Polartec Announces 2009 European Polartec® APEX Design Award Winners
06.10.2009 – 06.10.2009 – Polartec, LLC, the developer, manufacturer and marketer of Polartec® performance fabrics performance fabrics, announces the European APEX Design Award winners for 2009. This prestigious award goes to the best-of-the-best Polartec® based garments that will be available to consumers in fall 2009. Winners are selected based on the style, function and fit of the garment as well as the most innovative and appropriate uses of Polartec® fabrics in the designs.
This year’s winners range from a women’s motorcycle jacket, to winter cycling gloves, to children’s long underwear. And the winners are:
• 66° North Akrafjall Jacket - Polartec® Thermal Pro® with wool, Polartec® Power Stretch®
• Bask Force V2 Jacket - Polartec® Windbloc®
• Berghaus Smoulder Hoody - Polartec® Power Dry®
• Eider Trilogy M - Polartec® Wind Pro® with Hardface®
• Hell Is For Heroes Posh Jacket - Polartec® Power Shield®
• Frauenschuh Jeremy PT - Polartec® Thermal Pro®
• Lowe Alpine Concordia Zipneck - Polartec® Thermal Pro®
• Mello's Dolomiti Ice Lady Jacket & Pants - Polartec® Power Shield®
• Millet Hybrid Mezza Jacket & Pants - Polartec® Power Shield®
• Outdoor Designs Cycleflex Gloves - Polartec® Power Shield®
• Peak Performance Base Ladies Pants & Top - 62% recycled content Polartec® Power Dry®
• Racer Carlita Jacket - Polartec® Thermal Pro®
• Red Fox Cosmos Kids Suit - Polartec® Power Dry®
• Ternua Fern - Polartec® Thermal Pro® with Hardface®
• Trangoworld SARE - Polartec® Windbloc®
• Wild Roses P Scratch - Polartec® Thermal Pro®
In addition to a Tiffany crystal award and bragging rights for a year, winners can participate in a custom hangtag program promoting these products at the consumer level. Polartec® also provides additional marketing support through product placement with media and events. Past winners can testify that the Polartec® APEX Design Award drives sell-through.
About Polartec, LLC
Polartec, LLC is the developer, manufacturer, and marketer of Polartec® performance fabrics. Polartec® products range from lightweight wicking base layers, to insulation layers, to extreme weather protection and are utilized by the best clothing brands in the world. For more information, visit www.polartec.com
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- Polartec announces the 16 European garments chosen for its annual Apex Awards.
- Winners based on the style, function and fit of the garment as well as the most innovative uses of Polartec® fabrics.
- Winners receive a Tiffany crystal, as well as integrated marketing and public relations support from Polartec®.
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66° North Akrafjall Jacket66° North is one of Iceland’s oldest manufacturing companies, designing clothes for some of the toughest outdoor working conditions on the planet. The Akrafjall is a stylish hooded jacket featuring Polartec® Thermal Pro® fabric blended with wool in the garment’s torso for lightweight, breathable warmth. The sides and underarms of the jacket feature Polartec® Power Stretch® for maximum mobility. MSRP 180€
Bask Force V2 JacketRussian gear manufacturer Bask has quickly built a strong reputation for its technical outdoor apparel. The Force V2 jacket is an alpine specialist that is ready for the harshest Russian winters with its Polartec® Windbloc® fabric, adjustable hood, rubberized shoulders and inner fleece cuffs. MSRP 287€
Berghaus Smoulder HoodyBritish company Berghaus uses new High Efficiency Polartec® Power Dry® fabric to create a highly effective baselayer. The fabric features ‘voided construction’ that traps more body heat with less weight and more breathability. An innovative full zip hood and thumb loops complete the package. MSRP 129€
Eider Trilogy MFor over forty years Eider, based in the foothills of the French Alps, has built clothing for the harshest alpine environments. The Trilogy M was designed for extreme expeditions by Eider’s technical advisors, legendary adventurers Mike Horn and Lionel Daudet. The Trilogy M features Polartec® Thermal Pro® fabric body-mapped in the garment ensure maximum warmth without extra weight. MSRP 300€
Frauenschuh Jeremy PTFrauenschuh, based in one of the world’s most famous ski resorts—Kitzbühel—uses Polartec® Thermal Pro® in this exceptionally tailored men’s jacket. With a contoured fit and a handsome finish, the Jeremy PT beautifully marries form and function in a full-zip fleece. MSRP 298€
Hell Is For Heroes Posh JacketMilan-based Hell is for Heroes makes high-end ski and active sportswear. The Posh jacket is an exquisitely designed, full-zip, softshell jacket featuring Polartec® Power Shield fabric for maximum warmth and moisture management. The high tech fabric combines with intricate design details and stitching to create a true high-fashion look and appeal. MSRP 299€
Lowe Alpine Concordia ZipneckFounded by climber Greg Lowe in Colorado in 1967, Lowe Alpine has grown to become an internationally renowned outdoor equipment and apparel manufacturer. The Concordia Zipneck features Polartec® Thermal Pro® to create an attractive cable-knit sweater with moisture-wicking warmth and breathability.
