Couture has been a part of skiing ever since Mademoiselle Chanel began to take an interest in female skiers' clothes in the 1920s. Her range of matching outfits for the elegant women of Saint Moritz has led to designers such as Karl Lagerfeld's 2000/01 Fall-Winter ski collection. He recently created a pair of black quilted skis, no doubt drawn from his penchant for leather.
This season Chanel unveiled a pair of skis constructed of rosewood and carbon fiber. Could they be a suitable equivalent for vintage skis? Maybe if you expect to be sharing a chalet in Verbier or Courchevel with the fashion set. For the rumoured £2,300 price tag you could easily afford the far superior skis of Igneous or for little less the equally pretty Wagner. For those of us on a tighter budget it looks like the style will filter down to the more affordable ski manufactures. Atomic almost has it right with their Nomad Renu, which has the advantage of matching Bamboo look and leather poles.
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