skiwear for beginners, a faker's guide

Never been skiing before? Feel you should know how? Hard relate. Here's how to (literally) survive on the slopes and look okay throughout.

For anyone blissfully unaware skiing is a brilliant way to benchmark a person’s place in British society. If you are ever asked the question, “do you ski?” understand that the person you are talking to is a regular. They know their Meribel from their Megeve. If you are instead asked “have you ever been skiing?” it is more likely this person hasn’t, or i…