Mello’s Dolomiti Ice Lady Jacket and PantsItalian clothing designers are famous around the world for their beautiful creations, and the team at Mello’s certainly lives up to its Italian heritage. The Dolomiti Ice Lady Jacket and Pants use Polartec® Power Shield® to create a lightweight, yet protective outerwear layer that is ideally suited for aerobic sports such as trail running, speed touring and hard trekking.
Millet Hybrid Mezza Jacket and PantsSki touring and randonee racing are national pastimes in France and nobody knows that better than the designers at Millet. The Hybrid Mezza Jacket and Pants utilize Lightweight Polartec® Power Shield® to build a technical outerwear layer that is breathable for aerobic uphill touring on skis but also warm and wind resistant for the descents. MSRP199€
Outdoor Designs Cycleflex GlovesThese softshell cycling gloves are made by U.K.-based Outdoor Designs, built to withstand the biting wind and cold of the British Isles. The Cycleflex Gloves feature Polartec® Power Shield® fabric for weather protection, breathability, durability and stretch.
Peak Performance Base Ladies Pants and TopPeak Performance, founded in the heart of Sweden, adds style and environmentally- friendly flair to the tired long underwear category with its Base Ladies Pants and Top. This baselayer features warm, dry and breathable 62% recycled content Polartec® Power Dry® fabric with a fun, exterior print.
Racer Carlita JacketThe Carlita, from the French motorcycle brand Racer, is a jacket designed for women who want a protective, performance layer on the bike but don’t want to look like they just got off the autobahn. The Carlita combines high-tech d3o™ protection with Polartec® Thermal Pro® fabric for lightweight, breathable warmth.
Red Fox Cosmos Kids SuitRussia-based Red Fox has created terrifically warm and lightweight long underwear for children ages 3-12, featuring Polartec® Power Dry®. The fabric effectively manages moisture to give little sportsmen and women a great climate-control baselayer system. MSRP 28€
Ternua Fern Ternua, a company founded in the Basque region of Spain, built the Fern to meet the rugged demands of a mountain lifestyle while maintaining a stylish, everyday-wear image. The jacket features a jersey-knit, Polartec® Thermal Pro® fabric with Hardface® Technology, making it extremely durable and abrasion-resistant as well as soft, breathable and water-repellent. MSRP 119€
Trangoworld SARETrangoworld, out of Spain, offers the SARE, a Polartec® Windbloc® jacket built to withstand the brutal alpine conditions in places like the Pyrenees. The women’s SARE jacket is windproof and water-resistant, making it a perfect choice for alpine skiing and climbing. MSRP 160€
Wild Roses P ScratchWild Roses, an Italian women’s-only apparel brand, designed the P Scratch—a full-zip women’s fleece jacket featuring luxuriously soft Polartec® Thermal Pro® fabric. It’s highly breathable, quick-drying and super warm without excessive weight or bulk. MSRP 174€
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