not just a jacket — it is the jacket. The original 1996 Nuptse defined what a puffer could be: expedition-proven warmth, bold panelled construction, and a boxy silhouette so immediately recognisable that it has shaped outerwear design and streetwear culture for the better part of three decades. This is the faithful reissue of that original — every panel, every proportion, every detail restored to exactly what made the 1996 version the most influential down jacket ever made.

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
• 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
• Packable design — compresses into its own chest pocket for convenient storage and travel
• Zip hand pockets and inner zip chest pocket for secure, practical storage
• Embroidered The North Face logo — the mark of the brand that has equipped explorers and adventurers since 1966

1996. The Year the Nuptse Changed Everything.

There are jackets, and then there is the Nuptse. When The North Face released the original 1996 Nuptse, they created something that transcended its expedition brief entirely — a piece of performance outerwear so perfectly proportioned, so visually distinctive, and so genuinely exceptional at keeping the wearer warm that it moved effortlessly from the mountain into the street, from the trail into the city, from the world of serious outdoor performance into the world of culture, style, and identity. The 1996 Retro reissue is the original, faithfully restored — every oversized panel, every boxy proportion, every detail exactly as it was in the year that changed outerwear forever. Some things cannot be improved. They can only be brought back. The North Face since 1966. The Nuptse, since 1996. Both, forever.