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High Fashion Ski Wear
September 16, 2006: This just in: There is snow on the mountaintops of Summit County. Time to start thinking about this winter's ski clothes. You may notice that fashion trends are gradually beginning to change at ski resorts. Ski clothing is becoming slightly more elegant, and some manufacturers are even enlisting the help of designers.

For example, Rossignol has recently partnered with the House of Pucci, which is currently owned by Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey (LVMH), to create high fashion skiwear. You can even make a fashion statement by matching your ski clothes with the Rossignol Saphir Pucci, a ski with Pucci-inspired graphics.

While this might seem a bit odd, keep in mind that in 1934, Emilio Pucci was a member of the Italian Olympic Ski Team. When he posed for a photo at St. Moritz, Harpers Bazaar editor Diana Vreeland was amazed to discover that he had designed his own ski clothes! Vreeland asked for some designs to sell in The United States. Eventually, Lord and Taylor purchased his entire line of skiwear.

Pucci decided to set up his design studio in his family's 15th century palace in Florence. Since he was first member of the independently wealthy Pucci family to work in a thousand years, he maintained his family's dignity by signing his designs,"Emilio."

Klaus Obermeyer was born in Germany in 1919. At the age of three,he started skiing on a pair of skis he constructed from a
wooden citrus crate. When he moved to Sun Valley Idaho, he began selling Bavarian neckties from the back of a truck belonging to ski guru, Warren Miller.

The next winter, he moved to Aspen to become a ski instructor. However, he noticed that he was losing students because their ski clothes were not warm enough. Klaus would only earn his ten dollars a day as an instructor if his students stayed in class. Thus, he decided to make a ski parka out of his goose down comforter! The rest is history!

Today, many of the Obermeyer fashions are designed to show off your fit body. There's still time to get in shape! Visit the fitness page on ski-clothes.com.