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Saturday, February 2. 2019

Amazon is producing trousers for me


Their 60% polyester semi-dress pants are comfortably stretchy, hold a good pleat, do not wrinkle, and are as comfortable as sweat pants. So are $200 wool trousers obsolete? For me, yes, mostly.


Since I wear sport jacket and tie to work - not a suit - these are perfect for me. They are not really "casual" trousers, but can double as that too. Did I mention that they look good, and are cheap as dirt? 


They have a slim fit for the youthful hipsters, and a less-slim but also trim-looking line so you don't look like an old fogey but not like you live in Brooklyn.


How did Amazon get into this biz?  Good for them. 

Posted by The Barrister in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 14:16 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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Plastic clothes for a plastic world.
#1 Andrew Stanton on 2019-02-02 14:33 (Reply)
Yes, but...
#1.1 the B on 2019-02-02 16:14 (Reply)
"Usually ships within 1 to 3 months"! Another Amazon innovation? I suppose it takes that long to breed all those little polyesters and spin the yarn . . .
#2 Kevin on 2019-02-02 16:32 (Reply)
They sell out quickly. They are on their 3rd production run.
#2.1 the B on 2019-02-02 16:43 (Reply)
Several companies have experimented with custom clothing based on digital body scans. It's been a holy grail of sorts for the fashion industry.

The next industrial revolution - based on cheap, distributed information gathering and processing power - will replace mass production with customized production.
#3 Ben david on 2019-02-03 03:32 (Reply)
can't wear plastic clothes. Horribly uncomfortable, very sweaty.
Cotton only, or silk but can't afford silk.
#4 JTW on 2019-02-03 07:59 (Reply)
I used to feel this way about synthetic fibers, but the world of materials science has advanced by leaps and bounds. We have beautiful synthetic fibers now. We're getting closer to the techniques employed by spiders and silkworms.
#5 Texan99 on 2019-02-03 10:35 (Reply)
I've been in Haggar or Dockers all cotton khakis for 40+ years (ever since I retired from the Air Force. Two sets per year. If you wear a sharp shirt, tie and jacket, nobody notices your pants. They can be picked up on sale for about the same as in that Amazon link. Yeah, I know, they make you look like a country lawyer, but I dealt with country lawyers for years and wouldn't mind being mistaken for one.
#6 BillH on 2019-02-03 10:48 (Reply)

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