Gustin Work Shirt Thread

I know and understand that alot of things have gone from beefy materials with good construction to: flimsy material and subpar stitching after switching to "made in china". I used to get some Marlboro clothes before, but today they are pathetic.

But!

I just started wearing my Okayama standards (after a run with the loomis).

I have worn them for 2 days now. Chainstitch seam in the backpocket have now come loose.

USA made. I love it. Please let me pay more for this.

Ok.. since I got shun from Gustin and it's community. Anyone talk about the delivery date of Wabisabi work shirt on the community page? It supposes to deliver this month but I have yet to seen any update.

I am seriously thinking about to put my Wabisabi on BST.

I'm right with you jeffrx. I love my indigo indigo. Had no idea what I was getting into either. I thought it was plain and i had some second thoughts after i backed it but it turned out to be my favorite gustin product thus far.
I did have to resew some loose buttons but I didn't lose any, so no big deal.
It's crazy how everyone was hating on it but very few have ended up in the stock room or on bst.

Regarding the China discussion... They can make their stuff wherever they want, I'm just not going to knowingly support sweatshops so that I can get my fancy jeans. I would greatly prefer that they resolve any QC issues and keep it in the US, though, since that's a major part of their brand, "relatively affordable usa made clothing".

I put my Hickory Stripe work shirt on BST in both Gustin and here for two months and I did not get much interest. Frankly, I just ordered a Iron Heart Wabash Western shirt from Japan yesterday for about $170 shipped. As soon as I get the shirt and liking the size/fit, I am very likely to put my upcoming Wabisabi on BST.

Btw, how does IXI fit on you? I have a very hard time with the fit, even with the 30% shrinkage after the hot wash/dry. It fits me very boxy with both the sleeves and hem being long.

I will say one thing Gustin did well with on the WS from a fuctional standpoint is the pen holder. A lot of WS will have a somewhat narrow pen holder on the pocket and it's hard to fit a fatter pen in them. Gustins pen holders fit a wider pen quite well.

You can write off clothing that you use solely for work.

Wills, the longer I wore it the better it fit. It formed to me like a good boot. It was however at first stiff and tight in the arms and shoulders, but after a few weeks of working in a warehouse I couldn't be happier.  I'm already seeing great fades.  

Its definitely not meant to be worn in an office, infact you'll prolly look more like a janitor than anything. I love my shirt tho. I'm tall and lanky and a bit too wide in the shoulders for iron heart and rogue territory which both make great looking shirts however they are meant for more the j crew, act the part types, to whom I may just be jealous of.    I'm gonna be hella bummed if they fix the long workshirt issues cause they work perfect on me. 

I don't know why ...but I would love to see gustin make one of those green flame retardant coats or Workshirts. Anyone here know what I'm talking about?

I would guess that a split yoke takes a little longer to make, and Gustin has just recently started doing work shirts.  I agree that a split would probably alleviate the problems people have with them looking wonky.  Thats just my guess. 

Yes, I had a light jacket made from that material that I was required to wear when doing haz ops as an ordnance engineer at rocket integration and launch sites. We used to joke that if things things went badly, they wanted nice, unburnt body parts to pick up thus we were required to wear those jackets. Gallows humor...sorry. 

I could never figue out if it was blue-green or green-blue.