Alpine Sports Club Trouser AGS Vermont in 1938

Vermont in 1938

Proper alpine sport pieces used to be built to last for a lifetime

while the designs took inspiration from mens suiting with a feminine twist

and smart evening social settings

The popover silhouette soon gained favor amidst the Alpine Sports Clubs of the region for its unification of traditional and contemporary characteristics

Alpine Sports Club Trouser AGS Vermont in 1938Amidst the transition of skiing from mode of travel to that of winter recreation, alpine sportsmen of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who formed the first gentlemen ski clubs began to adopt trousers of military origin to ensure maximum versatility for the valleys in which they lived and the mountains where they played. Soon a staple of those passionate groups such as the Dartmouth Outing Club and Appalachian Mountain Club of the 1920s, a