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When Eddie Bauer declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy, I was amused to see the New York Times describe it as an "outdoorsy" brand. Well, in those days you could be an
by cafard 7y ago
When Eddie Bauer declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy, I was amused to see the New York Times describe it as an "outdoorsy" brand. Well, in those days you could be an Eddie Bauer branded sports ute.
- turk73 7y agoI have some Eddie Bauer oxford shirts, but yeah, it was by and large a preppy, sorta get the outdoorsy "look" kind of mall store, not the real deal "hell and back" type of gear you would actually want. Aren't most things like this? It's getting so that I have to buy online for solid gear for downhill skiing, for example. Even Sports Authority, who is not long gone, had only a so-so selection of skis and boots, mostly arranged around the needs of beginners. The store they had in Summit County was quite different, but that was the only one like that.
- dredmorbius 7y agoEddie Bauer, once, a long, long, long time ago, was an actual outdoor-gear supplier. At least that's what it began as in the 1920s. It was Bauer down parkas that the first American summitting Everest in 1963 wore. By the 1980s the line was better suited to arduous treks across a muddy quad to the campus coffeehouse, though outerwear garments from that era may remain serviceable. Today any modest muscular development simply exceeds the tailoring tolerances of upper or lower-body garments. The "brand" still trades, or tries to, off its century-old origin story. That is an absolute lie.