notevenclose
pfm Member
Must admit I'm relatively new to Uniqlo, last 18 months or so. Any previous venture into the High St has invariably been disappointing, products are typically badly made (and getting worse) from crap fabrics, and either look like sh*t or start to disintegrate after a couple of washes, and were typically despatched to the pile marked 'do one' pretty quickly.Currently wearing a Gloverall Submariner Jumper and a pair of jeans from the wonderful joeandco who resides at Altrincham market. Like Matthew a big fan of Uniqlo for socks and pants. Have quite a few pieces from Joe now, his shirts in particular are awesome. Also like Trickett as a brand for t-shirts and sweat-shirts. Shoes this morning were Red-Wing Moc-toes. I’ve also got a really nice pair of Sanders Derby boots I bought recently: I’ve decided as I get older I’d rather have a few nice things, rather than lots of newer cheap things. Most of what I wear apart from work stuff is Joe and Co, Trickett, Gloverall or for slobbing about in Uniqlo.
A lot of this is deliberate policy of course, I had a client a few years back in the rag trade whose customer was young girls who'd typically buy something for a night out and had little intention of wearing it three times. If it's cheap enough, it's essentially disposable.
Uniqlo appear to be the exception that proves the rule, the stuff I've seen to date is generally very well-made/finished for the price and their sizing is admirably consistent. The Supima cotton t-shirts and afore-mentioned HeatTech trousers are particular standouts to my eye. One can only hope it's not all made by seven year old North Korean schoolgirls in a sealed underground bunker somewhere.