![]() ![]() My father made a comment that he’d never seen anyone study so much for a minimum-wage job. ![]() I was the only female employee at the ski shop, and spent a lot of time trying to learn the technology of the materials plus reading all the ski magazines cover to cover. I spent the winter snowboarding and working at a restaurant and also a ski shop. After a year of work I decided to move to Vermont where my father had recently relocated to take a break and figure out what was next. ![]() Melanie: "I have a degree in chemistry and biochemistry and my first job out of college was as a project manager at an environmental chemistry lab. What's your background, and how did you get into designing outerwear? It's another thing altogether to understand how to use high-tech fabrics to make that happen. OR: It's one thing to be an outdoors person and know what you dream of in a jacket-like dreaming about a pseudo-puffy that breathes while you're skiing uphill. Have you ever wondered how they put the magic in that kind of jacket? We tracked down outerwear product manager Melanie Sirirot to find out. With new active insulation pieces that work well both when we're moving and still, like the UberLayer Hooded Jacket and the Deviator Hoody, we're more likely to be able to wear one single jacket throughout the day. But big changes in fabric technology-and designers' ideas-have changed that. Not too long ago, transitioning during a ski tour or taking a snack break on a cold-weather hike meant a crazy quick-change routine of rummaging through backpacks to add or shed layers. ![]()
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