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Après-Ski Shopping Guide for When the Ski Lifts Close

Aspen Airport has a single runway, and it hosts more private jet landings than commercial ones every year. In other words, it’s impossible not to associate the town with exclusivity and wealth, which also implies a certain unspoken set of dressing rules that both first-time visitors and longtime regulars have to adhere to, on and off the mountain.

When I dropped anchor at Aspen’s only five-star, five-diamond hotel, Th e Little Nell , whose ski -in, ski-out status has attracted a refined, snow-riding crowd since 1989, I found myself part of the former crowd: an uninitiated newbie who kept asking one question the whole time, “What’s with all the fur hats?”

Après-ski style — referring to what people wear after they’ve completed a certain amount of runs, hit those challenging but ultimately rewarding black diamonds, and are…