The Plumiel women's trousers from Hartford, charming with their wide fluid cut which is both comfortable and elegant, in a luxuriously soft and smooth blended wool flannel made more comfortable by an elasticated waistband, listed at 215 GBP with four of the five sizes in stock and a model reference of 1.79 metres wearing a size 2. It is worth beginning with the chart, because two of its three columns do nothing. It is worth then reading them, which is an inseam of 83 centimetres on all five sizes and a total length of 107 on all five. It is worth then stating what that is, which is a single number printed five times in each of two columns, so of three columns only the waist moves. It is worth then turning to what that gives away, because it is the useful part. It is worth then subtracting, which is 107 less 83, and stating the answer, which is a rise of 24 centimetres on every size. It is worth then saying what that can be checked against, and this run can, because the same house publishes another trouser in this same batch. It is worth then recalling that one, which says high waist and derives a rise of 28 centimetres. It is worth then stating the two together: regular is 24 and high is 28, a difference of 4 centimetres, constant across all five sizes. It is worth then saying what that makes this, which is the first time in this run that a waist height word has been checkable, because the same house publishes both words and both charts. It is worth then turning to where it stops working, because it is the finding and it is serious. It is worth then noting that both trousers publish the same waist measurements, 34 through 42. It is worth then saying why that cannot be right, which is that a high waistband sits higher on the body than a regular one, and the torso narrows as it goes up, so the two waistbands cannot measure the same on the same body. It is worth then stating what follows, which is that either the two waistbands are at different heights and the measurements cannot both be true, or they are at the same height and one of the words is wrong. It is worth then closing on the waistband itself, because it makes the number softer still. It is worth then noting that the waist is elasticated with a drawstring, and then asking the question that follows, which is whether 34 centimetres is the waistband relaxed, stretched, or drawn in, and the page does not say. The reference is the Plumiel. Dongguan Bafinasa Garments Co., Ltd. develops comparable trousers on OEM and ODM terms, from fabric and trim development to retail or FBA ready packing. We publish this as a development reference and build your own version of it, and we do not supply the branded original or reproduce anyone else's label.
Key Features
- A wide, fluid cut as stated, with a loose fit, and no leg opening, no thigh and no hip given. See the note below
- Regular waist as stated, derived at 24 cm, against 28 cm on this house's high waist trouser. See the note below
- Classic length as stated, measured 83 cm inseam and 107 cm outseam, reaching the floor on the model
- Elasticated waist with drawstring as stated, with no note on whether the measurement is relaxed, stretched or drawn in. See the note below
- Side Italian pockets and buttoned back welt pockets as stated, with no pocket size and no pocket count given
- Plain blended wool flannel as stated, with no weight, no weave and no micron given. See the note below
- 35% Wool, 35% Cotton and 30% Polyester as stated, with the recycled content given as a percentage. See the note below
- Woven in Italy and made in Morocco as stated, with the cloth origin and the garment origin given separately
Customisable Options
- Cloth: a blended wool flannel to the reference, with the weight in grams per square metre and the weave stated, or a virgin wool flannel, or a wool and cotton twill, or a recycled wool blend with the standard named, or a plain flannel with no wool, each quoted separately
- Waist height: a regular waist to the reference at 24 cm, or a high waist at 28 cm, or a mid waist at 26 cm, with the front and back rise published for whichever is chosen, each quoted separately
- Waistband: an elasticated waist with drawstring to the reference, with the measurement given relaxed and stretched, or a flat waistband with belt loops, or a half elasticated back waistband, or a fully elasticated waistband without the drawstring, each quoted separately
- Leg: a wide fluid leg to the reference, with the leg opening, the thigh and the hip measured, or a straight leg, or a tapered leg, or a barrel leg, each quoted separately
- Length: a classic full length to the reference with the inseam graded across the size set, or a 7/8 length, or a cropped length, or an ankle length, each quoted separately
- Pockets: side Italian pockets and buttoned back welt pockets to the reference, with the size and count given, or patch pockets, or plain side seam pockets, or no back pockets, each quoted separately
- Composition with every fibre stated and the recycled share attributed to a specific fibre, weight in grams per square metre, micron for the wool, front and back rise, waist with the flat or round method stated and the elasticated band given relaxed and stretched, hip, thigh and leg opening with the unit named, inseam and outseam both graded across the size set, shrinkage figures, size set, colour development, private label and care labelling
Specifications
| Style | Wide leg trouser in blended wool flannel with a loose fit, a regular waist, an elasticated drawstring waistband, side Italian pockets and buttoned back welt pockets |
| Reference | Hartford, Plumiel, colour Dark Grey, style BGPO613-03, sizes 1 to 5 |
| Composition | 35% Wool, 35% Cotton, 30% Polyester, as stated. See the note below |
