Ask Giles and/or Alex Anything

[jordanscollected]

@Alex seeing @Mizmazzle post today regarding work shirt cut, I feel like I'm seeing more people gravitate towards work that were traditionally western. Are there any figures you'd be willing to share to corroborate or debunk this? %Wrk vs %wstrn sold? Are you ordering differently due to a swing?

[Mizmazzle]

@jordanscollected this is an interesting postulation. I 100% prefer a UHF in work cut. I love my westerns in denim or other unique fabrics. But work shirts are so comfortable and easy to wear that this is where I lean more and more these days.

[Tago Mago]

@Mizmazzle Must be a 50+ thing. @Matt feels the same

[pechelman]

@Mizmazzle Work shirts rarely work for me. When the length is right it's usually too wide and sloppy looking. When the width is right it's too short. Ive got a couple of work shirts among many westerns, so that's definitely my preference. I also have the good fortune of being semi-in-between-sizes for Western cuts, so I normally go up the half size to XL in UHF for a more comfy fit and down the half size to things in harder faced denser fabrics like denim or serge.

[Mizmazzle]

@Tago-Mago

[Tago Mago]

@Mizmazzle

Thanks grandpa

[Mizmazzle]

@Tago-Mago "...too much pie, that's your problem!"
haha

[Tago Mago]

@Mizmazzle my view on human relationships and life has been shaped by the Simpsons and married with children. Make of that what you will

[Mizmazzle]

@Tago-Mago growing up as a kid, those shows always aired back to back.
When I moved to South America, I learned to speak Spanish by watching The Simpsons down there in Spanish. I knew every episode by heart so it helped me immensely with understanding and learning new vocabulary.

[SKT]

@Mizmazzle how do you say “doh!” In Spanish?

[Mizmazzle]

@SKT el doh-o.......obviously

[goosehd]

@Tago-Mago nope

[Tago Mago]

@goosehd obviously, you are young at heart

[Matt]

Honestly I kind of just changed preferences. I like the clean look of no yokes, larger armpit openings, gussets etc. Probably because I’m so old as was pointed out.

[Jett129]

I have 2 IH Work shirts,and the only reason I have them is because they have snaps. There have been some shirts where the work shirt sizing would’ve been better than the western shirt,and I ultimately passed on said shirt.

[wjw]

@Jett129 all about the snaps

[Alex]

@jordanscollected I think work shirts are getting more popular, but we still make more western shirts than work shirts, so sales data will still show westerns being more popular than works..

[anodyne]

Almost 55 and westerns all day. Snaps ftw ... and they are like IH's version of the Thundershirt lmao.

[Jett129]

@wjw said in Ask Giles and/or Alex Anything:

@Jett129 all about the snaps

Supposedly snaps were originally put on shirts so that when cowboys were out on the range for extended periods of time,they wouldn’t have to sew buttons on shirts,should they come off. Oh Snap!

[SKT]

@Jett129 Snap fan for life here