Crazy Gaudy Dress Shirts

If you're looking for some crazy gaudy sport shirts, Nordstrom's is stocking Thomas Dean in LT, XLT, and up. examples here

Land's End

Really good luck this week with Land's End; they have v-neck undershirts in medium-long that are silly, silly long (3" longer than Nordstrom's pima undershirts) and about $8/each.

This year's khakis.

Online, they started selling pants in single-digit waist increments; they sell a 35 waist, which is pretty rare. But they also started selling in quarter-inch-length increments. Instead of a 34, 36, or 38, they sell everything from a 20" to 36" inseam, quarter inch at a time. My plan is to try a 35x35.75, and see how that works out.

(For those so inclined, their Long Rise pant fit still comes in a 37" length.)

Meanwhile, I'm still a big fan of Nordstrom's Smartcare Khakhis, although the "New Smartcare" - the current fit - don't seem to fit as comfortably as the ones from two years ago. They sell all normal waist sizes to a 36" inseam, and hemming is free in-store if you want that cut back to a 35", for example.

New Shirts

Eddie Bauer has a new top-level category in their website; "shirts by fit". In my case, the "slim fit" Oxford in large-tall is a *perfect* fit, and comes outta the dryer without any wrinkles. They even sell a medium tall, which is a rarity in my book. $50ish.

Their clearance was also worth following a few weeks back; $5 T's in large-tall as well.

Gloomy day for my wardrobe

Eddie Bauer Outlet has t-shirts on sale for $10, which was awesome... until I got home and realized they took 1.5" or so off the shirt lengths for tall sizes. That was discouraging, and I'm afraid that might be their entire line. Ow.

Meanwhile, Amazon.com sent me a link for a sale on Levi's 550s, which come in extended lengths. Unfortunately from the reviews, it looks like at least one of their suppliers dumped blemished/second quality goods, so I'm avoiding that as well.

Might be time to see if JCPenney's in-store selection is still good. I've been surprised in the past, as they tend to sell things in sizes no one else does. That said, I've also seem frankenstein-cut shirts, that were a pleasant +4-5" long, but had the shirt pocket 4-5" lower down, which put the pocket between my belly button and nipples.

Oops?

British Pants!

Alto Clothing was pointed out by a friend, and they stock pants exclusively in 36" and 38" lengths. Zing! They seem to have a fierce collection of ugly shirts, which my girlfriend adores. On the minus side, they're in the UK, and shipping is 15 quid. That's $20ish right now, but still, 36 and 38 inseam is a niche, niche market; I haven't seen cargo pants in 36, ever!

Motorcycle Jacket

Okay, Motoport/Cycleport seems to make custom textile jackets, although they're pricey. $400 + $200 for the liner. Really debating on this one, as that's about twice what I figure it's worth, but it'd probably fit significantly better than anything else I've found. For anyone else staggering across this who's maybe not as tall, the gold standard might be the Aerostich stuff; they'll do a semi custom, but not a full custom to stretch quite this far. For leather, Vanson came highly recommended, but they'll do any number of options, but not necessarily add length?

If anyone's looking for the tallest of the non-custom talls, Tourmaster's jackets and Fieldsheer's pants seem to do me well so far.