Silk Trails boxer shorts.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: Cool Colorado Stuff - Renee Himel's designs - Brief Article

After graduating from college in 1992, Renee Himel moved to New York City to begin her fashion career. Unfortunately, the apparel industry's doldrums proved a major obstacle, leading Himel to think, "If I'm going to be waiting tables, I might as well be a ski bum." With that, she traded the concrete jungle of the Big Apple for the powdery slopes of Vail, and inspiration soon struck. Looking at a trail map, she thought, "This would make a great scarf." Renee hit retail in 1995 with her first Silk Trails scarf, a licensed map of the Jackson Hole Resort in Wyoming. Silk ski-map boxer shorts eclipsed the popularity of...