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General
| We've done some scouting around for you and come up with a little guide to what's going to be hot on the slopes this year. So don't go accusing us if you get shopped to the fashion police.
Chose your Fit: many brands are offering lines in varying "fits" this year. DC, for example, are offering jackets in puffy fit, standard fit and a longer three-quarter length. The same goes for pants which can now be bought baggy, slim fit or somewhere in between. Slim fit outfits will really be getting back in the game again this season, both for ladies and gentlemen.
Go green: The use of sustainable fabrics in outerwear and, to a certain extent, in hard wear will be more prevalent than ever before this season. Top fashion brands such as Volcom, Protest, Rip Curl and Thirty Two will all be incorporating the use of PET (recycled plastic bottles) into their apparel. | | |
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Women's ski wear trends
| Waterproof denim is making a new appearence in women's ski wear this season, with 686 and Nikita both offering some nice denim style pants.  Love em or hate em, the all in one is back. Not for the faint hearted and probably best reserved for the super trendy park queens and kings, brands such as Salomon (left) O'Neill (who have no less than three on offer in their 2009/10 range), Special Blend, Kari Traa and Nitro are all jumping on the band wagon. A job for the fashion police? we'll leave that one up to you…
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Men's ski wear trends
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This season's men's ski wear will see loads of texturally interesting fabrics such as herringbone, tweed and cord, along with loud patterns such as oversize checks, plaid and stripes.
Another major trend is set to be the temperature changing jacket. Yep you heard us right! Cappell and O'Neill are both launching jackets on which the pattern changes when temperatures drop sub zero.
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Tech specs & colour charts
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More and more fashion lead ski wear brands are focusing on the technical aspects of their products. Burton, for example, are now using a hi-tech fabric called Outlast® for base and middle layering. It's been used by NASA's astronauts and is described as a 'temperature control' fabric. It keeps you warm but, unlike other insulation fabrics, it won't let you get too hot.
Another nifty innovation is the heat-warming jacket, brought to us this season by Billabong. Their "Cosy Jacket" has a clever heating system in the collar to warm up our little necks on the chairlift whilst the rest freeze their whatevers off .
Bright, bold colours will continue to dominate ski wear this winter, although colour blocking will make these brights more wearable and accessible than they have been previously.
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Photo: Nikita Clothing
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