![]() ![]() We must not be too proud to learn from them.” And it is from there that the fashions come. “It has been admitted that the best outfits come from abroad, where the mountains are. “I am sure that this sport owes something of its popularity to the attractiveness of the costume,” wrote Sir Hardy Amies in ABCs of Men’s Fashion, five years before the release of Downhill Racer. ![]() By the 1960s, skiing had officially arrived among the haut monde and fashion designers had to be conscious of not only how to make skiwear waterproofed and comfortable but also stylish. ![]() What’d He Wear?Īs skiing grew in popularity across the 20th century, clothing manufacturers continued innovating in search of the ideal attire for this athletic Alpine activity, evolving away from thick wools to waterproofed and synthetic fabrics that were lean and light enough for a more aerodynamic profile that also kept its wearer surprisingly warm in the snowy environment. ski team in the winter of 1968 and co-developing the lead character of David Chappellet as a composite of real-life skiers like Billy Kidd and Spider Sabich as well as Buddy Werner from Colorado, who had died four years earlier of suffocation when he was trapped in an avalanche. Redford and Salter worked closely together, accompanying the U.S. Loosely based on Oakley Hall’s 1963 novel The Downhill Racers, the movie became a pet project for Redford once he was attached to star, and he managed to persuade James Salter to pen the adaptation without the famous novelist having read Hall’s source material. Let’s kick off a winter #CarWeek with an Alpine vibe, specifically the yellow Porsche that Robert Redford motors through the Alps after a day on the slopes with Camilla Sparv in Michael Ritchie’s directorial debut, Downhill Racer. Olympic ski team starĬostume Designer: Edith Head ( uncredited!) Robert Redford and Camilla Sparv with her Porsche on the set of Downhill Racer (1969) Vitals ![]()
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