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#1 2010-07-11 01:59:16
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Haggar and Bean
Why do I turn away now each time I see Haggar? I once owned a lovely shirt of theirs. Now, more Third World crap. Bean: variable beyond a joke. I was once given one of their polyester shirts. Given, you understand. Ebayed it swiftly.
#2 2010-07-11 02:21:36
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Re: Haggar and Bean
I bought a Haggar 'Forever New' half sleeve, made in China at J Simons sale a couple of years ago. It is very serviceable but I have had better. Truth be told J Simons shirt selection was not great.
Uniqlo have a lot of decent stuff but their sizes are a problem. OK if you are 15.5 not so good if you are 17.
#3 2010-07-11 02:21:50
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Re: Haggar and Bean
i dont get what you limeys ever saw in haggar. low-end department store crap, aimed at the likes of milton in office space. their motto is "Stuff you can Wear" for cripes sake. their iconic piece is shiny, 100% polyester pleated slacks. did they have really nice stuff for the export market or something?
EDIT: their imperial line of sportcoats can be pretty nice looking, for something by Haggar. but with 1000 even better options for tweed jakcets, why?
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#4 2010-07-11 04:32:10
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Re: Haggar and Bean
Yes, looking at some of their 'vintage' offerings on Ebay, I see exactly what you mean. My guess is, if it was American there was an interest. I can't get excited about Farah, but some did. If the look was right - the rise etc. - someone would go for it, in the absence of anything better. Oddly enough, Joe Public in limey-land are often sniffy about Farah now, castigating it as just pensioner-wear: not unlike the new breed of Gant: oft to be seen on nebbishes and oddballs. Too wavy now, too overground. Like Lands End, Champion etc. You begin seeing it around, you know it's dead.
#5 2010-07-11 04:46:23
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Re: Haggar and Bean
thats another one, farah.was surprised to read of its popularity with casuals in the 80s. i associate it with H-Dogg the ghetto accountant in the Onion. yet another is fruit of the loom-known here only for what i think you guys call Y-fronts.
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#7 2022-06-17 02:50:59
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Re: Haggar and Bean
There's a rumour circulating that Farah are making a comeback.
I was chatting to the guy servicing our boiler a few weeks back and he was enthusiastic about jumbo cord. Can't say I am.
Bean never really went away; was simply outsourced all over the place. I have a couple of USA-made flannel shirts that see plenty of wear in the winter.
Haggar Imperial... a beater tweed jacket...
#8 2022-06-17 03:03:16
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I stand by what I said to Dennis back then. Haggar was certainly being offered at Russell Street - still seen as a fairly kosher, Boom Years, name. An Imperial jacket can be had for the price of a lager shandy. But the newer stuff pops up every now and then in charity shops and is pretty awful. But then so is modern London Fog - not even as good as J.Crew or A&F. Well, about on a par. Which ain't saying very much.
#9 2022-06-17 03:10:44
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It's also as well to remember that Jimmy constantly and repeatedly emphasised The Look. Be it ever so humble, The Look was what counted.