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Dear Mr Buyer for SnR, Ellis Brigham etc etc

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Has it ever occurred to you that us men might want ski trousers in something other than black, "anthracite", carbon or some other variant of dark grey? Are you aware that brands like Norrona, Haglofs and many others make technical kecks, with a stylish cut and vibrant colours?

No?



YOU'RE FIRED
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Arno, well said, I want pleats and turnups!
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Arno, there are some bright colours available on the racks above SZK.
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Had a quick look at the Norrona website, mostly black and grey as far as I could see (and rightly so).
No vibrant colours for me thanks. Black Dainese jacket and mid-grey Eider "kecks".
My mate has a bright red jacket and my wife accused him of looking like a tomato. Let's face it, nobody wants to look like a tomato when skiing do they?
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Frosty the Snowman, you're part of the problem Razz
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Frosty the Snowman, Green kit to match the vans wink Laughing
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Wear black and grey, nothing wrong with looking like everyone else?????? The world needs more sheep.

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uktrailmonster, what about these babies:



also available in baby blue and tomato red
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boredsurfin, We have Navy kit to match red n white vans rolling eyes Laughing

Arno, I expect all clothing to be functional. Cant make a slik purse out of a sows ear, no matter how itsw dressed up wink
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Arno,

We want to go skiing not fishing. Wink
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Frosty the Snowman, doh! I thought you had Green and white vans? Confused
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Frosty the Snowman, good function and being pleasing to the eye are not mutually exclusive

DB, yes that bustier thing is a bit wierd but it's detachable I think
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I know the problem - getting white-red trousers with blue white red jacket, or orange everything, for example, would be great. Now, Haglofs has wonderful jacket colour combos. Why don't they do the same with trousers. Not that I still would buy but black. Mind you, my napapijri trousers (hyvent) are royal blue-black...
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demos, there are some nicely coloured trousers on the haglofs website, but are they stocked by the UK shops? are they ####!
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I just want fleece-lined plus-fours with elasticated weather cuffs
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Very few stockers of Haglofs in the UK but I reckon thats a good thing. Haglofs UK are great to deal with and if there is something on the Swedish site you like I'm sure they would get it in for you.
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kiwi1, might try contacting them direct - have you bought direct from the company (saw your post in another thread) or did you go through the local distributor?
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Yup. I bought a 3 layer goretex Helium from them direct.
Hadn't even heard of Haglofs till I came across the jackets in a mountain shop in Skipton. I thought the quality was better than Mountain Equipment, NF and mountain Hardware but the shop did not have my size.
Contacted Haglofs the following Monday who got a jacket in from Sweden for me. Both Haglofs Sweden and the UK were really good to deal with.

Sorry you didn't ask for the story. Ignore all that. I'll try and answer your questen better.

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kiwi1, thanks.

Mr Buyer, you're still fired
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kiwi1, I second your views. Their customer service is fantastic. Well, it comes with a price tag on the clothes, but it's good to have someone on the phone who knows what they do and actually delivers on the promises.

They did not agree to sell me directly here in Belgium, but put me in touch with their distributor who would have sold straight without passing through stores. In the end, I bought from Germany as it was cheaper and faster because of sales they had and goods were in stock.

Arno, what trousers do they have coloured? All their skitrousers are plain black apart from Alto, Krypton (both goretex) and Demon (softshell). So you can choose between blue, titanium (read grey), black and mustard. Not very much of choice there. Or maybe it's better than most...
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demos, I think you've summarised the choice, which is much more than the UK stores seem to manage!
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There are basically 3 reasons why I always go for grey or black trousers

1) They match pretty much any jacket
2) I only wear them for skiing, so they last for years. Therefore it's better that they don't look ridiculous after a couple of seasons
3) Black stuff is always pretty cool

If I went for those green numbers above it would severely limit my choice of jacket, not to mention I'd probably look like a cross between the Hulk and Jolly Green Giant!
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uktrailmonster, you need to be more bold in your choice of colours. i really think you could carry it off Madeye-Smiley
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Yeah. Mustard and Curry pants to match my jacket. Now we're cooking.

Be warned it's expensive but worth it. The Helium was £300 in the shop. I paid £220 direct from Haglofs.
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kiwi1, You got a good deal! What colour is you Helium then? Green?

I paid 200 euro for my Omni pants (soft) and 299 for Sharkfin hood (soft) + some small postage from Germany. I was thinking of getting the then burnt orange/black colour combo, but ended up in the titanium black (grey) as it will last longer. I am getting boring, really. Thought it looked cooler. Though, I am not sure now. Still, my red boots fit better that than with orange. And the goggles head band is grey too.

My feeling only is that in active clothing, investment in quality is almost always worth it. The gear lasts longer, performs better and provides more satisfaction.
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Arno, you've nicked my pet peeve.

Am currently considering the following trousers:

SOS in Flame or Apple
Mammut in Orange and Navy
Kjus in Orange or Green

- the problem with all of these being that I would probably need a new jacket to match.

Or,

Helly Hansen in Mandarin
Peak in yellow

Which I think (and don't care about anyone else's opinion) will work just fine with my cobalt blue MH jacket (of 6 years, ~260 day vintage).
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Why does it matter what colour your kit is?
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demos, I've got the curry and mustard color. I'm with Arno. I like the brighter colors. I'm stocking Avalaan stuff this season. Hmmm bright orange. Love or hate thing going on.
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Peak's got a wonderful white/green combination this year both for jacket and trousers. Looks very fast!
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This season I shall mainly be wearing Rupert the Bear's cast-offs. Very slimming they are. I'll try and find a pic but haven't the faintest how to put one up.
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kiwi1, BTW, why don;t you ski in your own stock gear?
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fallliner, must post pic. rupert fur is the new black.
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richmond, if I'm dropping £200 plus on a pair of kecks, THEY SHOULD BE ANY FRIKKEN COLOUR I WANT!!!!

David Murdoch, I was thinking of you as I perused the range in SnR - the annoying thing is that the manufacturers do seem to produce these things but the dude at SnR can't see beyond "anthracite". I currently have a rather nice pair of Peak corduroy kecks which look quite cool but actually are quite impractical (they froze and went all stiff last time I wore them). I'm thinking a trip to the Peak shop in Chamonix when I'm over next month may be in order. Those orange and navy Mammut ones are a bit of a mountaineering cut (ie my bum doesn't fit into them very well) but there are some more roomy ones which look interesting...
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demos,
Couldn't wait any longer for EB or S&R to offer me a purchasing job so am doing it myself. It's a very new and very small (at the mo but have to start somewhere) venture. I bought the haglofs jacket before I started. I am wearing a pair of the Avalaan pants this season. I hope to stock Haglofs but can't until I move from on-line to retail premises which won't be until the 07/08 season.


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kiwi1, I want cheap gloves too!
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richmond, so your girlskibunny doesn't ski straight past you standing beside the slope?

Arno, I found it most frustrating, especially as most EU manufacturers/stockists at least give you SOME options. I did wonder about the PEAK cords, love the look, wasn't sure they'd work. So clearly they're off my list.

The Mammut stuff looks great but is justifiably expensive (and a bit on the heavy side).

kiwi1, Well done you.
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richmond wrote:
Why does it matter what colour your kit is?


Because looking cool is very important Smile Oh yes.
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uktrailmonster, you need to be more bold in your choice of colours. i really think you could carry it off Madeye-Smiley


Well I'm just easing myself in with a pair of bright orange boots at the moment and I think it's going reasonably well. I'm not sure I'm ready for loud pants yet. Maybe grey with a coloured stripe of some kind might be a compromise?
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