Pendleton Vintage-Fit Rider Shirt

Pendleton's array of great woven fabrics and assortment of patterns has made me always like the brand's aesthetic. Like many heritage brands like it though, the clothes just aren't made to fit the way I'd want them to: too big in the shoulders and arm openings and very boxy. They've just addressed that problem though with a new cut of shirt dubiously dubbed 'Vintage Fit'. While the name threw me off at first the new cut is actually a trimmed down cut of shirt that fits really nicely if you're looking for a slimmer more fitted shirt. The Rider Shirt is the classic outdoor shirt made the way they should be with with few details other than simple flap chest pockets. Made from a nice warm Umatilla wool the shirt's construction sturdy and built to last. The navy plaid version is my favourite of the four colourways it comes in now as it adds a bit of vibrancy as a middle layer and looks good with basically every other colour combination.

Comments

[Roy]

This is interesting: A few weeks ago I found a vintage Pendleton at Beyond Retro in London (£14, pristine), dated 1962 on the tab, and it fit much nicer than anything else I had tried on by them in the past two years.

[admin]

Indeed, they've gone back to the slimmer fits from their archives which is kind of the opposite of all other archive,, hence the name 'vintage-fit'...

£14 can't be beat but $108 for a new one is very fair too.
-op

[the_passenger]

Could it be you're just a skinny guy? No offense is intended, but some of us need and prefer those big shoulders and boxy fit. More fit choices means more happy people, I guess.