| SIZE | NECK | CHEST | WAIST | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SML | 34 | 14 1/2" or 37cm | 34 | 26 |
| 36 | 15" or 38cm | 36 | 28 | |
| MED | 38 | 15 1/2" or 39cm | 38 | 30 |
| 40 | 16" or 40 1/2cm | 40 | 32 | |
| LG | 42 | 16 1/2" or 42cm | 42 | 34 |
| 44 | 17" or 43cm | 44 | 36 | |
| XL | 46 | 17 1/2" or 44 1/2cm | 46 | 38 |
| 48 | 18" or 46 cm | 48 | 40 | |
| XXL | 50 | 18 1/2" or 47cm | 50 | 42 |
| 52 | 19" or 48cm | 52 | 44 | |
4-Wale Cords
$158.00
No. J1371
Details
The Return of 4-Wale Cords.
Out of the corner of your eye, you notice that the man thatching the roof of that sensational thick-walled cottage in Dorset isn’t merely wearing corduroy pants, but extra-wide-wale corduroy pants.
Aha! The Broadway director driving to work from Snedens Landing in his Aston Martin is wearing, naturally, very-wide-wale pants.
The abstract-expressionist artist roughing it in his $2 million loft in SoHo is wearing, what else, enormously-wide-wale pants.
What is at work here is evidence of a worldwide, but unspoken, preference: wider is better.
(Wales are the soft, velvety ribs of corduroy. The fewer the wales per inch, the wider they are; the wider they are, the more handsome. Why? God works in mysterious ways.)
I had to go to some lengths to find 4-wale corduroy and am pretty confident that you will appreciate it when you see it and wear it. Lustrous and velvety, but thick and deep and bumpy. Very uncitified; striking just the right note of dressing down when worn with a contradictory upscale sports coat or vest.
4-Wale Cords (No. J1371). Pure cotton corduroy, the best. Unmatched rumple. Pleat front. Two on-seam side pockets lined in cotton. Two rear pockets, both buttoning. Dress-pant details including fully-constructed waistband, suspender buttons. Zip front with metal trouser hook. Unfinished hem. Imported.