Looking for the best quality uniform possible

[Amish RakeFight]

Ditto on the VH shirts.

 

[Cardinal]

Member Wildmanny said it well, and his comments would add to the thread.

The fix to your shirt problem is easy: go custom. Especially useful for big and tall guys. Cost: $120 per--don't freak, you can afford it, it's just that you've been conditioned to look and live cheap as a pilot and there's no excuse for that. I've been having shirts and silk lined pants made in the U.S. for years and they are the best. I know, I know, it's expensive, but you'll look great and not like some fat, frumpy, piece of s___ captain that everyone looks at as he walks down the concourse eating his hotdog and spilling mustard on his shirt. I digress.

Pants: All wool, preferably a fine Merino and 120 count minimum (your tailor knows what that means). Get them color matched to your uniform. Have them lined with silk or satin and you'll fairly swish down the concourse. Get a full cut and that way they'll never bind you in the wrong spots. Again, $150 per, but trust me, it's worth it.

Dress pants are dress pants so that's not too hard to get. Get one of your favorite dress shirts, take it to the best store in your town (if you live in a small town with five and dime stores, might I suggest going to a big town--after all, you're a high flying pilot and can get anywhere), and tell their shirt guy to do you up--have him measure all the parts of your favorite shirts to get the fit just how you like it. All cotton pinpoints with all the proper collars, pockets, epaulets, pearled buttons, the whole deal. Make sure he doesn't send the order to some sweatshop in Asia, the quality just isn't there. Ask if he uses an outfit maybe in the garment district in New York or London.

Get ready to iron, but also get ready for the onslaught of flight attendants that will notice you as a bespoke pilot. Like I said in the previous post about shoes, the girls will follow you...all the way back to your room. Any pilot that knows how to dress right off the bat differentiates himself from the masses of cheap sons-of-b_____ these chicks are used to dealing with. If you are single, you have no excuse not to put on some fine armor and give yourself a leg up to get a leg up, know what I mean? It worked for me...

Fashionably yours,

Wildmanny

 

[avbug]

You want to be a fashion model, or just do your job?

I'm not spending a hundred twenty on a shirt and find, wool pants. Forget that.

No, it's not worth it.

 

[altimaklr]

Another great option is to take a quick nonrev vacation to Hong Kong or Bangkok and get your uniform custom made and tailored over there. Cost is less than half here in the US. You'll see several tailors in Hong Kong with business cards from NW/UA/CX/Cargo pilots from all over the world.

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

Landerwood shirts are the best... they last longer than VH and are built much better....

 

[sat74]

Another great option is to take a quick nonrev vacation to Hong Kong or Bangkok and get your uniform custom made and tailored over there. Cost is less than half here in the US. You'll see several tailors in Hong Kong with business cards from NW/UA/CX/Cargo pilots from all over the world.

Sam's Tailors is the well known for this. 100% Italian or English wools, custom tailored, etc... or you can email them your measurements. Great shirts too! http://www.samstailor.biz/

 

[SennaP1]

Question about the Landerwood Shirts?

Athletic = Husky?

Full = sides stick out when tucked in?

Tapered = I think I know what this means.