"JT" wrote in message
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"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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Having never owned any clothing with the Orvis label, I can't speak to
the
issue of their quality versus that of any other brand. However, the
matter
of style leaves me somewhat perplexed. How is it that Orvis clothing
remains in style longer than that of any other retailer who sells the
same
styles?

Wolfgang


Good question, I suppose it's the Orvis, Patagonia, Simms... patch sown on
the pocket??

I don't own any Orvis clothing either, I prefer the Columbia PFG
sportswear for the money.
I also like the Ex-Officio clothing, however it's generally way over
priced for my pocketbook.
And you?

Generally, I pay no attention to brand names in clothing. Well, that's not
quite accurate......generally I AVOID popular brand names, particularly when
the name or logo is emblazoned somewhere on the article of clothing; I've
never seen the benefit to the consumer (me) of paying for the privilege of
being a walking billboard. Nor have I found, in my limited experience with
popular brands, that they are necessarily more durable or stylish than many
other options. I buy virtually all my clothing from the end of season sale
racks at places like Target, Wal-Mart, etc., making only occasional
exceptions if I happen to find something sufficiently discounted at the
likes of Gander Mountain, Cabela's etc.

I recently made an unwitting exception when, after looking unsuccessfully
for a comfortable pair of low cut walking shoes in my usual haunts, I found
a pair that fit, were comfortable and were affordable at Gander Mountain.
It was only later when one of my co-workers asked if they were "Sketchers"
(which I had, till then, never heard of) that I discovered they are
apparently a popular brand. Incidentally, I was in the market for a new
pair of shoes not because my old ones, purchased for about fifteen bucks at
K-Mart seven or eight years earlier had worn out or disintegrated, but
because they disappeared.

As to quality, well most of the clothing items I purchase last long enough
that I throw individual articles out (or, more often, donate them, still
serviceable, to an organization like Goodwill Industries) only when my
storage space gets crammed so full as to be frustrating, as happened
recently in a move to a new apartment, or when, as I suspect happened with
my shoes, someone else disposes of them for me.

Wolfgang
whose sartorial tastes have thus far remained blessedly free of the taint of
stylishness.