Posts made by jimcord

@FlavourFade hi there!
Lets see, the AMUNDSEN is somewhere in thickness between the UES heavy and their extra heavy flannels. It is very soft and easy to wear immediately, it drapes nicely and is simply comfortable to wear everyday. The fabric has a nice feel and some texture to it. What I love is the unique weave of the fabric that allow you see indigo, dark navy and some white in almost like a gauze like look one of my other flannels have this look and feel. As for the blueness……I just really like the UES blues, I think it is on par with TFH indigo flannels being dark yet vibrant at the same time. I think they will both lighten nicely with age.

As for the Tricotine shirt, at first it feels a bit intimidating because it is very thick twill fabric. 15.5oz if I recall! The top half around the shoulder seams, the collar, the places were several pieces are joined together is when you realize how substantial this shirt is. I won’t lie, even though others enjoy a fade lines from wearing and breaking it in before they wash, I am not that guy, this shirt oozes blue , too much blue lol! I washed mine pretty early on due to not wanting to ruin leather seats, furniture, walls with blue. What I was surprised to find is that at first you feel like the shirt wears you instead of you wearing it but that is not the case. As you wear it, it feels like body heat loosens it up nicely and it begins to hang nicely. I never feel like I’m wearing a shirt that is so stiff that it is uncomfortable but you never get away from feeling like the shirt is substantial and I mean that in the best possible way. Again it is a terrific blue that’s gonna change with time and then it dawned on me when I keep saying how much I like the UES blue it’s because I like seeing what it looks like outside and sunlight, it is a very radiant blue. At least to me. I also think both of these shirts look terrific with my Iron Heart jeans as well as my duck pants from Iron Heart. Heck you can wear either of these with anything. I see milwork recently restocked this today. You should look into it.

@Oaktavia Savage! That coat was made for you brotha!

What a beauty!

@cyclops they no longer use Aspero cotton, the new use a blend of uganda and zimbabwe cottons .

@kojimastreets i too am interested in the 409!

No, but am curious as well….
Here is probably the most interesting and unique UES item i own….
After washing, it softens nicely . It has all of the features of a traditional blazer: double buttons, slit back, button cuffs.

It’s almost too much isn’t it! Love the weight and fit of their hoodies.

Keep me posted, always cool to hear others thoughts about their and our purchases!

I don’t think I really answered your question so I would say the Amundson flannel and the tricotine shirt are two items that are distinctly theirs. Both have a unique texture and both have that beautiful blue.

….. Amundson is pretty nice, their extra heavy flannels as thick or thicker than IH I feel. Warm as well tricotine shirt is actually warm due to thickness The hoodie is very thick, substantial and no branding other than tine ues patch on sleeve- i like that. The n-1 just arrived. It just is built differently and a lighter weight and it just can’t compare to the substantial of the IH n-1. There’s no question that the IH one is bigger heavier and warmer and better constructed, but you could probably wear the UES one much more often in California than you could the IH.
The one thing across all of these that is universal is just the unique UES indigo blue color…… it is just such a terrific blue I don’t believe anyone has anything quite like it

Is that Johnny and June I hear singing in the background……legends.

I agree, Patagonia makes some great stuff, most importantly,I appreciate the founders business ethos. Luckily, I live near the Patagonia outlet store In Santa Cruz, CA.

@kojimastreets that hoodie is treating me very well, thank you! Not only is it a beast, but that blue is incredible. Hope all is well with you.
After the hoodie you sold me I went down the UES blue rabbit hole…..indigo hoodie, indigo amundson flannel, indigo heavy flannel, tricotine shirt, tricotine n-1….need the indigo t-shirt and if they only made indigo underwear I would be set!
Lol
Jim

I will wear mine s well today!

You have stated a terrific looking collection, some great combos you can make with those pieces. Nice!

Thank you for your transparency and trying to explain the decisions that all of you are having to make. I’m certainly congratulations are due, in this climate of increasing costs for materials and supplies that you have managed to have customer demands that exceed your ability to make enough product! I think most companies would love to have that problem. Asked for perks and discounts, as Giles said it’s none of our business to praise or scold their business practices. Every company has some form of reward program and it’s naïve to think that a brand at this price point does not have a way to celebrate their premier customers. The truth of the matter is every customer whether they buy one item or 100 items always gets treated well by this company. It only makes natural sense that the whales are thanked for their continued patronage.
Ask for what would I like to see? It’s pretty simple.:
Please keep the company privately owned. Do not sell to private equity. I know that’s not even an option. I’m just saying that every company I’ve seen that sells to private equity goes to shit. The attraction of this company to me is the personalization that we can actually reach out and talk to the leaders and managers of this company and get a response and have fun dialogue.
Secondly, don’t change your quality at all, if anything keeps striving for even better that’s what brought us here.
Thirdly, the customer service of this company to me a second to none, other companies should strive to have this level of how they treat their customers.
Fourth, I love that you guys do meet and greets, and that you actually attend! Driving to Los Angeles and meeting the crew from Japan and England cemented my thoughts and feelings about this brand.
Finally, as a United States citizen, and with all the craziness going on over here, I think I can speak and say thank you for the effort made to deal with the tariff nonsense and the efforts made to make it easy to continue purchasing your products.
Finally, just do what is best to continue to make the best products you can make, and continue with terrific way to engage with us like this amazing forum where so many nice people coexist

Picked up the Tricotine n-1 to go with my IH navy n-1 , two different weight jackets. Between the tricotine shirt and the jacket, i have got some wearing to do!

When i emailed UES awhile back, they informed me that all production would go to stores and probably not to their own webstore. They were right.

I am absolutely loving it, the thickness of it is fantastic and I never ever tired of looking at that terrific blue enough that I ordered the T-shirt of the same blue. I have the flannels of that blue and now of this new shirt I swear if I could get underwear that color blue I would as well lol well, I guess I could wash wash some white ones with it and that would take care of that

Just received my UES Tricotine shirt that they just released at end of 2025. No one really can describe how thick that shirt is until you feel it in person. Between that heavy fabric and that amazing dark indigo I can only imagine what a mess that’s gonna make when eventually you wash it. Lol in the meantime, I need to wear the hell out of it.