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How a Father's Beloved Jacket Launched a Clothing Brand

After an entrepreneur lost his dad's favorite jacket, he decided to do something about it: open up a coat company.
Source: Courtesy of Alex Orr

When my father was in his late teens, working as a ski-lift operator in Switzerland, he met a man named Andreas Geissberger. Andreas had skied for the Swiss team and led climbs in the Alps and the Himalayas. He’d lived an amazing life. And he had this canvas climbing jacket

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