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"The British designer Nigel Cabourn has been on the scene since the seventies, but in recent years, his meticulously detailed, more-English-than-the-English goods have been easier to find in Japan\u2014where he's got an avid following and a recently opened store\u2014than on our shores. A vote of confidence from Opening Ceremony may be enough to change that. A few of Cabourn's mountaineering-inspired pieces are now in at OC, though \"inspired\" is a pretty weak word for it\u2014sartorial Method acting comes closer to the truth. The limited-edition Ascent collection, first created in 2003 at the semicentennial of Sir Edmund Hillary's Everest climb, goes for broke on the details: The Cameraman jacket (above left), which combines English wool with Mackintosh's waterproof proprietary fabric, is modeled on one worn by the Hillary party's resident photog. Painstakingly researched pieces like these\u2014in limited edition, no less\u2014have attained holy grail status for a certain set of clothing nerds, many of whom would just about have climbed Everest themselves for the opportunity to throw down a large chunk of change for the gear. Luckily, the U.S.-based ones won't have to, since\u2014as another Cabourn piece, the Canadian Mountain coat (above right), reminds us\u2014those expeditions don't always end well. That piece is inspired by George Mallory, an English climber who may have made it to the summit back in 1924...and was found frozen nearby, his coat perfectly preserved, 75 years later.\n\nNigel Cabourn Cameraman jacket, $1,620, and Canadian Mountain coat, $1,685, available at Opening Ceremony, 35 Howard St., NYC, (212) 219-2688, openingceremony.us"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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