Category: Apparel

  • Columbia Sportswear Flagship Store Relaunched With Epic Retail Environment

    Columbia Sportswear Flagship Store Relaunched With Epic Retail Environment

    Ever since I started venturing into the outdoors more than two decades ago, Columbia Sportswear has been a reliable companion. It’s a trusted brand among mountaineers. Personally if I can grab a few apparels from them, I would. It’s not cheap but you get what you pay for. Quality and technology that can last for…

  • Keeping Warm with the Columbia Flash Forward Down Hooded Jacket

    Keeping Warm with the Columbia Flash Forward Down Hooded Jacket

    It’s always a good idea to bring a good jacket when traveling. Even in our tropical country, squalls or drafts of cold can be sudden, especially when venturing to the Cordilleras. In my recent travels to the cold highlands, I got to use the Columbia Flash Forward Down Hooded Jacket this time. It’s a lightweight,…

  • UNIQLO 2014 Fall-Winter Collection for Travel, Work and Play

    UNIQLO 2014 Fall-Winter Collection for Travel, Work and Play

    We are into the “ber” months and expect some cold climes up until the early months of the next year. I just came from Cordillera highlands and enjoyed the nippy weather there and I thought these UNIQLO 2014 Fall-Winter Collection would have been a fitting apparel while I was there. Unveiled the first week of…

  • Eddie Bauer Officially Lands on the Philippine Shores

    Eddie Bauer Officially Lands on the Philippine Shores

    Whenever relatives from US and Canada would send me outdoor apparel and gear, the name Eddie Bauer seemed to pop up frequently. I get flash lights and even shirts as I grow up with the brand. Eddie Bauer is already a household name there having been a pioneer outdoor lifestyle wear since 1920. He was…

  • Wear | Columbia Omni-Freeze Zero Test: How Cool Can You Get?

    Wear | Columbia Omni-Freeze Zero Test: How Cool Can You Get?

    So can a fabric be able to really cool you down when the heat is up and you’re all sweaty? I never thought it would be possible but somehow the folks at Columbia Sportswear managed to pull it off with their new technology called Omni-Freeze Zero. I actually have heard about it August last year…

  • Columbia Ice Tee | The First Shirt that Cools You Down while Sweating

    Columbia Ice Tee | The First Shirt that Cools You Down while Sweating

    Now here’s something heavy sweaters would welcome in a tropical country like the Philippines, a T-shirt that literally cools you down when you heat-up and sweat. Columbia Sporstwear recently introduced their new Omni-Freeze ZERO technology in their Ice Tee Shirts. The wicking polyester base of the shirt contains thousands of hydrophilic polymer rings which expands like…