bargain clothing?

[dennis]

Wickes appear to be selling Dickies workware at very cheap prices. I just bought a waterproof jacket for

[zaax]

They are good. But not fire proof so I wouldn't class them as work wear.

[Owain]

Depends if it's a "flexothane" type which normally go for £20-40, or a "crackly plastic for the building-site" type which normally go for 99p.

I think Dickies is probably OK but you pay for the brand.

Owain

[The Medway Handyman]

Well known quality brand name AFAIK.

I've been tempted but they didn't have any FB size's.

[neilB]

Dickies have some very good high quality clothing. The best place to find bargains is

[Peter Johnson]

I've got a pair of Dickies safety shoes (from Machine Mart) that so far, a couple of months, are wearing well.

[Aidan Karley]

We get plenty of FBs at work (ever seen a 120 kilo bloater trying to get through an 40cm-wide underwater window? Makes me want to lose 10 kilos and go out through the other window, even if it's only

30cm), and Dickies are a very common brand of workware. Your Dickies stockist may not have them, but FB sizes are available. We're just changing from K+L Ross to A.N.Other , but that's because of crap turnaround times on lace-up boots, not coveralls. No idea if they do mailorder though.

[Lurch]

On Fri, 18 May 2007 11:53:22 +0100, Aidan Karley mused:

Nope, didn't understand a word of that. Looks like spam to me though, but somethign may be lost in the translation.

[Aidan Karley]

Someone complained that he couldn't get Fat Bastard ("FB") sizes of Dickes coveralls. I pointed him to evidence that at my work we have people in Fat Bastard sizes of Dickes coveralls, and gave a link to our (ex-) suppliers, who might have a wider range of sizes than the OP's suppliers.

[Lurch]

On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:49:10 +0100, Aidan Karley mused:

Cheers. ;)

[dg]

I once ordered a couple of their trousers, but the fit was crap and they were too tight in my normal size.

I changed them for the next size up and they were still tight. There is no way their sizing was the same as any other manufacturers. I would have needed a size 4x bigger than any other trousers!

Also, the fit was crap. I don't know what was going on, but they were tight at the crotch, and the waistband seemed lower, so they felt like a cross between hipsters and tight 1970's flares!

I now wear work trousers by Dunlop - which are heavy 100% cotton, and have lots of room to move, and lots of pockets for stuff. You don't sweat and get uncomfortable in them like the poly/coton snickers etc.

But the Dickies padded fleece is a bargain, and very warm and windproof. I would recommend that

dg

[The Medway Handyman]

Where did you get them? Sounds good.