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Style Thief: Scott Of The Antarctic
It's 100 years since Captain Scott's doomed Antarctic expedition, he was a hero, a gentleman...and an unlikely style icon.
This week marks 100 years since Captain Scott’s doomed journey to The South Pole reached it’s disappointing and tragic climax. On the 17th of January 1912, Scott and his team reached the pole to discover that their Norwegian rivals had beaten them to their goal, what followed was an arduous, and ultimately fatal, hike back towards home, chronicled in Scott’s unflinching and candid diary entries.
Everything there is to be said about Scott’s bravery, commitment to exploration and heroics has been said, hundreds of books have been written, television programmes made, but none have reduced his achievements to talking about jackets and jumpers. I’m not going to be so dismissive.
Whilst I can’t promise that these garments would protect you from Antarctic temperatures, nor facilitate the comfort for long hiking, twinned with a healthy dose of pomade and a proper beard, you can go some way to looking like Captain Robert Falcon Scott and the rest of the Terra Nova expedition crew….
Barbour To-Ki-To Shoreman
Barbour‘s To-Ki-To range, launched last year, took on a variety of classic jacket styles, including this, the Shoreman. The jacket, made from Ventile fabric, is lined with Shetland wool and contains a detachable quilted body warmer, double zip collar and a throat tab. Although traditionally used in wildfowl shooting, the Shoreman presents a classic British winter look reminiscent of Scott’s in 1912, especially in this traditional cinammon colour.
Barbour To-Ki-To Shoreman at Oi Polloi
100% Scottish lambswool from a company who have been outfitting the fisherman of Arran for generations. A hand knitted, chunky sweater which is pure British heritage and perfect for keeping you warm in deepest winter. It’s not fitting for an Antarctic expedition, but mirrors some pre-war explorers preference of wool and cotton over the indigenous people’s fur clothing.
Inverallan Cable Crewneck at End Clothing
Fracap Ripple Sole Scarponcini
You’re not going to find boots suitable for Antarctic expedition, but the fact is that neither did Scott, with almost all of his party suffering from severe frostbite before succumbing to the cold. If you want a boot with an traditional hiking look though, look no further than the Ripple Sole Scarponcini by Fracap. Each pair is handmade in Lecce, Italy and released in very limited numbers, they’re a step away from Britain, but unparalleled in quality.
Fracap Ripple Sole Scarponcini at End Clothing
Because sometimes all of the layers in the world can’t keep you warm. Thermos was invented in 1892 by Sir James Dewar, a scientist at Oxford University. A suitably British beginning for a brand which has been endorsed by everyone from the Queen of England to The Fonz. Tragically for Scott and his comrades it was lack of provisions, when stranded in a blizzard, which led to their downfall. In his final diary entry, on March 29th 1912, he claimed that he “had enough fuel to make two cups of tea… It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more”
A fittingly British end, for a British hero.
Thermos Vintage Flask at John Lewis
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I'd rather know what Amundsen was wearing, personally.
You know why the Norwegian's beat him? They were kitted out in their Fjallraven gear
He lost because he was woefully underprepared and put being a 'gentleman' ahead of being practical - for example: his refusal to eat his animals when they died, whereas Amundsen calculated how many he expected to die and factored this into his food allowance. Someone like Scott would never have come from Norway/Germany, etc.
Or you could go one better - The “Scott’s Last Expedition” collection by Nigel Cabourn consists of 12 garments, each produced in an edition of 100; as well as 300 pieces of accessories is a six year project in the making. Working with the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cabourn reproduced garments as worn by R.F. Scott’s crew on the South Pole endeavor, in that detailed – almost obsessively correct – manner that he is known for. http://tinyurl.com/7vxmqxu
Or you could seek out the official RF Scott brand, based on the life and values of one of Britains' foremost explorers. info@RFScott.Co
Or you could seek out the official RF Scott brand based on the life and values of one of Britain's foremost explorers. info@RFScott.Co
Pete Fjall is Swedish, sure the Norwegians would have gone for the far less spotted and far better styled Norrona ;-)
When will obsession of wanting to look like some old bloke from the north pole end. Its ridiculous, why would anyone need hiking boots and down jackets in the middle of wigan town center? Maybe im just being a grumpy old git stuggling to understand why these kids spend so much money only to look like a scout leader. Fashion pfffff!
