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#51 2011-10-06 09:18:24
- Thee Beatnik
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Re: Perfect, Tapered, High-Waisted, Flat-Fronted 100% Cotton Chinos
I feel a move to Melbourne in the offing...
Who am I kidding... it's Australia! (snigger)
#52 2011-10-06 09:22:18
- Hard Bop Hank
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Re: Perfect, Tapered, High-Waisted, Flat-Fronted 100% Cotton Chinos
“No Room For Squares”
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#53 2011-10-06 09:40:32
- fxh
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Re: Perfect, Tapered, High-Waisted, Flat-Fronted 100% Cotton Chinos
#54 2011-10-06 11:03:16
- Thee Beatnik
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Re: Perfect, Tapered, High-Waisted, Flat-Fronted 100% Cotton Chinos
Sorry mate.
Cheap shot. Very poor...
#55 2011-10-06 11:24:43
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Re: Perfect, Tapered, High-Waisted, Flat-Fronted 100% Cotton Chinos
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#57 2011-10-06 11:53:10
- Oo Bop Sh'bam
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Re: Perfect, Tapered, High-Waisted, Flat-Fronted 100% Cotton Chinos
The New Haven are awful, cut wise, and the cloth isn't too nice either, I sell both that model and the Preppy by Gant and the Preppy has a much nicer leg, but again is mid-waisted. And yes Rep, the Milano is the lowest cut by BB, but is in no way a low-rise compared to some of the brands over here. But in keeping with the theme of the thread, probably wasn't worth mentioning, but still a great leg on them. Especially if you go a waist size down and let out.
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#58 2011-10-07 11:26:20
- jesmond
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Re: Perfect, Tapered, High-Waisted, Flat-Fronted 100% Cotton Chinos
#59 2011-10-07 11:36:18
- Oo Bop Sh'bam
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Re: Perfect, Tapered, High-Waisted, Flat-Fronted 100% Cotton Chinos
I'm not German... I'm Prussian.
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#60 2011-10-07 18:10:41
- fxh
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Re: Perfect, Tapered, High-Waisted, Flat-Fronted 100% Cotton Chinos
#61 2011-10-07 18:12:17
- fxh
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Re: Perfect, Tapered, High-Waisted, Flat-Fronted 100% Cotton Chinos
#62 2011-10-09 06:31:13
- Hard Bop Hank
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Re: Perfect, Tapered, High-Waisted, Flat-Fronted 100% Cotton Chinos
I'm Transsylvanian on the maternal side...
What's more gay? Rocky Horror Show!
Sucking the blood from your wieners!
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#63 2011-10-10 04:08:59
- Andy_B
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Re: Perfect, Tapered, High-Waisted, Flat-Fronted 100% Cotton Chinos
Anyone go after the Baracuta pair that finished on Ebay last night?
#64 2011-10-10 10:06:56
- Oo Bop Sh'bam
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Re: Perfect, Tapered, High-Waisted, Flat-Fronted 100% Cotton Chinos
I wouldn't touch anything Baracuta apart from their outerwear, other items I've had from them have been shit.
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#65 2011-10-10 10:08:16
- Andy_B
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Re: Perfect, Tapered, High-Waisted, Flat-Fronted 100% Cotton Chinos
Vintage or contemporary? Or both?
#67 2011-10-10 11:15:06
- Oo Bop Sh'bam
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Re: Perfect, Tapered, High-Waisted, Flat-Fronted 100% Cotton Chinos
Andy - Contemporary, hadn't ever owned anything vintage by them, be good to know if it is worth while though save me turning my nose up at something worth looking at.
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#68 2011-10-10 14:13:31
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Re: Perfect, Tapered, High-Waisted, Flat-Fronted 100% Cotton Chinos
^ Perhaps best stick to outerwear, judging by my ancient trenchcoat. Cheap if not exactly cheerful.
#69 2011-10-10 14:20:24
- Andy_B
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Re: Perfect, Tapered, High-Waisted, Flat-Fronted 100% Cotton Chinos
I had thought, just for a moment, I had tracked down another pair of the great Levis chinos I picked up in Oxfam a few years ago for £4.99. They were, unfortunately, poly/cotton. Deadstock on Ebay. I don't know - the old Russell might, though - if the Levis were American-made at that time (the 80s). Beatnik might also know. My God, they're hard-wearing, albeit beginning to fray at the hems.
#70 2011-10-11 10:39:12
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Re: Perfect, Tapered, High-Waisted, Flat-Fronted 100% Cotton Chinos
^For some strange reason, unlike shirts, poly-cotton and even full on dacron works in chinos and pants. Why I dunno', but it does.
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#71 2011-12-18 06:22:36
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Re: Perfect, Tapered, High-Waisted, Flat-Fronted 100% Cotton Chinos
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#72 2011-12-18 08:09:53
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Re: Perfect, Tapered, High-Waisted, Flat-Fronted 100% Cotton Chinos
Where did you buy those incotex
#73 2011-12-18 09:06:07
- 1966
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Re: Perfect, Tapered, High-Waisted, Flat-Fronted 100% Cotton Chinos
^ Around the corner from where I live. The pictured pair is not mine.
#74 2011-12-19 08:19:43
- Hard Bop Hank
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Re: Perfect, Tapered, High-Waisted, Flat-Fronted 100% Cotton Chinos
Perfection...
maybe that's for the museum, too...
I haven't yet found the perfect pair of Chinos.
Most of mine are flat fronted and 100% cotton, of course... most of them at least slightly tapered and fairly high rise....
I have Land's End, LL Bean, Bill's Khakis, Hiltl and Gap ones... the Bill's have a good rise, but are a little bit wide in the legs and in the seat, as I said 19" trouser bottoms and 23" knees... the Hiltl and the Gap ones are a little bit low waisted, LL Beans are medium...
I'm curious about O'Connell's, the JS and the Press ones...
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#75 2011-12-19 08:27:05
- farrago
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Re: Perfect, Tapered, High-Waisted, Flat-Fronted 100% Cotton Chinos
I like the rise on Bill's, but I find the legs and everything else to bit a bit too baggy.
The problem I have with Bean and Lands End is that they seem to tinker with the spec's from year to year. One year you might come up with a pair that are perfectly acceptable; the next year the trousers will have a funny cut.
The O'Connell's chinos are nice, but they may require a bit of alteration (less so than Bill's) to achieve the perfect profile. I like the unwashed/non pre-shrunk material.