New Stuff Scoopio
A quick report from the Soltex Trade Show in Manchester including first pics of Gore's Comfort Mapping clothing plus kit from Icebreaker, Helly Hansen, MHW, Aku and Wild Roses.
Posted: 22 February 2006
by Jon
We spent Monday at the Soltex trade show at the fabulous
G-Mex centre in Manchester. It was mainly full of snow sports stands
and weird-looking folk in very baggy trousers, but there were a few
outdoor companies braving the chills of Manchester, so here's a quick
report on what we found...
Icebreaker
The nice people from Icebreaker were there with their latest
merino wool clothing. To be honest, the material's pretty much as
you'd expect - pure merino wool - in different weights, but they have
some nice new colours and styles due out later this year.
This includes some neat, patterned prints aimed at the women's
market and lots of stripes. The rather lovely Coronet - a mid-layer
merino with neat styling stripes - is joined by the Pinnacle,
which has similar stripes, but plain shoulders and normal cuffs
rather than thumb-looped ones - see below:
There's also a plainer top, The Tornado, in the same weight of
fabric and a more seriously techy top which really caught our eye.
The Ignition Zip uses stretchy Eyelet side panels - still 100
per-cent merino, the stretch is in the knit - along with a drop tail.
It all looks very nice as does the range of hats which is out now.
www.icebreaker.com
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