Patagonia has long served consumers with thoughtful and intuitive clothing options that can, in simple alliterative terms, be described as functional fashion. Design and quality so good and so specific you can pick them out in a crowd. They’ve done this for decades with their apparel and it seems, as their footwear options gain momentum and similar recognition, their boot line is following in kind, including the new Bly Mid Gore-Tex hiking boot.

What’s in a name?

First things first, about the name: Bly. This is Patagonia’s nod to journalist and famed female explorer Elizabeth Jane Cochrane whose pen name was ‘Nellie Bly.’ While most of Bly’s life was notable, two adventures standout: her 1887 assignment where she committed herself to a women’s insane asylum undercover and an 1889 circumnavigation of the world that lasted 72 days, six hours and eleven minutes. Bly was recognized for her writings on issues affecting women’s rights and injustices. She was also known for controversial stories that always sold papers.

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