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Hunter Jones
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by Hunter Jones » Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:10 am
I received my new trousers from Magnoli. I must say that he did a wonderful job on them. They fit great and are really comfortable. I ordered dark khaki, but they aren't as dark as my Westeds.
Here's a comparison of the Wested (underneath) and the Mangnoli trousers:
Here's a close up of the fabrics. Wested is 100% wool and the Magnoli are wool blend:
Thanks again Indy Magnoli.
indygr
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by indygr » Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:35 am
Excellent pants! They are very well made. However, I would personally buy them in 100% wool. I saw that Magnoli offers 100% English wool. Maybe medium brown could be a closer SA choice.
One comment that I would like to make to all pants manufacturers though. I personally don't like the buttons' shape and colour!
I always end up changing them in order to reach a correct colour contrast.
Hunter Jones
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by Hunter Jones » Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:57 am
The thing I like about Magnoli's wool blend is that they are better for summer wear. They'll be cooler in the hot, humid weather than the wool.
WinstonWolf359
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by WinstonWolf359 » Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:46 pm
If it's hot and humid, I wouldn't wear Indiana Jones pants in the first place.
Red Dust
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by Red Dust » Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:57 pm
they look great hunter.. so are you gonna dye them?
Hunter Jones
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by Hunter Jones » Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:02 pm
Red Dust wrote: they look great hunter.. so are you gonna dye them?
No. I like the different shade. I'm sure Indy had different coloured trousers.
DanielJones
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by DanielJones » Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:01 pm
Good looking trousers. Looks like I'll have to order myself a pair. But yeah, I think I'd have to get the darker color.
Cheers!
Dan
theinterchange
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by theinterchange » Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:03 pm
they are quite a bit lighter than Westeds. I'm glad I saw this before thinking of ordering Magnoli's trousers.
McFly
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by McFly » Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:30 pm
Well, Magnoli offers them in various colors - I wouldn't discount them completely just yet.
Those look great, Hunter! That's Dark Khaki, hm? I got mine in Mocha, I think.
Shane
Indiana MarkVII
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by Indiana MarkVII » Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:29 am
McFly, do you have yours yet? Can you post a photo?
McFly
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by McFly » Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:43 am
I don't have any pictures of just the pants, but I have some pictures where I was wearing them, in different light types.
Here ya go: Magnoli Pants in Mocha!
OUTSIDE - SUN
INSIDE - FLASH
(this is a bad picture of me, the pants are nicely lit:)
INSIDE - NO flash
IndigoJuliet
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by IndigoJuliet » Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:17 am
Another 2 weeks with luck and mine will be turning up. hope they are as good as yours, but I am sure they will be..
indygr
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by indygr » Wed Apr 09, 2008 8:09 am
Hey McFly!!
Mocha is indeed a nice colour!! Also the pants have a nice fit! I had a different impression about those pants because the pictures in Magnoli's website are a bit misleading in my opinion because the pants are worn on the dummies pretty high!