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Sorry controversy comrads -- No slam here. Just got my Wested Shirt and pants and I am beside myself with satisfaction. PLEASE DO NOT do what I have been doing... Quit spending your money on substitutes. I must have half a dozen Cabbelas, L.L.Beans and etc. etc. If Indy is what you want then Indy is what you get with the Wested garments. I just put on these fine handcrafted clothes and my blood rushed like it hasn't rushed since the first time the boulder chased our hero. Now I have to ad a Wested jacket to my FS. I am soooo gratful for everything I learn from all of you and just wanted to ad my review. WELL WORTH THE MONEY and I got it in less than a week.

You make a great point! I wish i had done that on hats, i would have saved a ton of money. Thanks

So what hat did you end up with?

So what hat did you end up with?

First i bought a Dorfman, Fed, Fed deluxe and then i got the hat i should have bought in the first place a Optimo Indy fedora. What i wasted on the others would have paid 2/3 of the Optimo cost. I've learned read read first before i buy any gear.

I agree with you Sharpetoys. My Optimo is on the way!

I managed to pick up a wested while i was in england this past week and I have to say, it is a perfect Indy shirt. I love the way it feels, I love the way it looks, and I love the way it wears. I really can't praise this shirt highly enough, and the quality of the crafstmanship is superb and well worth the price I paid for it. I didn't have enough money to get the pants, but I plan on orderign a pair as soon as is humanly possible.

The pants are equally grand. If I may suggest that you order them uncuffed -- wash and dry them -- and then take them to a talor to have them cuffed to your liking. Shouldn't be more than $6.
Enjoy

T.E. Lawrence wrote: The pants are equally grand. If I may suggest that you order them uncuffed -- wash and dry them -- and then take them to a talor to have them cuffed to your liking. Shouldn't be more than $6.
Enjoy

May I ask why you say this? I don't understand the benefit. Please explain.

I’m sure the Wested Pants and shirt set are great. But sometimes I need alternatives because I wear a variation of Gear EVERY day. (I don’t own a single pair of Jeans).

Someday I’ll get the shirt and pants, but for variety and price I have to stick with LL. Beans. Their pants last longer then any other brand I’ve owned.

My pref. is to have a tailor cuff my pants so I can get the drape to my exact liking. If I had ordered my normal length (32") then it 'MAY' have looked great or it may have been too long or short --for my taste-- with these particular trousers. They are a baggy cut to begin with and I simply had no experience of how they would hang so I ordered them with no hem. As it turned out I had them tailored to 33 1/4 " with a 3" hem to give it some weight.

Ren;
I agree with you on having selection. I have two pairs of L.L.Beans and I love them. I just really wanted a pair of these Westeds so I saved up and got'em. Just before this I found a GREAT pair of trousers at Burlington. What sold me on that pair was the weave of the fabric -- it matches the wested pants almost exactly and they were only $20. I bought the longest pair I could find and paid the tailor $15. two use the extra material to make two flaps to my specs for the open back pockets. They are a really close match to the westeds and in my opinion the flaps look more like ROTLA than the Westeds-- I think Wested had to keep everyone happy so the flaps on theirs are sort of this generic Indyish kand'a thingy. Other than that the wested pants are great and take a beating. By the way -- the Shirt looks better tailored too. And my Cabbelas is a very good substitute.

Ren;
ps.
I dont wear the same jeans every day either but my socks and underwear --- now that's a different story

T.E. Lawrence wrote:Ren;
ps.
I dont wear the same jeans every day either but my socks and underwear --- now that's a different story

TMI - Too Much Information

This forum is all about sharing. But not about EVERYTHING.

::Stands in the kitchen in his boxer briefs and Akubra while drinking coffee::

Okay okay -- Just hoping for a quick chuckle -- Sorry if I offended anyone?

Renderking,
I may have misread your earlier post. When you said you don't own a single pair of jeans I thought you meant you don't wear the same pair every day so why would you wear just one pair of Indy trousers.... My bad. In re-reading the post I think you meant, (exactly what you said) that you don't even have a pair of jeans --- It's all IndyGear all the time. I hope I got it right this time and I need to pay more attention when I read.

First we read of Fedora running around in his back year cutting grass in his fedora, shorts and 405's, and now Renderking standing around in his boxers and Fed. drinking coffee....I'm with you, Lawrence...I believe I've read WAY more than I care to read this week. Regards. Michaelson

THAT'S pretty odd, too, isn't it Michaelson? But at least they were both wearing their... hats.

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