the loose comfortable fit

LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING

Jerry,

thanks we got snow today fishnet tops xl that are baggy are to my surprise much warmer than my older ones that are snug, were these developed in the nasa laboratory for the moon walkers ?

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Mike

Mike is a very long time customer, possibly prior to Grand Junction, and has a multitude of products that I make. In some cases he has worn product out and is replacing it as he has done with the fishnets. He is now the second person to let me know he is experiencing a greater amount of warmth with a looser fit.

This morning I received a call from a fellow who lives in a suburb of Minneapolis and he told me he and friends have been out on the trail with moderate cold temperatures in the 0 to -10 range and had frozen their butts. They were all wearing the latest “performance” base layers as well as other garments over them. ALL had serious moisture retention created problems. I told him to research via “Bing” an article I read over the weekend published by Consumer Reports where they tested much of the close knitted base layer garments that are supposed to wick moisture and otherwise keep you dry and allow you to perform better at the exercise that you are doing. They found that wicking did not happen with any of the garments and the doing better part was also non-existent. Of course in cold conditions you DID get a chill.

Their end opinion was if you are wearing these garments to go to the store or whatever other than exercising you should buy what you think looks good.

This fellow also gave me the full story about cold feet as well as cold everything. He told me he would be scrutinizing the web site and spends a lot of money tonight for Wiggy’s products, I hope so. Will let you know.

Now back to function, loose fitting garments allow for air to be trapped between the garment layers and as far as I am concerned the garments should be constructed of woven- fabrics versus knit fabrics. The woven fabrics do not cling the way knit fabrics do. The knit fabrics reduce the spaces between the fabrics so there is no trapped air space. The end result is becoming damp, because the layers do not allow the moisture while in a vapor state to move so it condenses and therefore you get cold.

When there are spaces between each layer of clothing the moisture will be driven through each layer by the heat from your body that is trapped between the layers. In this manner the moisture does not have much of a chance to condense. I am living proof of this action. Just look at my picture on horseback when I was rescued. My parka is white with frost, the moisture that allowed that frost to occur was what came out of my body and worked its way through the primarily the thick layer of Lamilite that lined the interior of my parka. The moisture condensed on the outside and froze. Did I consciously plan wearing loose fitting clothing in the event of getting lost, certainly not, but as it turned out it was a learning experience.

The exact same action takes place with socks as they are all knitted except Wiggy’s socks so feet get cold with wool knitted socks. I am now getting asked about wearing the Lamilite socks in ski boots, but of course.

I was thinking hoe good bean is to me since the bean boots are notorious for retaining water and providing people with cold feet. If ALL of the bean boot customers bought Lamilite socks I might have to open a new factory just to make Lamilite socks.