Today, down jackets built for K2 are worn on the school run and premium waterproofs pop up in pubs. In their photo book, Max Leonard and Henry Iddon track down hard-as-nails but unheralded mountaineers and the fabric innovators who put them safely – and sometimes even stylishly – on summits to ask how we got here

1955-1964 TRIUMPH T120 BONNEVILLE

Designer Malcolm Bates had his finger on the pulse of what was hip for the trip

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Cycling fans will know Abus as the helmet worn by Mathieu van der Poel – the Dutch superstar of a Belgian team sporting a German brand. What few of those fans will realise, however, is that the helmet

SYNONYMOUS WITH THE PRECISE ART OF THE SUIT, SAVILE ROW’S BLEND OF HERITAGE AND FRESH TALENT CONTINUES TO THRIVE, FINDS TALLULAH RUSHAYA