Salopettes/Bibs
Salopettes/Bibs
Highly practical, and as a consequence chosen by parents for their infants and skiing septogenarians who are concerned about “getting a chill” the world over. They keep the snow from going down your crack, have lots of pockets to keep things in (such as your mother’s telephone number, or cream for your piles), and can easily be slipped off when you need to go for a poo.
Because of their proximity to dungarees, they are the fashion equivalent of a kids TV presenter doing a double thumbs up before jumping onto a brightly coloured bean bag and therefore have, for many years, been undoubtedly the single most most dorky thing you could wear on the slopes. Perversely, now adopted by elite snowboarders around the globe as the central component of the douchebag-chic look. The bargain bin must have been completely bare in the spring of 2013.