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
· Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: exceptional Review of Cotton Traders
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
· Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Cotton Traders
Advantages: quality hardwearing products,reasonable prices Disadvantages: none i have found
First a little bit of history about the company it was set up back in 1987 by ex england rugby players fran cotton and steve smith and some of their first lines were rugbyshirts renowned for their long lasting wear abilities and quality.The company is based in altrincham in cheshire.
From this small beginning they have branched out into many other clothing and footwear items renowned for the quality of their products ok so they are never going to be as cheap as matalan or pound stretcher but the clothes and footwear you buy from them last for ever .I purchased a rugbyshirt and some 5 years later its still as good as new and the hiking trainers purchased 2 years ago are now only just showing wear marks on the soles despite being worn nearly every day.
The latest spring catalogue which has just been released covers some 60 pages ...
smudger1964 16.03.2004
· Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Cotton Traders
