What should girls wear?

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bigdaddybrie

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I. obviously, am a girl. I'm wondering what ya'lls opinion is on girls wearing, for example, the Oakley Preffered or any Saga. I'm open to any suggestions cause I'm trying to find a jacket for this year. I dont mind wearing mens jackets. I like the tall fit but it cant be super wide.
 
I wear the 2012 Oakley preferred suit. I got tons of complements on it from both men and women. Personally I hate most women's gear and a small in mens seems to be just the right amount of baggy.
 
I like to go with what's comfortable, functional, and doesn't make me look like a clown.

There isn't anything specific girls should wear. That's a bit of a silly question. Wear what you like and what helps you and allows you to ski for a full day.

I think it's kinda sad when girls are more concerned about how they are going to look for the day than how good their own skiing is or how much fun they are having.
 
If you have lots of money buy what ever looks good feels good. If ur tight on cash go to a pre-season sale and buy what fits good and what you can afford.

Wear what you like. Who cares what your wearing? Gapers and stupid poser park rats maybe. And if people give you shit for wearing weird clothing just shut them with awesome skiing. That's how I roll.
 
If you're going by functionality then you should definitely go with men's gear over women's. Women's gear is usually made to be pretty, with functionality taking a backseat to fashion. Oakley for example didn't even have any gore-tex pro shells in their last years women's line up, yet they had plenty of 20k men's stuff.

Asides from the fabric, men's stuff usually has more and larger pockets, and a longer cut that actually covers your ass. I often see women on the mountain (snowboarders especially) when sitting or leaned over showing a huge strip of bare flesh between their short cut "fashionable" jacket and the waist of their pants. Men's jackers are also more likely to have tech features like waterproof zippers, recco beacons, wrist gaiters, etc. After switching to men's gear I'm never going back to women's, the advantages are far too numerous.
 
Girls in skinny cut clothes just look like shawn white to me, completely awkward (yeah I know he's a snowboarder). Loose fit = freedom of movement. Also you can't tell the gender of most people on the mountain (helmet + face mask/bandana = completely anonymity), so if baggy clothing looks good on guys it must look good on women as well.
 
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I'm quoting myself for emphasis.

Baggy, tight, men's, women's. It entirely depends on what/how you ski. As long as you can perform well in what you are wearing, you're golden. If you get a solid outfit such as the photo of the girl above, awesome. It looks pretty awesome. I'd probably rock the same outfit if I had it. If you are doing a long tour on a warm day and the best thing suited that you own is a bright orange Mountain Hardwear Soft Shell and horrendous lightweight pants that a pen exploded on, wear that shit.

But if you think wearing 6 tall t's and 4 baselayers on a 20 degree day is a good idea, then you've got a problem (unless this is all you can afford, but I doubt that)

If you think that functional is defined by the level of waterproofing of your jacket, you may also have a problem.

Functional is whatever is best suited for your day's activities. If I'm going into the BC for 5 days in the PNW, maybe I want gortex. However, if you ski in a dryer climate and keep your gear in tip top shape, function for you may be 10k. If you have a locker, you probably don't need lots of pockets. If you're always in need to do business, maybe you need a jacket with phone buttons on the sleeve. Functional is relative to you.

That being said, there are plenty of companies that make women's tech gear. Eider, Spider, Marmot, HellyHansen, Peak Performance, Mountain Hardwear, Cloudvail. Given, I'd probably only wear Eider or Peak Performance out of that, but it does exist.

Who cares if Oakley makes 20k women's pieces or not. The profit margins on that stuff must be pretty damn low. The amount of women skiing aggressively enough to need a gortex piece is low enough and satisfied enough to go with one of the aforementioned brands or a men's item. As BC skiing grows, the number of companies making a women's tech item will increase. Supply and Demand.

Oh, and here is a group of girls looking like girls, but being uber badass.

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You don't need to look like a dude to get respect.

 
I agree there are a few good tech jackets out there made for women, but they are few and far between. Most of us are at the whims of whatever our local ski store stocks, and of those brands you mentioned marmot and mountain hardware are the only ones I see much of at my local store and I haven't been too impressed with them.

I definitely think people should wear whatever makes them comfortable, I just can't see how comfortable exposing your bare back to the elements is whenever you lean over in a fashion cut women's jacket. Also you can wear men's clothing and not look like that girl in the tall sweatshirt (which is clearly beyond the length of normal men's wear). Not that there is anything wrong with her and her look, I think she looks fine, and probably doesn't suffer any breezes when she leans over.
 
I was loving some of their colorways last year. I also like how they just label everything as Unisex. Not sure about this year's colorways. None of them really stand out.
 
its rather refreshing.

/nude4lyfe

but in all honesty, wear what your ability level entails. bitches decked out in saga and tall tees but can't hit a rail are just as annoying as dudes who do the same thing, they just have tits.
 
So I'm actually a lady skier, and I've found the perfect pair of skinny pants. When you're buying skinny fitted pants, you DO NOT want a polyester shell. There is absolutely no stretch. A great pair of stretch skinny snowpants are extremely comfortable. Also, I go with long fit and XL women's style jackets. I would recommend sticking with dark colors such as black and dark grey. I'm not a fan of bright neon colored outerwear plastered with a companies logo. My go to website is backcountry.com.

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My beloved pants.

The only downside I've experienced is when you fall on boxes, you get occasional nips in the fabric. However, I imagine this would happen to any snow pant, and nothing duck tape couldn't fix.

Also, feel free to buy men's hoodies. In my experience, women's hoodies are expensive and uncomfortable. Checkout your local thrift store.
 
This thread is literally the dumbest thing I have seen on NS, and that's saying something.
 
Except for this. This photo is always appreciated. That girl just looks like such a babe. God damn.

But still, not only is this thread another shitty fashion thread, but it's also a lot of dudes arguing about women's fashion.
 
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