Anonymous asked: Where is your clothing made?

Proud to say that many of our products are manufactured in the USA, including our entire Wild Things alpine line and our Berry Amendment compliant WT Tactical products. We have several manufacturing partners here in the US as well as our own facility in Gorham, NH. This year we are introducing several collections that are manufactured outside of the US including Smith & Wesson Apparel, M&P™ by Smith & Wesson Tactical Clothing, and a non-Berry Amendment compliant line of WT Tactical clothing. These decisions mainly because the price point of Made in USA products is to high for the cash-strapped Law Enforcement organizations looking to buy our high quality products. The good news is that we’ve been able to maintain our quality with these lines and put them in the hands of the end user at lesser cost. Made in USA is always the top priority, and we make our products domestically whenever we can.

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solomonome1ster asked: I came across an awesome Wild Things jacket in Japan (retail shop was called Beaver) - but cant find it on your website. Do you guys sell special jackets only in Japan or can I source them on the Internet elsewhere?

Hi solomonome1ster. We license our original Wild Things label to a Japanese retailer, Saws, Co. We do make many of the jackets in this retailer’s catalog, however they also manufacture some products independently with our approval. The Beaver is likely one of those products. Original Label products are available through this retailer currently on their website: http://www.wildthings.jp/ . We also sell some of the Original Label products that we manufacture in the US through Urban Outfitters.

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Anonymous asked: I want an Andinista, but I really don't like the bulk of a bullet pocket (played with it in the store the other day). WIll you please make one with more streamlined clips for crampons and tools? If you do, I will buy it, and I'm sure my friends would too! THANKS!

Thanks for the feedback. I’m happy to pass this along to our product development team.

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Wild Things Gear Testing Rundown

Thanks to the efforts of our PR engine, driven by Chris Goddard Public Relations (CGPR), and some kick-butt alpine products, if I do say so myself, we’ve gotten some attention from some of the bigger publications for testing and, hopefully, inclusion in the fall 2012 selection of gear guides. This is great news for Wild Things. It’s been a few years since we’ve raised the eyebrows of these respected folks. Not sure exactly where most of these products are being tested, however a few packs are headed to Alaska, one of our favorite places, and I hear a couple of Alpinist Jackets made the trip to Patagonia. We’ll be sure to let you know how these products faired in testing.

Backpacker Magazine is currently testing:

• M’s Alpinist Jacket
• W’s Alpinist Jacket
• M’s Power Stretch Hoody
• W’s Power Stretch Hoody
• M’s Power Stretch Bottoms
• W’s Power Stretch Bottoms

Climbing Magazine has their hands on:

• M’s Alpinist Jacket
• W’s Alpinist Jacket
• Andinista Pack
• Guide Pack

Outside Magazine is interested in base layers:

• M’s Power Stretch Hoody
• W’s Power Stretch Hoody
• M’s Power Stretch Bottoms
• W’s Power Stretch Bottoms

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Anonymous asked: As a follow up to the layering question on the Alpinist Jacket...would it also fit over a Patagonia Down Sweater if the weather suddenly got bad?

You got it. The Alpinist would layer over the Down Sweater, or our Insulight Jacket. The patterning of the jacket makes this possible without restriction of movement.

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