COULOIR One Piece Ski Bib Snow Suit Women's 6 Early 1990s Fantastic Condition

Description

Couloir One-piece Ski Jumpsuit from early 1990s
This beautiful cranberry red (red with a touch of pink to it) one-piece ski suit has a soft, satiny-smooth feel to the outer shell and not too much puffiness in the insulation. Across the top of the shoulders there is a flattering fabric insert in grape color plus a bit of a deeper cranberry. The grape color is also the color of the inside of the collar and placket for the zipper. The hood, not lined, can be rolled up and zipped into the collar, giving it a nice rolled, stand-up shape.
The sleeves end in a deep cuff with a wide elastic that is stitched in and a velcro tab closure to snug it around the wrists. So wind doesn't sneak up the sleeves, and neither does snow if you should happen to
fall in a spectacular way!
The closure around the leg cuffs has taken into account everything you could ever think of to keep snug around your boots. There is a 13-inch-long zipper so you can easily get into your boots and then seal things up. Outside the zipper is a placket with three snaps. Within the cuffs, where the elastic is, there are two snaps that secure the cuffs without having to fight to get the zipper to close down at your ankle. Those two snaps are for a narrow band of black elastic that was made with a rubbery texture to prevent your pant leg from riding up your boot. Regrettably, that kind of elastic has not stood up over time; it has lost its "stretch" and is dry. Still, you can rely on a fabric loop sewn into the cuff that I think you'd run one of your boot buckles through. And, finally, there's the very wide band of elastic at the very bottom of the leg. If all this sounds complicated, it's because Couloir has done everything imaginable to cover all a skier could want to be comfortable in this stylish snowsuit. There is a picture (just before the images of the tags) of these lower leg details, but I don't think it is very clear because there's a lot of red-on-red. One final detail about the lower leg: there's a large, black rubbery protector patch on each leg cuff designed to prevent the sharp edges of your skis from slicing the fabric of the ski suit. You can see them in the first closeup photo, where the sleeve cuffs and leg cuffs are shown.
Pockets galore!
There is one zipped outer pocket a bit below the left shoulder, so you can keep things like lip balm or a credit card there and not have to unzip the suit to reach them. Obviously, the left shoulder was chosen so the right hand can do the zipping. That's not really fair to lefties, but that's how it's designed.
There are two zipped outer pockets about the level of the hipbone, nice and deep.
There is one zipped inner pocket on the right side for things you might want to keep warm - plenty big enough for your phone because it's no fun to have the phone freeze up because the battery got too cold. If you're a leftie, this will be your preferred pocket, except that you have to unzip to get to it.
And, finally, there's one velcro-ed pocket on the inner left side that is actually labeled "Sunglass Pocket." That label is pretty frayed near the velcro, but it's a nice touch, especially for Spring Skiing!
Sizing
I feel it's important to mention sizing. Any time you look at women's clothing that is vintage you have a sizing issue. It's called "vanity sizing" and there are published charts showing that, around 1970, manufacturers started to change the measurements of their sizes to flatter women. Sizes went down, which is to say that you could gain weight and still buy a smaller size one year than you did the year before. The charts show the trend starting to slope up around 1970 and then in 2001 the slope shot up steeply. So the label here says 6 but it's probably not even today's size 4. At 5' 3" and 110 pounds, I was comfortable in this ski outfit back when I bought it new at Whistler / Blackcomb Mountain (British Columbia, Canada). For years I absolutely loved it -- until I no longer fit in it. With an extra 10 pounds on me now, I really don't fit in it.
Please look at these measurements to help you decide whether you would be happy wearing this.
Armpit-to-armpit -- 22 1/2 inches
Inseam -- 29 1/2 inches
Shoulder seam to bottom of leg -- 59 inches
Missing
There was a self-fabric belt that I cannot find.
Thank you
for reading all the way through this description. I just feel that buying something you can't touch, try on, move around in is a very iffy thing. The more information I can give you the better chance YOU have of being happy with your choice.
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