Sir Edmund Hillary

Build outfits around serious cold-weather layers (wool base, thick wool sweater, big down or insulated shell, heavy leather boots) with a few quietly classic pieces like a simple wool suit for formal moments.

Their world

Into

beekeepingtractor drivingpolar explorationclimbingmountaineering gearvintage ice axesoxygen equipmentphotographyschoolbuildinghimalayas

Shops for

down pantsdown-filled jacket (duvet)heavy leather mountaineering bootsmittssingle-breasted wool suitsunhatthick wool sweaterwindproof outer shellwindproof parkawool underwear and base-layer shirt

How they dress

Palette

bluebrownslate-graywhite

Materials

downkapokleathermixed materialsnylon or similarrubber

Silhouettes

striped

Details

blue-and-white-striped sunhatbulky down-filled jacketby Robert Lawrie Ltdlikely a windbreakermanufactured by French company Alpcanmatching down pants for insulationmiddle button fastenedmitts possibly of wool or mixed materials

Wears

Flint & Howard LtdRobert Lawrie Ltd

Photo © Photographer unidentified. Retouched by TimofKingsland. · Public domain · source

Where this read came from
  1. Gear that Powered Hillary and Norgay to the Top of Everest | HISTORY
  2. YOUR PLAN
  3. File:Parka (AM 1961.150).jpg - Wikimedia Commons
  4. Mountain high | The Woolmark Company
  5. Hillary: a life beyond fame | New Zealand Geographic

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