For the debut capsule of Snow Goose—the new heritage sub-label created by Haider Ackermann for one of the world’s leading high-performance outerwear brands, based in Toronto—there is a tribute to that piece: a lightweight, waterproof pink jacket, albeit in a slightly softer shade.
It was a photograph of Canadian mountaineer Laurie Skreslet, who climbed Everest in the 1980s wearing a fluorescent pink parka.
“It’s so beautiful,” says Ackermann. “The story goes that Canada Goose had to make him a coat, so they asked his daughter, who was around five years old: ‘What color should it be?’ And she said pink.”
In fact, the entire collection bursts with vibrant hues: pastel purple, electric blue, chartreuse, lemon yellow, emerald green, and mocha brown.
