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Plastic or natural materials?
both
Fjällräven is expensive for you?
Yes.
They were never cheap, but I think they changed from making very high quality garments for high-ish prices to making ok-quality garments for hipster prices.
Really do like the style though but €200 for a wind jacket is bonkers I'm sorry.
salad-
I agree about the direction they've taken, but not about the price. Over 30 years in the same job and I still make less than €12.50 an hour for a 32 hour week, yet I don't mind paying a higher price for a well made item of clothing that'll (hopefully) last. Most goods (especially food, electronics and clothing) are relatively cheaper than ever before.
withered_preacher
Plastic or natural materials?
Fjällräven is expensive for you? In that case you're mostly looking at overseas manufacture.
Considered NOS military stuff? That option is also obviously fraught.
Patagonia has not been an option for me for years due to their embrace of plastic materials and overseas manufacture. Obviously important in the development of organic cotton, but they were early adopters of moving manufacture offshore with no change in pricing. Likely just my own bias though.