Reproduction classic workwear

[mattfink]

I found these jeans earlier last month at Wasteland on Melrose. They were tagged as having a 32 inch waist, so I kind of dismissed them as too small. I went home and did a little research on the label and ran across this article.

http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2008/07/14/the-stronghold/

When I went back to Wasteland I noticed they were still there so I bought these two pairs for around $70 each. I was planning on reselling them on ebay, but when I tried them on, they fit!

The fit of the white stiched USN style jeans is great; with a full cut thigh and knee and the waist stops just below my navel. The herringbone bucklebacks have a shorter rise (similar to a modern 501) but are pretty much identical fit-wise.

They had more on the racks, mostly these sans suspenders:

Jesus, those Stronghold jeans are usually $250+!!! You got a bargain on a pair of hand made denim pants!!!

 

[Feraud]

These are really cool!

 

[mattfink]

Here's a pretty thorough thread on SUFU about Stronghold:

http://www.superfuture.com/supertalk/showthread.php?t=6466

 

[mattfink]

Here's the Stronghold's website:

http://www.thestronghold.com/

 

[flat-top]

Here's the Stronghold's website:

http://www.thestronghold.com/

What a cool site. You don't see much of the product, but still, I like what I see. The store looks pretty neat as well.

 

[Mysterious Mose]

These are really cool!

Pointer Brand makes a fisher stripe carpenter jeans, zip fly, no selvedge or buckle back, but only $35.=.

 

[mattfink]

Pointer Brand makes a fisher stripe carpenter jeans, zip fly, no selvedge or buckle back, but only $35.=.

I've got a pair of those. They run a little slim through the hips, but stretch out after some wear. They also have hickory stripe too (same fit). You'll want to order them here:


http://www.pointerbrand.com/

 

[Mysterious Mose]

Good to hear about the fit, are they high or low wasted?

I chose the link for the photo, but www.Pointerbrand.com is wonderful to deal with, I've got some overalls and a chore jacket from them a few years ago.

 

[mattfink]

Good to hear about the fit, are they high or low wasted?

I chose the link for the photo, but www.Pointerbrand.com is wonderful to deal with, I've got some overalls and a chore jacket from them a few years ago.

I'd say they are a "normal" fit in the waist (neither high nor low). I have a couple of the chore coats too.

 

[Feraud]

The Pointerbrand hickory stripe chore coat looks like a good deal.

 

[mattfink]

BTW there are a couple of the J Crew chambray chinstrap shirts on eBay right now if you poke around....

 

[lordcharles]

plaid shirt

I've got a cuple of cracking brushed cotton plaid shirts from Boden here in the UK and I'm looking for some decent plaid flannel shirts for the Autumn. Last year I got a few LL Bean flannel shirts, but the large is just a little too big and the medium is too small. Any suggestions - apart from losing weight?

 

[Marc Chevalier]

BTW there are a couple of the J Crew chambray chinstrap shirts on eBay right now if you poke around....

Yep, that seller has sold a few of them recently. And guess which size has gotten the highest number of bids? Size SMALL. Wanna bet that those shirts are going to Japan? Even with shipping fees, it's a good deal for Japanese buyers.


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[mattfink]

Yep, that seller has sold a few of them recently. And guess which size has gotten the highest number of bids? Size SMALL. Wanna bet that those shirts are going to Japan? Even with shipping fees, it's a good deal for Japanese buyers.


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Surprisingly there are a lot of people that wear S here in the US as well....all over the SUFU group. Bunch a skinny, messenger bike riding, twenty-somethings.

 

[flat-top]

I'm sure you all saw this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360190560341&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

 

[mattfink]

I'm sure you all saw this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360190560341&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

$150 for a good repro ain't looking so bad!

 

[Alexi]

I've got a cuple of cracking brushed cotton plaid shirts from Boden here in the UK and I'm looking for some decent plaid flannel shirts for the Autumn. Last year I got a few LL Bean flannel shirts, but the large is just a little too big and the medium is too small. Any suggestions - apart from losing weight?

pedleton, woolrich, melton ect on the ebays

what is your chest size?

 

[repeatclicks]

RED KAP OVERALLS

Has anyone tried the Red Kap overalls? I love that Sivletto is charging almost £80 for a pair of $35 overalls. Hilarious.

http://shop.sivletto.com/system/search/product.asp?id=2956&q=red+kap&page=1&rnum=2#lang=en

They look nice, but if someone has tried them, that would be a bonus. I want to know if the indigo holds or not after a wash.....

 

[mattfink]

Has anyone tried the Red Kap overalls? I love that Sivletto is charging almost £80 for a pair of $35 overalls. Hilarious.

http://shop.sivletto.com/system/search/product.asp?id=2956&q=red+kap&page=1&rnum=2#lang=en

They look nice, but if someone has tried them, that would be a bonus. I want to know if the indigo holds or not after a wash.....

I've got a pair, but have not washed them yet. Some of the best modern ones I've owned yet.

 

[mattfink]

BTW, that's my friend Freddie in the pics...he's the denim manager at Sivletto!