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This past summer, I purchased a few shirts of the fishing type that had a purpose. Kept the sun off, were cool, vented, and looked relatively good, as they were designed to do. It got me thinking about my fall and winter clothing, which just consists of jeans and cotton shirts/sweatshirts, and a carhart coat for when it gets cold (and a mil surp parka for real bumming around). Bought a windshear wool sweater last year, and it is comfy and serves a purpose, just the like the shirts mentioned above. I don't want to spend a ton of money on new clothing, but I would like to have some that will actually help me be more comfortable and serve a purpose.

Any suggestions?
 
Wool is expensive, but then again it has far longer longevity than cotton. A great wool sweater can last you a lifetime and a cotton sweater might make it a couple of years before its in taters. So cost is very much a relative thing. Do you spread the cost over multiple purchases or buy a few high price items.

I'm a total wool hound. I recently purchased an 80% wool 20% wool flannel shirt from Woolrich and have one of their thicker wool shirt jack's plus a heavy duty swanndri bushshirt for deep winter. Anyhow, the wool flannel shirt cost about $100, it looks great, is warm and will last the next decade. Its a great layering item under jackets in the winter. There are many alternatives to this, the surplus wool (if you happen to be smaller in size) are a great alternative.
 
Check out Woolrich on line ASAP. They are having a sale on items you might find interesting. If you sign up for online notifications you'll get even more off. Just got me a regularly priced $180 wool jacket for $80 bucks including shipping.:thumbup:
 
I will check out Woolrich. I do like my wool sweater, and know the advantages of it.

How about trousers and such? Any alternative than just wearing denim?
 
Pretty hard to beat BDU's - 60/40 poly/cotton mix. I have a pair of Proper-brand pants that are a more sublim khaki that I love. They are tough, pretty good a keeping moisture reasonable and fairly spark resistant. I haven't worn jeans since I was 20 years old (a few decades ago) so I just don't wear denim.
 
Riverswest makes excellent gear. They usse the jackets on Deadlest Catch.
 
It all depends what you're doing but seriously ditch the jeans. I generally don't particularly like them and once they get wet they weight tons and get ages to dry. Get yourself some cheap sport or military trousers instead. Also you can get yourself some polar fleece, not as comfy as cotton, but those are cheap, will absorb little water and are years durable.
 
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