Bob Dong advice

[Downunder G Man]

Infantile and peurile both !

 

[scottyrocks]

I probably have no interest in obtaining some Dong, but the contributions here are hilarious.

 

[Edward]

Ok,folks, I think this has about run its course..... back to the clothes!

 

[Sloan1874]

Talking of Chinese makers, I took my non-stock prison stripe top out today, really nice weight and quality - early Scottish springs tend to hang on to winter's hard edge. I can see myself returning for more of this stuff. It's not Real McCoy standard, but for the money, the designs and quality are very on point.

 

[Downunder G Man]

Scottish spring laddie ? It was 12C here in Western Australia this morning so it was my new exRussia Aero steerhide Highwayman on the way to work Brrr...no jacket on the way home as it will be 28C

 

[Sloan1874]

12C is positively summery. It was 4C in the middle of the afternoon yesterday. Woolly jumper and LHB weather.

 

[Downunder G Man]

Sorry I got my temperature prediction "wrang" !

It was 32C on the way home due to a lack of seabreeze ( which is what keeps Perth WA liveable most of the summer !)

Aero steerhide"Jaikit" was in the back sat of the old banger non air conditioned car all the way home ....

 

[torfjord]

12 C is almost too warm to wear a leather jacket for me. At 28 C I'm dreaming about moving someplace colder. Thankfully we don't have many 28 C days where I live. Too warm to think and move and breathe.

 

[Edward]

12 C is almost too warm to wear a leather jacket for me. At 28 C I'm dreaming about moving someplace colder. Thankfully we don't have many 28 C days where I live. Too warm to think and move and breathe.

LUcky you. Th one thing I wish I could have brought to London with me from the Old Country is the weather!

 

[Sloan1874]

It’s usually around 17c that I move to denim/cotton.

 

[Mich486]

I came to the conclusions that is all a matter of habit and how one is brought up.

Before coming to the UK (London) I’ve never seen anybody being fine with just at t-shirt at 7am in the morning and 7 degrees. This is a bit extreme maybe but it’s very common to see people wearing t-shirts when it’s around 10-12c. No surprise then that when it’s in the early 20s people start complaining it’s too hot and when it gets to 25c (like 10 days in a year excluding last year) everybody carries a bottle of water and there are warnings everywhere to stay hydrated (lol). There is only that many layers one can take off!

Where I’m from (northern Italy) we have 4 seasons with relatively cold winters (-5 to 5, so very similar to the south of England) and hot and humid summers (28-32). People tend to wear much more layers in winter than what I’m seeing here (I now sometime find my fellow nationals a bit ridiculous at how wrapped up they go around) but I believe the average person starts wearing a t-shirt outside at around 23C. Until 30c isn’t considered hot and 25c is considered the perfect temperature. 15c definitely requires a jacket and possibly a scarf! Lol



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[Sloan1874]

Reminds me of taking a trip to Egypt during February. Left Glasgow in pouring, freezing cold rain, touched down in Cairo in a relatively balmy 22C with blue skies. Given how nice the weather was, I was wandering around in t-shirt and jeans, attracting some very strange looks from the locals who were uniformly wrapped in scarfs and jackets.

 

[green papaya]

HONG KONG brand would sound a lot cooler than Bob Dong

 

[Edward]

Reminds me of taking a trip to Egypt during February. Left Glasgow in pouring, freezing cold rain, touched down in Cairo in a relatively balmy 22C with blue skies. Given how nice the weather was, I was wandering around in t-shirt and jeans, attracting some very strange looks from the locals who were uniformly wrapped in scarfs and jackets.

Ha, had that experience in India in FEb 2013 - Mumbai, Puna, Hyderabaad, Dehli.... 22-30 all week. I was in linen and a straw hat while the locals dressed for Winter. Best one I've seen was one of my primary school teachers, back in the eighties, did a year long teacher exchange with a teacher in Hawaiiai. She brought back photos of her taching in their "Winter" - her in a Summer dress and all the Wnidows open because the heat was suffocating her, while the kids are sitting their with their Wintercoats on. Ha!

HONG KONG brand would sound a lot cooler than Bob Dong

I don't know about China, but in much of the world they wouldn't be able to protect a simply geographic mark like "Hong Kong" as a trade mark. Certainly not in the UK, or - from what I recall (my TM law is prety rusty) across the EU.

 

[Guppy]

I see Bob Dong have a 28oz selvedge denim jean, which has my curiosity piqued. I wrote to ask them how much shrinkage to expect in my Dong so I can know the right size to buy. I hope the translator handles that properly.

 

[ton312]

I see Bob Dong have a 28oz selvedge denim jean, which has my curiosity piqued. I wrote to ask them how much shrinkage to expect in my Dong so I can know the right size to buy. I hope the translator handles that properly.

Cold water wash will certainly cause some degree of shrinkage.

 

[Edward]

Now now!

I'm just waiting for the big sizes; I'm sold on the product already. With jeans, though, I always try to allow for at least a 36" leg, that way even after quited some shrinkage I can still get a cuff.

 

[navetsea]

28oz sounds like a good weight.... im intriqued... but i have 2 pretty much brand new jeans, cant imagine doing 3 pants rotation.

 

[Edward]

I'd certainly be curious to try it in the depths of Winter. Could be interesting for those who ride, too - not that I'd trust any weight of denim on its own, but over one of those kevalr longjohns things...

 

[green papaya]

I knew a guy from Hong Kong named "Dick Dong" his Chinese name was "Duck Dong" but they thought Dick sounded more American, now he goes by the name "Richard"