I remember around 1980 going from Texas to see my grandparents in Ellensburg and we skied at Mission Ridge. We all wore scotch guarded Wranglers and the locals wore bell bottomed Jordache. We stood out like a sore thumb.
LOL. I used to ski in blue jeans until one spring day in the mid 70s they got completely soaked and I got hypothermia. I was shaking violently and could not stop. I headed back to the car pronto and got the heater going full blast. It took quite a while for the shaking to subside.
I bought waterproof ski pants shortly thereafter.