Saturday, February 8, 2014

Gear : Yuki' Expedition Parka

Gear : Yuki' Expedition Parka

Canada Goose is a heritage-aware company that’s known for parkas and coats stuffed with its eponymous down insulation. Polar explorers, South Pole research teams, and Iditarod greats like champion sledder Lance MacKey swear by the Goose brand for its functionality and unmatched warmth. I tested the company’s polar flagship Snow Mantra parka a couple years back and can attest to its claims as a superior cold-weather survival coat. A coyote fur ruff, a built-in neck gaiter, and literal pounds of goose down stuffed in make the Snow Mantra among the warmest winter coats ever made.

This fall, Canada Goose introduced a cousin to the Snow Mantra. But the Yuki Expedition, as the bling coat is called, is a cousin of rare style and urban — not polar — origin and design. The California-based, Japanese-born fashion designer Yuki Matsuda is known for his exclusive Yuketen shoes and Monitaly apparel lines. Canada Goose touts Yuki as having an “eastern sensitivity and a street-funk orientation.” Add in a bit of Inuit influence and you might get something like the Yuki Expedition, which came to market last month.


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