| Recycled Content | Product containing at least 35% recycled materials, as stated, with no standard named. See the note below |
| Certification | None named |
| Micron | Not stated, despite merino grade and wool content being the fibre. See the note below |
| Cloth Weight | Not stated, in any form, despite soft and smooth being used. See the note below |
| Fit Word | Loose fit in the bullets and a wide, fluid cut in the description. See the note below |
| Fit Statement | A wide, fluid cut, which is both comfortable and elegant, as stated |
| Waist Height Word | Regular waist, as stated in the bullets. See the note below |
| Sizes Offered | 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, five sizes, with 1, 2, 3 and 4 in stock at the time of writing and the 5 out of stock. See the note below |
| Size Conversion | 1/XS, 2/S, 3/M, 4/L and 5/XL, as stated |
| Model | 1.79 m, or 179 cm, wearing a size 2, as stated. See the note below |
| Rise | Not published. See the note below |
| Derived Rise | Total length less inseam gives 24 cm on every size. See the note below |
| Waist | 34 to 42 cm, stated with no note as to whether it is flat or all the way round. See the note below |
| Waist Around | 68 to 84 cm if the figures are flat, or about 26.77 to 33.07 in. See the note below |
| Ease at the Waist | About 2.8 in at a size 1, falling to about 1.1 in at a size 5. See the note below |
| Change in Ease per Size | About minus 0.43 in, the constant this run derives for a 2 cm waist grade |
| Waistband | Elasticated waist with drawstring as stated, with no relaxed measurement, no stretched measurement and no drawstring length given. See the note below |
| Hip | Not measured |
| Thigh | Not measured |
| Knee | Not measured |
| Leg Opening | Not measured, despite a wide, fluid cut being stated. See the note below |
| Inseam | 83 cm on all five sizes, a grade of zero across the whole range. See the note below |
| Total Length | 107 cm on all five sizes, a grade of zero across the whole range. See the note below |
| Inseam on the Model | 83 cm on a model of 179 cm, or 46.4 per cent of her height. See the note below |
| Hem Position | An outseam of 107 cm on a model of 179 cm reaches the floor, so the classic length claim holds. See the note below |
| Pockets | Side Italian pockets and buttoned back welt pockets as stated, with no pocket size and no count given |
| Care | Do not machine wash. Professional dry cleaning, normal cycle, as stated, with no tumble dry, no iron and no bleach instruction. See the note below |
| Bullet List | Seven bullets, the second of which gives the waist height |
| Measurements Published | Waist, inseam and total length for all five sizes |
| Published Waist | 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42 cm, stepping exactly 2 cm at every step |
| Published Inseam | 83 cm on every size, a grade of zero. See the note below |
| Published Total Length | 107 cm on every size, a grade of zero. See the note below |
| Columns Frozen | Two of the three. See the note below |
| Length as a Share of Height | The inseam is 46.4 per cent of the model's height. See the note below |
| Photographs | Six |
| Production | Woven in Italy, made in Morocco, as stated, with the cloth origin and the garment origin given separately. See the note below |
| Reference Retail | 215 GBP as listed, quoted to show the price band this sits in, not as our price |
| Category | Filed by the reference under trousers |
| Occasion | Office, smart casual, autumn and winter |
| MOQ | 100 pcs per style per colourway, mixed sizes and colourways accepted |
| Sampling | 7-10 days after tech pack or reference sample confirmation |
| Bulk Lead Time | 20-30 days after sample approval and deposit |
| Service | OEM / DDM / private label, wool flannel and wool cotton suiting sourcing with the weight in grams per square metre and the weave stated and the micron published for the wool, recycled and virgin wool blends with the share attributed to a specific fibre and the standard named, regular, mid and high rise development with the front and back rise both published and the waist measurement set to match the height, elasticated and flat waistband development with the relaxed and stretched measurements both given, wide, straight, tapered and barrel leg blocks with the leg opening, thigh and hip measured, inseam graded across the size set, shrinkage measured and published, retail or FBA ready packing |
Size Chart as Published by the Reference
| Size | Waist (cm) | Inseam (cm) | Total Length (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 34 cm | 83 cm | 107 cm |
| 2 | 36 cm | 83 cm | 107 cm |
| 3 | 38 cm | 83 cm | 107 cm |
| 4 | 40 cm | 83 cm | 107 cm |
| 5 | 42 cm | 83 cm | 107 cm |
The waist figures are given with nothing on the page saying whether they are measured flat or all the way round. Taken all the way round they would be 13.4 to 16.5 in, which is smaller than any adult waist, so they can only be flat half measures, doubling to 68 to 84 cm, or about 26.77 to 33.07 in. Against bodies of roughly 24 to 32 in, the ease at the waist runs from about 2.8 in at a size 1 down to about 1.1 in at a size 5, falling by about 0.43 in at every step, and this run derives that a grade of g centimetres flat moves the ease by 0.79g minus 2 inches per size, which matches the chart on all four steps. The waist is elasticated with a drawstring, so the published figure is not the size the trouser will be worn at. The inseam and the total length are both frozen on all five sizes, at 83 and 107 cm, so the derived rise is 24 cm on every size. No hip, no thigh, no knee and no leg opening are published. Our proposal below publishes the front and back rise, grades the inseam, and gives the elasticated waistband relaxed and stretched.
