At the beginning of the 2008-2009 season, I first heard about Cilla base layers and was immediately intrigued.
Cilla is a company that makes tall-tees for girls and they actually look good! They're fitted, waterproof, and keeps your bum dry. I was stoked to find out that Loveland Ski Resort's shop carried Cilla; there's not a lot of shops that carries them, probably because it's a fairly new company (started in 2007 by Priscilla Levac and her mother) and is from Canada. I went in that shop and tried some tops on and ended up getting the June top on sale. The June top has fleece on the torso and jersey-like sleeves with thumb holes at the end. It seemed like it would be a nice, warm base layer and boy, was I right. I've worn that top with just a puffy jacket on a -25F day and I was totally fine. If I wore a hoodie with it under my puffy jacket, I was too warm!
Priscilla Levac wearing the June top(I have that same color, what a coinky-dink!)Another thing that I want to applaud Cilla on is their fantastic customer service. You see, after I wore my June top for about 10 days, I grew concerned because the stitching was coming out at the ends of the sleeves, and on my hip area, the waterproof band looked like it was getting holes in it, like from something rubbing against it. I emailed Cilla about it, and I don't remember exactly what they told me (this was a year ago after all), but I think they said to send the top to them and they would mail me a brand new one. I declined because that was my only base layer top I had and didn't want to be without one for who knows how long. I cut off the threads that were hanging out of the sleeves and I thought maybe the way I was carrying my snowboard was rubbing off the hip area on the waterproof band so I stopped carrying my board so close, and ever since then, it's held up FANTASTIC.
I had around 250 days last season, and I probably wore that top like 180 days. I am still wearing it this season, and I already have 80 days, probably 60 of those days were with the top on. As you can probably imagine, I do wash it quite often! I don't put it in the dryer, I just wash it and hang dry and there's no negative effects from millions of cycles in the washer. I would definitely buy more of these tops, and I STRONGLY recommend it to all of my girlfriends and strangers who ask me about it. Yes, it's a bit pricey, (I think mine was $90 on sale?) but in my opinion, worth every penny. I bet you my current top will last another two years easy.
Another really cool thing about Cilla is that they take tremendous effort to be green. Not only are their materials eco, but they also roll up their clothes and tie them with hemp strings instead of packaging them in individual plastic bags before shipping them to stores. Click
here to read more about their environmental commitment.
I picked up a 2010-2011 Cilla catalog from SIA and will post the new stuff soon, so keep checking back! Here's a hint though, if you want bright colors, you better hurry and buy some this year! Don't worry though, next year's still looks great!!
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