Outdoor wear at Eastern Mountain Sports offers such features as a fleece-insulating middle layer with an outer shell that resists the wind and rain. Much of the apparel combines natural and synthetic fibers.
(Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff)
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Outdoor wear at Eastern Mountain Sports offers such features as a fleece-insulating middle layer with an outer shell that resists the wind and rain. Much of the apparel combines natural and synthetic fibers.
(Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff)
New fabric technologies, yarn selection, and construction techniques have created high-tech outdoor apparel that seems to be a chemical reaction between science and fashion. (Full article: 487 words)
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