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Rocky Mountain Featherbed (RMFC) was born in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in the late 1960s. Inspired by Native American leather capes, it began as cold-weather wear for cowboys working in extreme cold. Its featherbed-like warmth and its seamless western yoke, cut from a single piece of leather, quickly made its functional beauty one of a kind. In 1974, the brand developed a mountain parka using GORE-TEX®, then a cutting-edge material. Even as it led innovation in outdoor wear, the brand closed its doors in the late 1980s.

Even after the brand quietly disappeared, one Japanese man remained captivated by what RMFC stood for. In the 1990s, Kinji Teramoto began collecting its archive. One day, while out for a meal wearing an RMFC vest, he happened to meet an American designer with ties to the founder. That chance encounter opened a door onto the brand’s lost history and, in time, became the catalyst for him to carry on its legacy.

After countless prototypes and much research, RMFC took a new step forward under its own name again in autumn 2005. The products created by 35IVE SUMMERS faithfully recreate iconic details such as the leather yoke and natural mouton collar, while blending in modern materials and techniques. Refined beyond even the archive, they were rebuilt as garments suited to today. Here is a truly singular product where respect for the past meets a gaze toward the future.

RMFC continues to evolve without pause. A design born for horseback riding has been updated into today’s wardrobe—at home in city life, the outdoors, and the surf scene. Light, comfortable, easy to live with, and beautiful in its presence. From the choice of materials down to the structural design, it pursues a modern functional beauty. The red, yellow, and green colorways that RMFC is known for, carried down from the earliest models, remain living icons even as they are updated for the times. Teramoto says: “To keep evolving while cherishing the heritage—that is my mission. In time, I want to make locally and deliver locally, and to realize that way of being as a brand in the United States and Europe, too.” With that passion and sincerity, RMFC will go on captivating people across eras and borders.