Britches Great Outdoors Clothing Store

The trad/preppy classic! This is one of the original 80/20 rayon examples, was Made in Norway, and is in absolutely excellent condition. It's the charcoal/red version, and is sized M.

1986, an u-air conditioned apartment in Ballston, now razed. I still have 3 lovely Britches ties and a blue pinstripe purchased when the Tysons store was closing shop. I keep the latter in case I can suddenly wear a 42L again. Britches lost its way when it over-expanded and open those Britches Great Outdoors stores. Pity.

With that said, I must admit following the First Ascent link and clicking over to the women's section has me laughing. They don't just shrink it and pink it , they design clothes for women's needs. Unless these outfits have nursing openings or built in diaper bags inside the coat, I'm having a difficult time figuring out what special needs could possibly be had by women when it comes to outdoor clothing. When you're doing a twenty mile hike, fashion really shouldn't be a big concern. Comfort and safety on the other hand .;)

But I did notice the men mostly had, like me, arms full of stuff. We were buying some serious amount of clothes and the women generally had a lot less.