Chanel Carries Its Tweed Into the Snow

There is a specific problem in dressing for the mountains well: technical clothing rarely looks like anything but technical clothing.

The shoe equation is the practical one. A snow boot settles the silhouette, and a slim apres-ski boot changes the mood from slope to village.

The proportions stay short and controlled, sitting at the hip rather than the thigh, which keeps the leg line visible under a wide trouser.

Around it sit the supporting layers a real winter asks for: a fine-knit base, a quilted mid-layer, cashmere where a synthetic would be more practical.

The anchor piece is the jacket, cut closer to the body than a conventional ski shell and finished with the texture that makes the house’s textile recognisable at a distance.

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