Moleskin trousers

thomasross20

How about that for a thread name!

I got two pairs of these the other day and they feel great! But now I'm checking out how to wash them and reading horror stories ("should buy one waist larger than you are due to shrinkage," "dry cleaning is best," "if no dry cleaning, wash them inside out with cold water and hang to dry"). I wonder if the wash with cold water includes a tablet! I've also read about the material "streaking" in a bad way. 

So who's got similar and what are your moleskin tales lol?

VimFuego

to my knowledge mine have never shrank, just get bunged in the machine. fucking nightmare with cats tho, more snags than moleskin.

richardhomer

And really unkind to moles....

VimFuego

I was really disappointed to discover they are not actually made from moles. Then one of the cats brought in a mole and I was glad, cos moles are really stinky. You'd be walking around with stinky trousers all the time.

Sambostar

You know you are getting old when you own a pair of moleskin trousers.

chillidoggy

Winner of the month's most unique thread title!

holnrew

I'm too young and hip to know what they are.

dchwhite

Mine are done in the machine on a 30 deg wash, usual powder.

Doubtless different grades of the fabric from different makers behave differently, but that's what we do

Iamnobody

Moleskin! Next it will be corduroy, then when the mid-life crisis kicks in - leather...

Nomad

With the exception of thermals, if it can't survive a 40 deg wash and tumble dry, it's useless.

thomasross20

Ah don't say that! I'm going to try and keep them well maintained, they are so warm and feel great! I also checked out a blue tweed jacket which looked super cool..

BigMonka

I killed a mole in the garden the other day, anyone fancy a pair of trousers? Although they'll have to be small as I've got only got one mole ;-)

Philly_Q

holnrew said:

I'm too young and hip to know what they are.

I'm too old and unhip to know what they are.

I've heard of "moleskin" many times, but I've never learned what it actually is.

holnrew

I just had a google. Ugh.

Philly_Q

Oh god, they're those strangely coloured things posh people wear at the weekend....

scrumhalf

I always thought moleskin was posh corduroy.

Corduroy - now there's a hideous material.

chillidoggy

Corduroy was all the rage when I was younger.

But then so were flares.

holnrew

I have a pair of corduroys. They seemed like a good idea at the time.

chillidoggy

And desert boots. Suede desert boots.

Rocker

Moleskin trousers are the best you can wear when out pheasant shooting.  A Barbour coat and a Purdey and you are all set to go....

holnrew

Rocker said:

Moleskin trousers are the best you can wear when out pheasant shooting.  A Barbour coat and a Purdey and you are all set to look like a twat.