issue #48: how to dress if you want to look like you can ski.

I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to get anything out to you guys today, as I’ve been in Colorado on vacation for the past week. And because I’ve been on vacation, my brain has reliably turned to mush. Rather than staring at a computer screen, analyzing data in Excel and strategizing for future buying seasons, I’ve been sitting around with family, taking long chilly walks, drinking too many mulled wines, relaxing, reading a book (!!), and attempting to hit the slopes.

I’m not a great skier. I really only learned how in the last couple of years, when I was working in the outdoor apparel industry and felt that it was my duty to at least have a general idea of knowing how. If I was going to be selling cold weather and ski apparel, I thought it was important I had actually been on the slopes at some point in my life. At least to vaguely be able to walk the walk. Plus, there’s something so intoxicating about the thought of bombing down a mountain, wind in your face, trees towering …