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Tzarina
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 Posted - 06 Feb 2012 : 3:09:43 PM
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As it says on the title really. Does anyone have 'Rugged' breeches. Comments on them please and sizing, are they big sizing, small sizing or come up right. I have so many pairs of breeches of varying waist sizes, its a nightmare buying them, especially as these would be online purchasing.
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Mrs Vlacq
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Posted - 06 Feb 2012 : 4:38:31 PM
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Yup - find and buy a nice pair, then carry one stubbly bale of straw and they ladder or pull threads..... hate it!
I have some Equetech pull on ones (winter ones with stirrup bottoms) that were pretty cheap and really comfy, and tough. Come up quite generous unless you have big thighs.
Basically anything that's mostly cotton I avoid - cold, go baggy, shrink in wash (only lengthwise!) so I go for the more techincal fabrics now.
Also love the Harry Hall pull on Jeggings - yes they are mostly cotton, but they've lasted well and still stretchy, warm. They were cheap too and a fairly normal size, where as HH ones with a fly seemed too loose in leg. |
    
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Kes
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England
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Posted - 06 Feb 2012 : 6:11:14 PM
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| I had to write this; I recently threw away a pair of HH's that I have been wearing pretty much non-stop for 27 years. They are the 'Tarn' ones of which I have many more (which will probably out live me!) |
    
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Mrs Vlacq
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Posted - 06 Feb 2012 : 6:48:08 PM
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| LOL Kes - I still have a pair of Canary Tarns that were bought silly cheap - they have been demoted to 'spare at show' but are still SO comfy! |
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Kes
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England
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Posted - 06 Feb 2012 : 7:30:38 PM
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Tarn are the best! Even after 27 years they weren't baggy...or did I get fatter???? Shock realisation!! 
I am still wearing my other Tarn's now, bought for me when I got my first pony aged 13 so I am seeing if I can get these ones to 30, then I am going to contact HH for some sort of loyalty reward  |
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Callisto
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Posted - 06 Feb 2012 : 7:38:46 PM
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I have a pair of totally synthetic Caldene ones that my Mum bought me when I was 15, so that makes them 35yrs old... Also have a couple of pairs of totally nylon ones (unknown brand) from when I was 17, which I still use for exercising...so my vote for hard wearing non laddering breeches has to be - synthetic of the 'hard' kind of nylon ones!!!
Also have 3 pairs of Harry Hall needlecord ones I bought circa 1994, they're still going strong apart from the elastic in the waist has had it. |
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Kes
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Posted - 06 Feb 2012 : 7:44:14 PM
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| Sorry Tzarina for turning your thread into the 'old jodhpurs hall of fame'. However it's proving who makes the longer lasting variety :) I get annoyed with sizing, I know I am a 28 but my last Tarns were 26 (pre Christmas of course) and I have something that's a 30, it's like shopping in Marks & Spencer!! |
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Tzarina
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England
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Posted - 06 Feb 2012 : 7:49:10 PM
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| Oh no, please dont talk about old breeches, I've been looking for a waistcoat today and found loads of old but looking brand new breeches with teeny tiny waists that will need a major dietary plan to get back in them. |
Tzarinaarabians@yahoo.com
"The horse is God's gift to mankind."
"The daughter who wont lift a finger in the house is the same child who cycles madly off in the pouring rain to spend all morning mucking out a stable."
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Kes
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Posted - 06 Feb 2012 : 7:58:37 PM
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| Take my advice, don't give them away/sell them. I had a stack of about 10 pairs that I couldn't do the waist up on and they gathered a lot of dust. I gave them to my stick thin friend who looked fab in them (cow), after quitting smoking I went on a mega diet losing loads and she took pity on me and gave them back (cool as they were all washed and dust free by then ). It would have cost me £100's to replace them so hang on to them :) |
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applause
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England
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Posted - 06 Feb 2012 : 8:12:51 PM
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| I love mine! I'm normally an 8/10 so bought a 28" pair and i could really have done with the next size down. I'd say they were a bit generous in size, and if they were the right size i would probably live in them. |
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'Rugged' Breeches
