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SNODIVAHOT TRENDS
BY JENN WEEDE
What Makes You Strong?
Good snow, great friends and the incomparable beauty of blue sky over
white peaks. These are things that give SnoDiva the strength to keep on
diva-ing.
What gives you strength? And could you describe it in 100 words
or less?
That’s what Columbia Sportswear and Charlotte Moats want to know in
the 2007 Titanium Challenge. The clothing company and the big-mountain
skier with the beautiful style would like you to tell them “What Makes
You Strong?”. They want you to tell them in a 50-100 word essay
Retro ’80
backed up with three pictures illustrating exactly what it is — a
marathon, the perfect souffl é, your best shred-betty buddies — that
gives you strength.
Leather. It’s consummate bad-ass. It’s rock-n-roll. It’s biker. It’s
The winner and a lucky friend will get to ski or snowboard with Char-
Wild West. And it’s upper crust Euro-style country club. Leather
lotte and will be special guests of Columbia Sportswear and Colorado
Ski Country USA on a seven-day, all-expenses-paid trip to the
and leather-looks instantly upgrade apparel, regardless of what
mountains of Whistler, BC. The winner will also receive TITANIUM attitude it expresses.
apparel and footwear for a year… for two people.
Entries must be received between October 15, 2007 and January 31,
2008. With ski season just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to
dust off those old photos and tell Columbia exactly why you should be
hitting the slopes with Ms Moats.
FoMoInfo: columbia.com/titaniumchallenge — Peter Kray
16 BUYER’S GUIDE 2008
Orage
Niabi jacket
orageski.com
Photo: Columbia
Sorel Joan of Arctic
sorel.com
A girl’s just gotta have fun… even if it means
bopping back to the ’80s. This season’s hot
trends include a little leather, fab faux fur and
a lotta Cyndi Lauper glam.
Dynasty, Dallas, The Breakfast Club, “Thriller,” “Purple
Rain,” “Like A Virgin,” heavy metal, “hair metal,”
mullets, sunglasses at night — not everything that
goes ’round comes ’round, but
enough ’80s throwbacks are surfacing
to make one cringe… or do we
mean crimp? We defi nitely mean
primp. Whether prep school,
checkerhead, glamour girl or heavy
metal, the inspiration is all ‘80s.
Burton Piste-off gloves.
burton.com
Bonfi re miniskirt pants.
bonfi resnow.com
SHOW ME SOME SKIN
Scott
Airtime gloves
scottusa.com
Ride Studded Cracked
leather belt
ridesnowboards.com
Killer Instinct
Cave man or couture? No matter. Fur and skins, and
more popular faux fur and faux skins, are eternally
atop fashion’s hit list. Style hunters will embrace all
things feline, mink, alligator, giraffe, salmon, raccoon
— it seems no (faux) animal is safe — in vests and
linings, coats and trims. Join PETFA now!
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Sunice
Crantini
jacket.
sunice.com