Advantages: Easy to use. Good quality merchandise. Good service. Disadvantages: Inconsistent fit. Clothing is functional and unexciting.
INTRODUCTION
CottonTraders (CT) has become a staple source of clothes for me. In my darkest days, pushing almost 25 stone, it was my only reasonably priced, mainstream source of outsized clothes that did not carry the psychological baggage inherent in ?Big & Tall? and ?High & Mighty? type shops. With sizes up to 4XL for T-shirts and polo shirts, and waist sizes up to 52 inches, it was a godsend. The only downside was that ordering from them helped perpetuate the illusion that my size was OK. In fact, it was when I started struggling to get into CT?s biggest clothes that the penny finally dropped and I took decisive action to manage my health. The good news, for readers at least, is that I have ordered clothes from them for going on three years, in various sizes, and have built up enough experience ? both good and bad ? to be ...
Hishyeness 27.05.2009
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Advantages: Comfortable with superb wicking properties Disadvantages: Creases a bit in the wash.
I spent hours and hours researching which shirt would be the best for long distance running. Having come to the realisation that a cotton T shirt is vile to run in once you start sweating. The majority of comments I read or heard were full of praise for this shirt and rightly so.
Its wicking properties are fantastic and although it is a base layer I wear it on its own and find it keeps me warm enough at the moment (and I feel the cold), but with the colder weather approaching an additional top will be required. It does say it is for cooler to cold weather wear though.
It removes moisture from the body very efficiently and is very comfortable to wear. All the seams are flat and I haven\'t experienced any chaffing anywhere.
It washes well but does come out a bit creased (and stays creased) if you spin dry it (maybe hand ...
Advantages: User friendly brochures, quality leisurewear Disadvantages: None so far
for holidays as the wrinkle free chinos don’t need the same attention as ordinary cotton trousers which need careful ironing to look good.
Unlike other clothes catalogues that leave me feeling overwhelmed with the vast choice of clothes, the CottonTraders brochure only has 24 pages. Ideal for browsing over that mid morning cuppa. They produce different brochures throughout the year and each of these feature different special offers. The company concentrates on leisurewear although they have now branched out into household as well.
Two former England Rugby Captains Fran Cotton and Steve Smith founded the company. In 1987 they started a business next to Altrincham (near Manchester) Railway Station supplying quality rugbyshirts. Their company now has an enormous £30m turnover a year. They have twenty-five shops of which the newest ...
gardenguru1 20.04.2003
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