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gnatty8

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Wife snagged an action shot lol

Oh yeah, rental car since we flew in this time, not my Chrysler 300

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I thought the RRL Western shirt sizing has always been consistent, I have like 4 and always just small
I've ordered ~10 in the last month many of which got returned because of inconsistent sizing. I had the same shirt in medium. One that fit perfectly and the other that fit too loosely. In the end it seemed like in the Western flannel I wore a medium. In the denim and cord shirt I wore a small. I'm 5'9" and 160 with a 38.5' chest. Also, the brown bear jacquard overskirt was massive in a medium on me.

Given all of this I have a very small RRL collection and, therefore, am no expert. Also, what one person considers a perfect fit might be too tight or too loose for someone else.
 

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I don’t have any flannel western, only flannel work shirt those definitely fit larger, all my denim western are “slim fit” (not that I recall if they have ever done none slim denim western since over a decade ago)
 
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Yes sir, seamstress at RL handled it for me and did a fantastic job. Sadly, no internal pocket. I know this since I went to put my phone in that inside pocket this morning, and bam
It's a really tough job for a tailor to shorten sleeves at the armholes. They have to fell the seams (fold them into each other) like the original construction. Then getting the topstitching straight and even is almost impossible without a factory machine. They also need to use the correct thread for denim, which is thick polyester thread wrapped in cotton. The reason for the cotton-wrapped thread is so the thread will fade and age along with the garment. (100% poly thread won't fade). Many tailors will shy away from this sort of work because it's just begging for customer dissatisfaction. You took a risk having it done, so be glad it turned out well!
 
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They also need to use the correct thread for denim, which is thick polyester thread wrapped in cotton. The reason for the cotton-wrapped thread is so the thread will fade and age along with the garment. (100% poly thread won't fade).
As I re-read what I said above about the correct thread, that's obviously not as important as the quality of work. If she used a heavy-gauge 100% poly thread on your coat, that's fine. You may never even know. The cotton-wrapped thread is just a nice perk if your tailor can offer it. It keeps the garment closer to OEM. What matters is she did nice work and your sleeves are now the length you want.
 
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Anybody have the HBT Fatigue pants? How do you like the fit? Material? Typical vanity sizing?
If you also have the orSlow Regular Fit Fatigue pants, how would you compare the two?
 

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