Nevisport/Alpendale Salopettes

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Mick Noon

Description

Nevisport/Alpendale gents salopettes. Nylon braces with plastic toggles. One zipped pocket on chest. Two side zipped pockets and side entry zip with button at top. Two button tie pockets on back.

Inscription description

“NEVISPORT” on black label on chest pocket. Inside a label with mountains and fir tree background reads “ALPENDALE” Another label reads “MADE IN ENGLAND” and laundry label reads “SUPERFLEX M MECTEX, MADE IN ITALY”

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Provenance:

Salopette is a french word meaning overalls or dungarees, though the skiing mountaineering versions tend to be minus the sleeves. Very popular with downhill skiers, the salopettes became popular too with mountaineers in the 1970’s and the pair we have here in the collection date from that era. A bit like the modern supermarkets ‘own brand’ Nevisport got the clothing companyAlpendale to make them so it is only on the inside of the garment that we find the Alpendale logo along with info on the material used … see opposite. Also opposite is a member of the infamous Creag Dubh Mountaineering Club, Mick Noon. He is wearing a set of overalls ‘borrowed’ from the Glasgow shipyards and coated in ’dope’ which in this context is a form of liquid tar which becomes waterproof when dry….definitely one for the textile/fashion historians.

Object Production

Production Place:

Italy

Materials:

nylon, acrylic, elastane, wool

Maker:

Alpendale

Colour:

blue

Dimensions:

Inside leg 70cms.

Object Condition:

Condition Date Check:

28/04/2009

Administration

Accession Number:

306.2008.1

Creator:

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date:

11/11/2008

ID:

Category:

Clothing

Location

Location:

Bohuntin

Current Location

Rules:

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007