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The Season’s Coolest Jacket and the Chicest Way to Wear it

(ARA) - The nylon ski jacket is the chicest way to look cool this winter while chasing away the chills. Long viewed as functional winter fare, the redesigned nylon down-filled jacket is now heating up city streets and suburban malls as well as the traditional ski slopes.

Active sportswear merges with outerwear, achieving great style while retaining practicality, with designer collections full of nylon puffer jackets in high-tech looks from modernist Junya Watanabe, to fashion eccentric Miuicci Prada, who gave the puffer a girly femininity. At the other end of the spectrum Bernardo Fashions of New York has made the ski jacket the one outerwear style to own.

On all levels these new versions take the nylon ski jacket from simply functional to positively chic, be it retro-styled, cropped and quilted, brightly colored or fitted and feminine, and fashion experts agree that the down-filled nylon ski jacket is a seasonal must-have.

“It is the perfect topper for day or evening dressing,” says Tricia Kenney, fashion director of Outerwear Magazine. “It can be worn with pretty tweed, hip denim and girly chiffon and satin, because the season’s newest looks are more about clashing than matching. When the nylon ski jacket with its bright new palette, state-of-the-art fillers and luxurious fur trims is mixed with citified textures and girly shapes it gains true staying power.”

And especially so in the Bernardo collection, which offers nylon puffers, parkas, full length down-filled nylon jackets and coats in bold brights like electric blue and lime as well as dignified black and white.

Bernardo’s innovative new Heavenly Down insulation adds warmth without weight, while their pretty belted puffer style and sleek ski-inspired parka and coats make dramatic fashion statements. Bernardo uses coordinating fox trim on its puffer and anorak styles and does it with prices ranging from $80 for their lime nylon zip front ski jacket to $140 for their knee length down-filled nylon coat, which is available in black or white.

Learn more about Bernardo’s nylon jacket collection -- and the rest of its winter offerings by visiting www.BernardoFashions.com.