# Best Brand Names For Mens Flannel Shirts? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 18, 2014, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-brand-names-for-mens-flannel-shirts/698802 "2014-09-18T07:12:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-brand-names-for-mens-flannel-shirts/698802/1 "2014-09-18T07:12:28Z")
What are the best flannel shirts for men? I have a Faded Glory, a Merino and a Cherokee. I think I bought the Faded Glory at WalMart. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-brand-names-for-mens-flannel-shirts/698802/2 "2014-09-18T10:11:53Z")
I like Pendletons, but they are wool, not flannel. You can’t go wrong with LL Bean. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-brand-names-for-mens-flannel-shirts/698802/3 "2014-09-18T10:49:44Z")
LL Bean. I have several LL Bean pieces of clothing; some are over 15, maybe 20 years old. :eek: Including a flannel shirt and two fleece jackets. Almost as good as new after many wearings and washings. Can’t get that with WalMart clothing. ---
**Author:** ![LynnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-brand-names-for-mens-flannel-shirts/698802/4 "2014-09-18T12:17:19Z")
Another vote for L.L. Bean. Try one–return it if you don’t like it. I have two 15-yr-old Lands’ End flannels that are still going strong. Unfortunately, Lands’ End quality declined during their recent ownership by everyone’s favorite retailer–Sears–but Sears recently spun-off Lands’ End [Nasdaq “LE”]. Don’t know if this means quality improvements are forthcoming. But like L.L. Bean, LE also has 100-percent guarantee. If you don’t mind my piggybacking on your thread–can anyone comment about Carhartt? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-brand-names-for-mens-flannel-shirts/698802/5 "2014-09-18T13:12:04Z")
Note that LL Bean has free shipping on all orders. So order one shirt to try it. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-brand-names-for-mens-flannel-shirts/698802/6 "2014-09-18T13:36:01Z")
[Woolrich?](http://www.woolrich.com/woolrich/?gclid=CJW1uOzw6sACFStk7AodP2IA_w) ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-brand-names-for-mens-flannel-shirts/698802/7 "2014-09-18T13:51:59Z")
Carhartt is good. I’ve only had that one for two years, but it’s holding up well. Agree with LL Bean. [Duluth Trading Co](http://www.duluthtrading.com/store/mens/mens-shirts/52007.aspx) is very good too. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-brand-names-for-mens-flannel-shirts/698802/8 "2014-09-18T14:20:30Z")
Eddie Bauer has traditionally had good quality [Flannel Shirts](http://www.eddiebauer.com/browse/long-sleeve/casual-shirts/shirts/men/_/N-1z13xccZ277e?gclid=CLvP67r56sACFahj7AodomkApg&matchtype=e&isLeftNav=true&creative=41893195176&tab=men&cvosrc=ppc.google.eddie-bauer-mens-shirts&network=g&adpos=1t1&device=c&sitelinks=MensApparel&cm_mmc=Google-_-eddie-bauer-_-siteeddiebauercom-eddie-bauer-_-none&previousPage=LNAV&cm_sp=leftnav-_-shirts-_-casualshirts¤tNode=Casual-Shirts). Orvis has [excellent quality shirts](http://www.orvis.com/long-sleeved-shirts-for-men) but they are a bit spendy. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-brand-names-for-mens-flannel-shirts/698802/9 "2014-09-18T15:20:16Z")
I’ve had some Eddie Bauer shirts that didn’t hold up well, with seams coming apart, and material wearing thin too soon. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-brand-names-for-mens-flannel-shirts/698802/10 "2014-09-18T15:29:03Z")
Concur on LL Bean. Mine only go back ten years or so, but you can’t tell the oldest from the ones I got last Xmas, and I wear those four or five shirts all winter in rotation. Not flannel (only), but let me pass along a hearty AVOID AVOID AVOID for Filson. I fell for their shuck about eight-ten years ago and bought several shirts. They all wore badly, with holes developing around the pocket corner tacks and collar points, ripped easily (my dog pawed me in the chest, a not unusual thing, and tore a line straight down the front). I have much older, cheapish JC Penney shirts that show less wear and not in wearability areas. It’s not just fabric, either. I have two “feathercloth” shirts that have actually worn better than the “ironcloth” ones, but I’ve never been able to wear the cuffs buttoned. The shirt fits me fine in the body and the sleeves are appropriate length, but they are 2-3 inches too small in circumference and fit my forearms like a longsleeve knit shirt. I could barely wear them that way when they were new, but not when wearing my usual bulky watch. I don’t know if it was an assembly error (seems unlikely, given that other dimensions were fine) or just a cheap fabric-reduction move, but I can only wear them rolled up… and can’t roll them past my upper forearm. Probably $5-600 worth of “may as well have the best” shirts that aren’t as good as the rest of my varied closet, which is increasingly filling up with LL Bean these days. ---
**Author:** ![whc.03grady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-brand-names-for-mens-flannel-shirts/698802/11 "2014-09-18T15:31:26Z")
I’ve liked all the Five Brother shirts I’ve had. But then, I get them in thrift stores and they’re old. For all I know the new ones aren’t as good. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-brand-names-for-mens-flannel-shirts/698802/12 "2014-09-18T15:36:53Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Not flannel (only), but let me pass along a hearty AVOID AVOID AVOID for Filson. I fell for their shuck about eight-ten years ago and bought several shirts. > [snip] > Probably $5-600 worth of “may as well have the best” shirts that aren’t as good as the rest of my varied closet, which is increasingly filling up with LL Bean these days. You bought “several” shirts and now have $500-600 in useless stuff? How expensive are these shirts, anyhow? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-brand-names-for-mens-flannel-shirts/698802/13 "2014-09-18T15:39:07Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > You bought “several” shirts and now have $500-600 in useless stuff? How expensive are these shirts, anyhow? $75-90 each. See: “shuck.” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-brand-names-for-mens-flannel-shirts/698802/14 "2014-09-18T15:40:47Z")
Wow. My most expensive shirts were about fifty bucks each. And that was for quality dress shirts. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-brand-names-for-mens-flannel-shirts/698802/15 "2014-09-19T06:52:13Z")
Filson. Never heard of them, and I’m glad. But I usually don’t spend that much for a shirt. LL Bean, I’ll have to try them. I’m about to give up on Eddie Bauer. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-brand-names-for-mens-flannel-shirts/698802/16 "2014-09-19T07:27:58Z")
Okay I just went shopping at LL Bean. $260 for 5 shirts, so my test begins when they arrive. I hope they’re good quality 😃 but it’s clear from folks here that they are. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-brand-names-for-mens-flannel-shirts/698802/17 "2014-09-19T12:44:41Z")
[Vermont Flannel Company](http://www.vermontflannel.com/) has very high-quality flannel. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-brand-names-for-mens-flannel-shirts/698802/18 "2014-09-19T19:31:53Z")
I have a Dickies quilted flannel shirt that I really like. Very warm. ---
**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2014, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-brand-names-for-mens-flannel-shirts/698802/19 "2014-09-20T06:06:34Z")
If you’re near a Nordstrom’s, it looks like they have quite a [variety of brands.](http://shop.nordstrom.com/sr?origin=keywordsearch&contextualcategoryid=0&keyword=flannel#keyword=flannel&type=keyword&page=1&category=s60129870&defaultsize3=&size=&width=&color=&price=&brand=&stores=&instoreavailability=false&lastfilter=searchcategory_60129870&sizeFinderId=0&resultsmode=&segmentId=0&keywordSortEngine=Default) ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-brand-names-for-mens-flannel-shirts/698802/21 "2017-09-13T08:22:31Z")
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