How to do chic après-ski fashion
Stay stylish on the slopes this winter with our guide to the ultimate après-ski fashions 2016
Jimmy Choo
Those serious about looking chic on their mountain holidays have long abandoned any interest in skiing. The outfits are unflattering, the goggles leave unfortunate tan lines and the helmets turn even the most lovingly maintained hair-style into a frizzy mess.
These days, it's all about the après-ski: where to eat, where to drink, what to Instagram and where to go shopping. Professionally stylish people, such as model Sadie Frost, prefer to spend their winter holidays at yoga and meditation classes, or if the snow is irresistible, tobogganing gently down slopes - preferably with one hand firmly on the champagne bottle.
So what are the absolute essentials for looking good on and off the slope this winter season? Here's what you want to be wearing when you bump into Pippa Middleton partying in Lech Am Arlberg in Austria, or spot Posh and Becks out in Courchevel.
A gorgeous, faux-fur winter coat
The last word in winter coats this year has been fur - and if Kanye West's brand new Yeezy collection at Manhattan’s Madison Square Garden this week is anything to go by, it'll continue to be the only thing worth being seen in right up until the spring. If you don't have the budget to dress in a Yeezy/Balmain collaboration, don't worry. Here are the best of the rest.
Shrimps PS16 Ariel Coat, Peach / Olivine, Faux Fur, available at Net-A-Porter.com, Matchesfashion.com and Shrimps.co.uk: £595
& Other Stories, Off-White Fur Coat: on sale £83
Topshop, Faux-fur block colour coat: £90.00
A gorgeous, warming knit. The bigger the better.
Adam Lippes Fall 2015, Ribbed-knit cotton and cashmere-blend sweater: £757.
Max Mara, Pure Wool Knit Shirt: £224.00. Polo-necks and oversized jumpers are both defining knitwear this winter. Both can be found in this soft jumper from Max Mara.
Ski Merino Top £145. If you insist on going skiing, this is the top to be seen in.
Ellergy £780. Available at www.matchesfashion.com.
Pair it high waisted and preferably fabric trousers that allows you to move freely and keeping you warm
Isabel Marant, Nepos high-rise stretch-cotton twill skinny pants £193
Raey, flared velvet trousers, £425. Reminiscent of 80's style flared ski trousers but with a chic velvet update.
Sweaty Betty, Ski Trail Seamless Leggings: £60. Cool even if all you're doing is wearing them to lunch.
Boots you can wear on the snow and into the nearest bar
Hunter Boots, Women's Original Block Heel Chelsea Boots: £120
Sam Edelman, Kemper Faux Shearling-lined fringed suede wedge boots: £135
Topshop, Alps Fur Lined Boots: £99
Dress it up: accessorise!
Jack Wills, Monkgate faux-fur backed mittens: £24.50
Shrimps, Marnie Scarf: £185
These days, it's all about the après-ski: where to eat, where to drink, what to Instagram and where to go shopping. Professionally stylish people, such as model Sadie Frost, prefer to spend their winter holidays at yoga and meditation classes, or if the snow is irresistible, tobogganing gently down slopes - preferably with one hand firmly on the champagne bottle.
So what are the absolute essentials for looking good on and off the slope this winter season? Here's what you want to be wearing when you bump into Pippa Middleton partying in Lech Am Arlberg in Austria, or spot Posh and Becks out in Courchevel.
A gorgeous, faux-fur winter coat
The last word in winter coats this year has been fur - and if Kanye West's brand new Yeezy collection at Manhattan’s Madison Square Garden this week is anything to go by, it'll continue to be the only thing worth being seen in right up until the spring. If you don't have the budget to dress in a Yeezy/Balmain collaboration, don't worry. Here are the best of the rest.
Shrimps PS16 Ariel Coat, Peach / Olivine, Faux Fur, available at Net-A-Porter.com, Matchesfashion.com and Shrimps.co.uk: £595
& Other Stories, Off-White Fur Coat: on sale £83
Topshop, Faux-fur block colour coat: £90.00
A gorgeous, warming knit. The bigger the better.
Adam Lippes Fall 2015, Ribbed-knit cotton and cashmere-blend sweater: £757.
Max Mara, Pure Wool Knit Shirt: £224.00. Polo-necks and oversized jumpers are both defining knitwear this winter. Both can be found in this soft jumper from Max Mara.
Ski Merino Top £145. If you insist on going skiing, this is the top to be seen in.
Ellergy £780. Available at www.matchesfashion.com.
Pair it high waisted and preferably fabric trousers that allows you to move freely and keeping you warm
Isabel Marant, Nepos high-rise stretch-cotton twill skinny pants £193
Raey, flared velvet trousers, £425. Reminiscent of 80's style flared ski trousers but with a chic velvet update.
Sweaty Betty, Ski Trail Seamless Leggings: £60. Cool even if all you're doing is wearing them to lunch.
Boots you can wear on the snow and into the nearest bar
Hunter Boots, Women's Original Block Heel Chelsea Boots: £120
Sam Edelman, Kemper Faux Shearling-lined fringed suede wedge boots: £135
Topshop, Alps Fur Lined Boots: £99
Dress it up: accessorise!
Jack Wills, Monkgate faux-fur backed mittens: £24.50
Shrimps, Marnie Scarf: £185
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