what kind of tightpants?

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DANTE144

Friday, June 6, 2008 2:49 PM

Hey guys , been a while!

I am wondering if anyone knew what kind of pants Mall wore and where I could get a pair.

You know the tight ones with the stripe?

Any info appreciated.

Miss you guys!

"Jesus saves, everyone else takes damage" -tee shirt some girl was wearing at Megacon.

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OUT2THEBLACK

Friday, June 6, 2008 10:20 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by dante144:
Hey guys , been a while!

I am wondering if anyone knew what kind of pants Mal wore and where I could get a pair.

You know the tight ones with the stripe?

Mal's tight britches aren't exactly an off-the-rack selection ; those that can be found require some local alterations to be a passable representation...

The stripe , particularly , is something that you'll have to get added somehow...Some folk use a brown grosgrain ribbon about 1 inch wide , but close inspection of high-res photos show the stripe to actually be a corded fabric...Just do what you can make work for you at a reasonable expense...

Here are a couple of links...Wild West Mercantile carries their own 'Frontier Classics' line...The color to select is 'Wheat'. It looks way too light in the ninny-net photos , but what they ship looks spot-on...

http://www.wwmerc.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=3930&orderby=INVEN
TORY%2Ehot%20desc%2C%20INVENTORY%2Ebrand%2C%20INVENTORY%2Emodel&template=&templatehead=&templatebody=&templatefoot=&templatethumb=&&start=6

You may also look at another brand ,'Wah Maker'; also carried by Wild West Mercantile , that are shown here , but I have serious doubt that they're worth the additional coin :

http://www.wwmerc.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?item=564552&type=store&cate
gory=3140

Just keep looking around , if you don't find something to your liking...These pants are often called 'broadfall' trousers...

'Cause if you look like Mal in these britches , you can make a broadfall in love with you...

DANTE144

Friday, June 6, 2008 11:25 PM

HA! broadfall in love with me.... One can hope.

But surely pants with stripes are manufactured somewhere?

I was thinking they would have to be takenin anyways...buttons added for the suspenders...

"Jesus saves, everyone else takes damage" -tee shirt some girl was wearing at Megacon.

http://dantedreams.com <-my webcomic

TRAVELER

Friday, June 6, 2008 11:30 PM

I looked in there and they also carry syspenders. So this is a great site to get that Mal outfit started.

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ANONYMOUS1

Saturday, June 7, 2008 4:51 AM

dante144,

And if you need a replica of Mal's gun

http://www.quantummechanix.com/

I think they are going to make a holster someday too.

TUJIAOZUO

Saturday, June 7, 2008 5:10 AM

I hope this helps, I've complied a list myself...

General Sites
- http://www.1880westernwear.com

- http://www.gentlemansemporium.com

- http://www.westernemporium.com

- http://www.riverjunction.com

Mal's Tightpants (sadly no stripe)
- http://www.westernemporium.com/store/000488W.php

-
http://www.riverjunction.com/catalog/trousers/trouser2.html

- http://www.1880westernwear.com/product_info.php/cPath/84_196/products_
id/507?osCsid=037a9eafabb3c7b3eb1b90051dae57ec

Suspenders
-These are close, however you'd need to bleach then redie them and switch the clips out for buttons for a better fit to the real deal- http://www.vietnamgear.com/kit.aspx?kit=32 (if you want to look for more of these they are called M1956 Suspenders)

Your Indian Pirate Lord,
Ash

OUT2THEBLACK

Saturday, June 7, 2008 5:11 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by dante144:

But surely pants with stripes are manufactured somewhere?

Uh , yeah , somewhere...But , they're usually
COP'S Pants , most often a Polyester blend , and they could scarcely be less cool...

Only wear those if you NEVER want
to kiss a girl , or never want to go out with someone who looks like a registered Companion , and if you never want to have space-hooker sex , and no progeny...

Quote:

I was thinking they would have to be taken in anyways...buttons added for the suspenders...

Don't know if you'd have to take them in , that depends mostly on what you've got filling them out , but they already DO have the correct buttons for the Mal-ish suspenders...

Suspenders...that's a whole nuther subject : http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=13&t=26655...

Incidentally , though the M1956 US suspenders were similar , the Israelis developed another iteration of their own , beginning about that same time...The Israeli suspenders are doubtless the true basis for Mal's suspenders , as seen on screen in Firefly...

The Bulgarian copy of the WW2-era German item are not a bad beginning on a re-creation , as the Israeli ones have become exceptionally scarce...

It has become harder than Chinese Arithmetic to find them now , but hope springs eternal in the Browncoat heart...

OUT2THEBLACK

Saturday, June 7, 2008 5:37 AM

Very nice list , Ash...

Browncoats are handy folk to know , doncha think ?

DANTE144

Saturday, June 7, 2008 11:06 AM

"Jesus saves, everyone else takes damage" -tee shirt some girl was wearing at Megacon.

http://dantedreams.com <-my webcomic

DANTE144

Saturday, June 7, 2008 11:06 AM

check this out!

http://www.quartermastershop.com/1872%20and%20on%20US%20Officer/m-1884
_officer_duck_trous.htm

"Jesus saves, everyone else takes damage" -tee shirt some girl was wearing at Megacon.

http://dantedreams.com <-my webcomic

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