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LL Bean is carrying a flat front pant in taupe color. Does anyone have a pair? I am wondering if these are the same color of those famous out of stock taupe dress chinos that Hemingway Jones has.
My hope is that they have the material in the correct color. LL Bean could potentially bring back the 'dress chino' in taupe.
Thanks.

I suppose that is a good sign: to see them bring back taupe in any of their range. Usually their colors are consistent across their line, if not consistent within each individual ocurrance (Differences in dye runs). ON my monitor, this taupe looks lighter, but that could be a matter of photo and color settings.

I am sure, one day, they'll bring back taupe in their dress chinos.

looks like it's coming back in force:

"Covert Twill" dress pants
http://www.llbean.com/webapp/wcs/stores ... ch&feat=sr
Five Pocket Cords http://www.llbean.com/webapp/wcs/stores ... ch&feat=sr

When you search for taupe, it comes up with the dress chinos, but they don't llist taupe on that page.

Does anybody know anything about the covert twill? I suppose that the price is so close to the Wested pants, I might as well hold out for something a bit sturdier.

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schorsch wrote:looks like it's coming back in force:

"Covert Twill" dress pants


Does anybody know anything about the covert twill?

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TWILL WEAVE

Structuring Process

* Interlaced with 2 or 3 warp yarns over and one or 2 warp yarns under respective filling yarns

Identifying the Weave:

* Diagonal ridge formed left-to-right or right-to-left

Performance Characteristics

Compared to Plain Weave, twill fabrics have:

* fewer interlacings and therefore more yarns per inch
* more raveling
* more pliable drape and hand
* more wrinkle resistance
* more resistance to showing soil and soiling
* more durability and heavier
* tendency to have defined face and back
* twill direction defined as left or right hand or variation
* angle of twill can vary from 15¤ to 75¤ with 45¤ typical

Common fabrics by Identifying Characteristics

* Medium weight fabrics that are opaque with spun yarns and lightly brushed surface: challis (may also be plain weave), Viyella TM is a tradenamed challis featuring wool/cotton blend
* Medium weight fabrics that are opaque with filament yarns and are balanced and reversible: surah
* Medium weight fabrics that are opaque with spun yarns and are balanced and reversible: flannel, serge
* Medium weight fabrics that are opaque with spun yarns, balanced, yarn dyed: sharkskin, herringbone, houndstooth
* Medium weight fabrics that are opaque with filament yarns, unbalanced: lining twill
* Medium-to-heavy weight fabrics that are opaque with spun yarns, unbalanced: jean, drill, covert, chino, gabardine, calvary twill
* Medium-to-heavy weight fabrics that are opaque with spun yarns, unbalanced, yarn dyed: denim