RRL

[riffblaster general]

We are all familiar.  Some love it, some hate it.  I personally am a fan of their made in USA stuff.  The only "other" jeans in my denim rotation are a pair of RRL straight fits.  The fit is fairly similar to a 634s with a much lighter denim (15oz maybe)  so they come in handy for the warmer months.

[jacoavlu]

I have two pair of the officer chinos and really like them, my favorite non denim pants. I think they are made in china for what it's worth

[riffblaster general]

yeah i think they're pretty all over the place with where stuff is manufactured.  these jeans are usa though.

[drew_]

RRL store in NY just got named top 25 Men's Store in America … Have yet to visit- has anyone been?

[drew_]

@drew_:

RRL store in NY just got named top 25 Men's Store in America … Have yet to visit- has anyone been?

By GQ that is

[riffblaster general]

i've been.  definitely pretty awesome, but there are also so many great vintage shops in nyc that it feels weird to buy RRL stuff for full price that you could probably wait and find in an outlet somewhere.

[posthealth]

When it's on sale, you really can't do better for the money… and it's usually gonna go on sale.

[riffblaster general]

exactly!  I got the jeans in that pic at marshalls for $25

[Stokely]

@riffblaster:

exactly!  I got the jeans in that pic at marshalls for $25

Dude, you have have a magic gear finding node in your frontal cortex.

[eyeq8402]

@riffblaster:

exactly!  I got the jeans in that pic at marshalls for $25

That's crazy Riff! I swear you always find nice deals and lovely thrift store finds. 

[riffblaster general]

i just get lucky.  the stuff is all out there, you just gotta go dig it up!

[riffblaster general]

RRL has so much stuff….some of you guys have to have some of it!  lets see some pics!

[tatmantall]

does anyone know who is making the current RRL engineer boots?  I know julian used to but not sure who is contracted now and looking to pick up a pair of nice RC style engineers. Thanks in advance

[davito]

Maybe this helps you a bit Tat my man

http://vintageengineerboots.blogspot.ch/2012/09/rrl-engineer-boots-comparison.html?m=1

[tatmantall]

Yeah I had read that earlier but it does not state who actually built the new 2013 engineers … Was just curious if anyone knew

[davito]

The newer Murdock models are made by someone in Texas. No idea who though

[Chris]

Google tells me that they are made by Rios of Mercedes, which would make sense, given that Rios made a couple of models for RRL previously.

[tatmantall]

Found a pair of Julian RRL on eBay and pulled the trigger.. $150 lower than retail and went TTS.. Did some reading and it suggested these run narrow so that was the way to go 14 days to return and they have a 12 available too but I I think a whole size down would be way too much even with my narrow foot my toes would be crammed in the end. Will post pics when they arrive.

[tatmantall]

Man.. This is not my week… My rrl Julian engineer off eBay came today.. Yep they're new, unfortunately I believe they have been sitting in a a horrible environment for god knows how long and are so dry there are crack through the leather on the back of one of the boot loops and they look more brittle than a 150 year old woman. Haven't heard back from seller so have filed a dispute just in case.

My week= winning 

[Snowy]

On the otherside you've just got 150years of evo right out of the box. Clean them up give a good coat of leather conditioner+oil, let it soak, then protect and I bet they'll look amazing.