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| New Indochino Pants, made from premium Italian fabric - priced 159$ |
Pretty cool pants collection from Indochino today! What surprised me most is that they are using Italian fabrics this time - 130s, 140s and 160s wool pants with some surprising details. For the first time, you can actually choose colorful lining for the pants. Sure, it's mainly a gimmick, but it's a nice one and it adds an interesting flair to the pants. Obviously, no one would really roll up the pants like below, right?
Prices are quite a bit above the usual 99$ for their pants, but I think the premium is justified, considering the Italian fabrics and the additional customization options. By the way, it seems they also overhauled the suspender buttons and the side tabs options. They seem to look different now. The fit on the models is really good too, not too baggy, not too tight. I'm hoping for my next pants to turn out like that...
Another interesting feature is the very neatly programmed HTML5 (it's HTML5, right?) slideshow on the pants. Just looks really nice, well done. By the way, there was also a hint about Indochino shoes on their Facebook page - nothing for the near future, but it seems shoes are planned at some point.
8 comments:
Good review of a solid Indochino collection. Indo has been introducing higher priced items over the past year. In this case the prices seem warranted due to the high quality of the fabric.
I can't say the same for the higher prices of the suits in their latest suit release because Indo doesn't provide any information on the quality of the fabric of those suits.
While it seems that that the high prices are here to stay, the question is whether IC customers will receive higher quality fabric for those higher prices.
Also, on Facebook IC alluded to a new formal wear release in the future. I think that means we'll see the return of the midnight blue tuxedo.
You're such a sucker. You think $160 for a pair of pants is justified? Holy shit, that is simply insane. Anyone who spends that much is a complete sucker. They are trying to compete against Bonobos at that price. Save yourself some money and trouble and get some damn pants from Banana Republic or the like for like $70/each, which I think is also a bit high...
I had a feeling you would say something like that. I still think proper, Italian fabrics, a good fit (if you manage to get one) and nice customization options justify the price... you are right though, it's not the same company as one year ago that gave away shirts for free and didn't sell a suit without 20% discount on an already lower base price.
They said via Twitter they are working on getting all their fabrics certified, so they can show more detailed information. The last collection is 100% wool, at least we know that.
I think the higher prices are usually for their special collections with special fabrics or customization options. The basic collection has remained at the same price level for quite a while! I read that too on their FB wall, but was hoping for proper new outerwear actually... We will see, next Tuesday is not far away ;)
Hmm, interesting to note that they just raised all their regular dress pants up to 129 from 99. That's quite a jump especially for chinese fabrics. Not much less than the 'premium italian fabrics" of the new pants.
Yeah, I think it is probably more due to the price increase in wool, as Ioan mentioned in his comment. Still, a hefty increase for the pants!
I don't know how much of a draw the lining is given how few people will see the inside of mine. These aren't chinos you were on a sailboat, these are dress pants.
Yeah, nice gimmick but just as the coloured collar felts, it will be hard to spot it. Unless it shows when you select cuffs on the pants? But I assume it doesn't.
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