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17/12/2008Winter sports fashion celebrates colour

This season’s ski wear is focused on designs that are tapered and plain, but with a dash of colour.

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"These outer layers are laminated to suit the pistes," said Buchheimer.
 
The brand Powderhorn works western elements like applied leather patches on the shoulders, sleeves and pants. Removable artificial fur collars embellish the jackets, while large seams, rivets, embroidery and distinctly set seat pockets are focal points.
 
For this season, the brand Schoeffel also has removable artificial fur collars on its jackets and emphasises contrasting quilting seams while Italian maker Dolomite’s colourful collection includes short-cropped bomber jackets or long coats, most notably with fur on the collar or hood.
 
Salomon emphasises glamorous and youthful elements in the description of its collection. Ornamental accents and gold are combined with clean forms, asymmetric patterns and neon colours.
 
Photo © Gio "il Dr.Gialmào" - Flickr
The snowboard label Burton is showing pink, neon, stripes, comic and photographic designs which are integrated into the widely used camouflage pattern.
 
Generally, there is a lot of decoration on ski and snowboard fashion, said Buchheimer, noting the stitching, belts and fake fur on the collar or hood. Down jackets with a slick, shimmering outer layer are also in style, mimicking current street fashion.
 
If you already are a big fan of such decoration, go for Kjus and Peak Performance products – these two winter sports clothing makers also put these styles on the pistes.
 
17 December 2008
text: dpa / Thorsten Wiese / Expatica
photo credit: Armin Weigel; brian.chu; Gio "il Dr.Gialmào"




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