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#126 2018-01-31 14:30:14

stanshall
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Re: Flicking the Bean


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#127 2018-01-31 15:43:52

Berkeley_Breathes
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Re: Flicking the Bean


"The only comment a gentleman’s outfit should generate is that he is properly dressed for the occasion" - Calvin Trillin

 

#128 2018-02-07 13:43:51

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Re: Flicking the Bean

Got a $10 off LL Bean code expiring tonight (EST I assume), someone use it: 200021079237404361 PIN 3954

 

#129 2018-02-11 20:15:57

stanshall
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Re: Flicking the Bean

sic transit gloria mundi department: L.L. Bean imposes new one-year limit on returns due to fraud and restricts free shipping to purchases of $50 or more:

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/crime/article/APNewsBreak-LL-Bean-dropping-its-unlimited-12564534.php


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#130 2018-02-11 22:04:02

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Re: Flicking the Bean


"The only comment a gentleman’s outfit should generate is that he is properly dressed for the occasion" - Calvin Trillin

 

#131 2018-02-12 05:43:02

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Re: Flicking the Bean


He came he saw he gave the WANKER SIGN! Moved on from Talk Bollocks now as it's well shite innit and y'all look MINGIN'..
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#132 2018-02-15 09:09:29

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He came he saw he gave the WANKER SIGN! Moved on from Talk Bollocks now as it's well shite innit and y'all look MINGIN'..
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#133 2018-04-12 10:10:30

YoungIvy
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Re: Flicking the Bean

Were the old 60/40  US made Bean ocbds any good or was it the cotton ones that were the real deal?
I would of course prefer a hundred percent cotton one, but the reason I'm asking is that I'm looking at a lovely blue/white striped 60/40 Bean ocbd. Not sure if I can resist the temptation...

 

#134 2018-04-12 11:33:05

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Re: Flicking the Bean

The mix are ok for the plaids the US OCBDs are great, closure is like the 7 button makers, same factory apparently. (Citation needed)


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#135 2018-04-12 12:12:02

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Re: Flicking the Bean

I had on old all cotton Bean OCBD and I would put money on it having been made by the same people who were making Makers. It was almost identical but slimmer fitting. Plus it was a little too short on the sleeves. (Maybe someone shrunk it or maybe the sizings were a little different between the 2 brands.)

However with all those good all cotton Makers out there, I personally would never consider a mix. A number of people on here think differently.


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#136 2018-04-12 12:51:24

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They tend to fluff up more on the collar than I've seen on cotton shirts, with the plaids they're in they're a different beast really I think they're more geared to living/working outdoors, they don't seem to hold the sweat like an all cotton shirt.

Last edited by Babbling Brooks (2018-04-12 12:51:37)


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#137 2018-04-12 12:59:53

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Re: Flicking the Bean

I have a few of the poly/cotton mix LL Bean OCBDs, I love them... I agree with Babbling, they're somewhat of a different beast, but they have a really nice feel, great collar. Highly recommended...


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#138 2018-04-12 13:33:00

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#139 2018-04-12 16:33:18

stanshall
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Re: Flicking the Bean

always went for all-cotton, back in the day the shirts were not that expensive ($22 wtf), we'd buy a new one to avoid doing laundry until the bean counters finally got pissed

never had a Bean cotton/poly but I did once inadvertently get a cotton poly 65/35 ocbd from Press in really nice shade of blue with white crayon stripe, fall/winter '78 catalog at #147, $20, and this shirt was excellent, once I found out it had polyester in it I determined to kill it by wearing it out, it lasted for 20 years, it would not be destroyed, and it was always wearable and it became an improbable fave, unlike the pure cotton ocbds which would start to look a little thrashed after being worn 20 or 30 times by an 18-year-old

did not want to give the 100% cotton shirts to the campus laundries, they were known shirt manglers though adequate otherwise for socks, sheets, boxers, pillowcases, tees, but not for J. Press shirts

I think Bean, Press, the Co-Op, and the Coop all bought their cotton/poly ocbds from the same place back then

though I never bought a cotton/poly shirt again I remember it fondly, so I would say experiment with a likely one for $10 or $15


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#140 2018-04-12 17:34:11

YoungIvy
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Re: Flicking the Bean

Thanks for your input everybody! Sounds like a great shirt , stan. I don't really mind poly in shirts as long as they are well made. Will try it out and see for myself and report back here...

Last edited by YoungIvy (2018-04-12 17:35:05)

 

#141 2018-04-14 23:50:16

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#142 2018-04-15 01:50:04

Yuca
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Re: Flicking the Bean

Or just wear double socks. I have the shorter version and they really do not keep your feet warm. Plus your feet sweat in them. However when the weather is torrential they can come in useful, and they are stylish in their weird way.


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#143 2018-04-15 08:14:11

Berkeley_Breathes
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Re: Flicking the Bean


"The only comment a gentleman’s outfit should generate is that he is properly dressed for the occasion" - Calvin Trillin

 

#144 2018-04-15 09:05:32

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#145 2018-04-15 09:38:05

Berkeley_Breathes
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"The only comment a gentleman’s outfit should generate is that he is properly dressed for the occasion" - Calvin Trillin

 

#146 2018-04-15 14:38:30

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You can play a shoestring if you're sincere.

 

#147 2018-04-15 19:39:09

stanshall
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Re: Flicking the Bean


"bow wow wow yippie yo yippie yay"

 

#148 2018-04-15 20:07:46

Berkeley_Breathes
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Re: Flicking the Bean


"The only comment a gentleman’s outfit should generate is that he is properly dressed for the occasion" - Calvin Trillin

 

#149 2018-05-22 14:06:35

Babbling Brooks
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Re: Flicking the Bean

Last edited by Babbling Brooks (2018-05-22 14:07:33)


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#150 2018-05-22 14:35:51

Berkeley_Breathes
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Re: Flicking the Bean

^ A++ Babbling... What's the vintage on that? Label looks pretty new. That's a really cool find.


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