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Don't overlook these - https://jp.mercari.com/item/m93109513973

Many years ago they made jeans and a jacket out of khaki chino fabric. Sad I missed those.

Ha! Would be fun to know where they were in the shot (no pun intended).

I always found it funny in the film - 'Main Man' get's assassinated. Then 'sketchiest dude in the universe'^^^ points, and says (with perhaps the 'sketchiest voice in the universe'), "the Warriors did it', and everyone just believes him...

That's pretty extreme but I would imagine a reputable optician (optometrist?) would be able to shape them. Any new glasses I get, I need to have that done in order for them to fit well.

'Outstanding In His Field'

Old cap, old corduroy coat that only gets worn in the field, WOM, Gola.

It would bother me. 1) because I'm obsessive with details and imperfections, and 2) because I'd paid a so called expert for a specialist job and received a compromised result reflecting poor quality control and lack of care. ...And then I'd probably do nothing due to a combination of procrastination and conflict avoidance... It's a different story when it's been done on purpose in pursuit of a particular ethos - like those Sugar Canes.

I usually press mine with a crease. Having the crease helps wide leg chinos to not look too 'flared' from the front view.(Echoing what Slayer said.) For a vintage look (which I'm aware most here are not pursuing) the crease is the way it was done - military uniforms and workwear. The thing is with chinos the twill fabric doesn't hold the crease long, so that extra-crisp look is pretty much gone within about a half hour of wear. After that they look relaxed and natural despite the remains of the crease.

@ATWM, I'm curious how well a device like that performs with 'hot' water from a hotel coffee machine? Meaning does it require full-on boiling water to get a good result? Since I rely more on tea than coffee these days, I'm traveling with a rubber, collapsible kettle. Likely a good solution if a true boil is required.

Black Sign, Merz, Obbi, WOM, Paraboot.

No! Damn you!!!🤨 Not counting the four wisdom teeth I have removed as a teenager, I still have my native teeth albeit a few crowned. No thanks to 1970s/80s British dentistry btw. I recall my dentist telling me before my first trip to America, "You know when you get over there they're going to be trying to talk you into using dental floss (rolling his eyes disapprovingly)...".

But...but...I use Marvis toothpaste🥺

Haha! Nice one tg76! And way more charm than an AI image would have had.

That thing should go in the FW hall of fame!

Just to clarify, I have no problem with records being called vinyl, but there's no such word as 'vinyls'. The singular and plural of the word are both 'vinyl'. Of course I'll include the disclaimer that it'd be perfectly understandable/forgivable for non-English speakers to make that mistake but I'm pretty sure it's crept into the US / UK kids vernacular, hasn't it? Going back to Relax vs Relaxed I thought it'd funny to post a pic of a Frankie Says Relax T-shirt but checking internet images now I see it's now become Frankie Say Relax. It wasn't that way at the time was it? It would appear the grammar battle is eternal... And by the way, this is coming from a working class child of the 70s whose parents were not particularly eloquent or erudite. I've never felt particularly satisfied with my secondary school education but apparently they did impart some knowledge to me.

In my recent site-browsing of the usual group of our type of clothing retailers I've noticed that the term 'Relaxed Fit' has now morphed into 'Relax Fit'. Why?... Does removing the 'ed' from the end of 'Relax' make life so much easier? Streamlined? Sleeker? I could understand if it were businesses in non-English speaking locations but I'm seeing it on US sites too. Now I start self-analyzing. Why do I find this so intensely irritating? Am I a horrible old grammar snob? Quite possibly...Yet my grasp of grammar is not great. I have Mrs. CSL proof-read anything I've written and every time she has to correct a bunch of things. Werdz is hard... PS. Don't get me started on people who call records 'vinyls'. ...And then it occurs to me that quite likely back in the day there were folks saying "It's recordings. Records is not a proper word".

^^^Yes. Very good.

Ah, ok. I totally misunderstood...Either way it's a cool jacket.

A couple of things come to mind. First, you could undo the cuffs and flip them up x1. Not a bad look and it would make the sleeve length less of an issue. Secondly, I recall a vintage dealer friend telling me that with steam ironing he could get 3 or 4 inches back out of the legs of a shrunk pair of jeans. Might be worth a try here. An inch or two would make a significant difference.

Haha! It took me a second to figure out what was going on there.

I do have both. I went back to the site and looked at pics of the Raiders (the denim ones are still on there) to make sure my mind wasn't playing tricks. I'd say there's a slight taper to the Raiders. To my eye the Swabbies do appear to have a straighter leg and it's not a super wide leg btw.

Indeed they are. I have the Raiders too btw. The Swabbies are a slightly different shape. Very high rise, a straighter leg, and a contrast color pocket on the right back.

They're called Swabbies. Glad I checked the site as I'd thought they were Raiders. Btw, the denim Swabbies are bell bottoms where as these have a regular straight leg.