Gustin - New Drops

FWIW, mine came in exactly on spec and had absolutely no shrinkage whatsoever after a warm cycle wash and medium tumble dry. So you may be alright with the L Classic.

It's a beautiful material, and the new buttons are a significant improvement. I would call them normal decent shirting buttons now instead of worryingly flimsy like the old ones. Still not $175-300 shirt worthy, but certainly a big step up.

That said, it is frustrating that Gustin insists on cutting their shirts like a f!@king 1950s poodle skirt. Most of your customers seem to be reasonably fit male human beings, fellas, not mutant overgrown pears. My waist and hips do not need more room than my chest. Thank you.

So yeah, I see a trip to the tailor in my future to see if they can taper this shirt down a bit. I may try a L Tall instead of the XL Tall on one of the cheaper decent-looking shirts (the charcoal chambray that's up right now, for example) just to see if that's any better. I had been worried that I would go L Tall on the Slate Blue Twill and it would come in on the small side and/or shrink a lot. Not so. My last three G shirts have all sewn up true to size, so maybe it's safe to back something in my actual size now instead of trying to guess whether the shop will sew it up one size too small.

At this point I wish they'd made more of my size and less classic large, but if it's garbage it'll go back and I'll demand a refund.

* Except for the cuff openings. I got my first pair of store-backed Gustins at the end of August. Those, and the eight pairs I've received since (some of which I've sold - settle down), have all been well under spec for the cuff opening. One pair, the Supple16, was at 18" compared to 18.5" spec for a 36 Straight. All the rest have been 17 - 17.5" and are a mix of 35 Straight (18.25" spec) and 36 Straight. And this...is...AWESOME.

Honestly, I think it has to be intentional. It's hugely unlikely that I just happened to get that many pairs of jeans (in a range of weights from 10-18oz, no less) that were faithful to the fit guide in all measurements except being consistently 1 - 1.5" under spec on the cuff. My guess is Gustin was listening to the steady drumbeat of feedback that the cuff openings were just too damn big and quietly made the adjustment without making a public spectacle or changing the fit guide. Whatever the reason behind it, if it is in fact intentional and representative of adjusted patterns that will continue to be used for their jeans, two thumbs way WAY up from me.

Anyone else notice this trend? Or am I the only one who has backed that many jeans lately and also obsessively measures them and records the data in a spreadsheet?

Yeah, I really like 3.

I totally get what you're saying. But with shirts, we've probably seen every design under the sun 50 times before, especially if it's flannel. It's still unique to Gustin, and they look like a solid design if you don't have a similar fabric in your closet. With that said, I won't be pulling the trigger on any of those. Buy kudos to Gustin for keeping the new year fresh with new fabrics.

 I like 2, 3, and 4.  Bet they'll be dropping some tomorrow so I'll have a better idea once I see more campaign pics but so far those are the ones I'm liking.  

Once again, G is starting 2015 off very well imo.

Also some of the perceived flaws aren't exactly flaws by Gustin standards like patterns aligning I have no experiances myself.

I like the flannels but I ask myself are they $76 worth shirts. I can't justify it.

Kinda agree and I don't think anyone can justified the IH shirts as a $345 shirt except Selfedge. However, I can totally justified IH shirt as a $160 shirt and that was the price that I paid. 

On Gustin, I only have four shirts (Wabisabi, HS WS, Bright Plaid, Black Plaid?) and none of the shirt justified for the price that I paid. The way I judge is if I see them on the store shelf, am I going to buy them at the prices that I paid. The answer is a big "no".

I don't think Gustin shirts are worth $76, at least not for me. Construction is not good. Scoops are weird. On me, the fit is not great. The fabrics look good, but who really cares about the fabric if those other factors are off?

IH shirts are brilliant. Not $345 brilliant, but definitely Rakuten-price brilliant.

I'm sure those are returned items they are re-selling. Kills me that they are asking full price, or more for them. They seem to be adding $5 to the prices which I'm going to speculate is the shipping $$ they reimbursed to the returner that they are trying to recoup.

Are they heavy flannel, just in time for late spring/summer?