Goldwin is a Japanese sportswear company that began in 1950 as a small knit fabric factory in Oyabe, Toyama, and moved into ski clothing in the late 1950s. That background still shows: the jackets and
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Goldwin is a Japanese sportswear company that began in 1950 as a small knit fabric factory in Oyabe, Toyama, and moved into ski clothing in the late 1950s. That background still shows: the jackets and shells here are built with the fit and articulation of ski kit, cut for city wear. Alongside the outerwear the range covers shirts, T-shirts, trousers, shorts and caps. Read our Goldwin winter layering guide for how the pieces work together.
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About Goldwin clothing
Goldwin started in 1950 when Tosaku Nishida set up a knit fabric factory in Tsuzawa, now part of Oyabe City in Toyama Prefecture; the business was incorporated the following year. It became a sporting goods maker and launched the Goldwin name in 1958, applying what it had learned about knitting to ski sweaters and then to a full range of ski clothing. The lifestyle side of the label, which is most of what you see here, arrived in autumn 2016. The Oyabe site is still in use and now runs as the company's research and prototyping facility, which is why two jackets in this range carry the town's name.
Goldwin jackets, shells and down
The outerwear is where the ski background is most obvious — sleeves cut with the arm already bent, hems that sit right when you reach up, and very little in the way of external branding. Several of the shells and down pieces are built on Pertex fabrics, and the range uses more than one type for different jobs, so it is worth reading the individual product page rather than assuming they perform alike. Two of the jackets use dope-dyed nylon, where the colour goes into the fibre before it is spun rather than being applied to finished cloth. It uses far less water than conventional dyeing and the colour holds up better against sunlight over years of wear.
Goldwin One Tuck pants, shorts and T-shirts
The One Tuck Tapered Stretch Pants are the piece most people arrive looking for — a single pleat at the waist, a taper through the leg, and enough give in the fabric to walk properly in. They sit alongside corduroy straight-leg trousers for colder weather and the Easy Wide Shorts for summer. The T-shirts split into two groups worth telling apart: the oversized pocket tees are a heavier everyday cotton, while the WF Light long-sleeves are thin and quick-drying, closer to a base layer than a T-shirt.
For more from the same part of the range, see And Wander and Snow Peak, or come and try things on at our Manchester store.
