Whois & Analysis for columbia.com

Columbia Sportswear Company is an American company that manufactures and distributes outerwear and sportswear.

It was founded in 1938 by Paul Lamfrom, father of present chairperson Gert Boyle.

The company is headquartered in Cedar Mill, Oregon, an unincorporated part of Washington County, Oregon, in the Portland metropolitan area near Beaverton.

Columbia Sportswear also produces footwear, headgear, camping equipment, skiwear, and outerwear accessories.

In 2001, it was the largest American seller of ski apparel.

The Pacific Northwest (in the United States, commonly abbreviated as PNW), sometimes referred to as Cascadia, is a geographic region in western North America bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and loosely, by the Rocky Mountains on the east.

Though no agreed boundary exists, a common conception includes the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia.

Broader conceptions reach north into Alaska and Yukon, south into far northern California and east to the Continental Divide, thus including Idaho, Western Montana, and western Wyoming.

Narrower conceptions may be limited to the northwestern US or to the coastal areas west of the Cascade and Coast mountains.

The variety of definitions can be attributed to partially overlapping commonalities of the region's history, geography, society, and other factors.

Outerwear is clothing worn outdoors.

OR: "clothing designed to be worn outside other garments" (Shorter Oxford English Dictionary), as opposed to underwear.

A shoe is an item of footwear intended to protect and comfort the human foot while the wearer is doing various activities.

Shoes are also used as an item of decoration and fashion.

The design of shoes has varied enormously through time and from culture to culture, with appearance originally being tied to function.

Additionally, fashion has often dictated many design elements, such as whether shoes have very high heels or flat ones.

Contemporary footwear in the 2010s varies widely in style, complexity and cost.

Basic sandals may consist of only a thin sole and simple strap and be sold for a low cost.

High fashion shoes made by famous designers may be made of expensive materials, use complex construction and sell for hundreds or even thousands of dollars a pair.

Some shoes are designed for specific purposes, such as boots designed specifically for mountaineering or skiing.

A shirt is a cloth garment for the upper body.

Originally an undergarment worn exclusively by men, it has become, in American English, a catch-all term for a broad variety of upper-body garments and undergarments.

In British English, a shirt is more specifically a garment with a collar, sleeves with cuffs, and a full vertical opening with buttons or snaps (North Americans would call that a "dress shirt", a specific type of "collared shirt").

A shirt can also be worn with a necktie under the shirt collar.