Our Proposed Body Chart
| Size | Body Bust | Sleeve | Body Waist | Body Hips | Length | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 in / 79 cm | 0 cm | 24 in / 61 cm | 34 in / 86 cm | 107 cm / 42.1 in | Our proposal |
| 2 | 33 in / 84 cm | 1 cm | 26 in / 66 cm | 36 in / 91 cm | 109 cm / 42.9 in | Our proposal |
| 3 | 35 in / 89 cm | 2 cm | 28 in / 71 cm | 38 in / 97 cm | 111 cm / 43.7 in | Our proposal |
| 4 | 37 in / 94 cm | 3 cm | 30 in / 76 cm | 40 in / 102 cm | 113 cm / 44.5 in | Our proposal |
| 5 | 39 in / 99 cm | 4 cm | 32 in / 81 cm | 42 in / 107 cm | 115 cm / 45.3 in | Our proposal |
Occasions and Styling
Suits office and smart casual wear. A wide fluid wool flannel trouser with a drawstring waist works with a shirt or a fine knit, and the dark grey bridges the two.
Production and Quality Control
The reference publishes three measurements for all five sizes, grades the waist perfectly evenly at 2 cm, names a model with her height in metres and the size she wears, publishes a size conversion, states its recycled content as a percentage, gives a care instruction with a named cycle, and gives its cloth origin and its garment origin separately. It gives no rise, no cloth weight, no micron, no standard for the recycled claim, no hip, no thigh, no knee and no leg opening on a wide leg, no pocket size or count, no tumble dry, no iron and no bleach instruction, no shrinkage figure, no certification, no note on the state of an elasticated waistband, and it freezes two of its three columns across all five sizes. Three things follow: the most frozen chart in this run, a waist height word that can be checked against the same house's other trouser, and a waist measurement that cannot be true for both words at once.
Eighty three, and that is the first thing, and it is worth saying what the column does before saying what it means. It is worth then reading it, which is 83 centimetres on sizes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, and then reading the one below it, which is 107 on the same five sizes. It is worth then stating what that is, which is two single numbers printed five times each, so of three columns only the waist moves at all. It is worth then turning to what that gives away, because the freeze is what makes the next step possible. It is worth then subtracting, which is 107 less 83, and stating the answer, which is 24 centimetres on every size. It is worth then saying what that is, which is the rise, and then saying what it can be checked against, because this run can check it and that is rare. It is worth then recalling the other trouser from this same house in this same batch, which says high waist and derives a rise of 28 centimetres. It is worth then stating the two together: regular is 24, high is 28, and the 4 centimetre difference is constant across all five sizes. It is worth then saying what that makes this, which is the first time in this run that a waist height word has been checkable at all, because one house has published both words and both charts. It is worth then adding what else that settles, which is that the direction is right: high really is higher than regular. It is worth then turning to where it stops working, because that is the finding and it does not stop working quietly. It is worth then noting that both trousers publish the same waist measurements, 34 through 42. It is worth then saying why that cannot hold, which is that a high waistband sits higher on the body than a regular one, and a torso narrows as it goes up, so the two waistbands are measuring two different places and cannot come out the same. It is worth then stating the two options that leaves, which are that either the waistbands are at different heights and the measurements cannot both be true, or they are at the same height and one of the two words is wrong. It is worth then noting that there is no third option.
Thirty five, and that is the second thing, and it is worth saying which 35 before saying what is good about it. It is worth then reading the panel, which is 35 per cent wool, 35 per cent cotton and 30 per cent polyester, and then reading the line under it, which says the product contains at least 35 per cent recycled materials. It is worth then giving the credit, which is that a percentage is given at all, because this run has met recycled wool with no number and organic cotton with no standard, and here is a figure. It is worth then asking the question that the figure raises, which is which 35 per cent it is. It is worth then pointing out that the wool is 35 per cent and the recycled claim is at least 35 per cent, and stating what that means, which is that they could be the same thing or could be a coincidence, and nothing on the page links them. It is worth then saying what kind of gap that is, which is a new one for this run: the number is present, but it is ambiguous because a second number on the same panel happens to equal it. It is worth then noting what is absent besides, which is a standard for the recycled claim, and a micron for the wool. It is worth then turning to the waistband, because it makes the waist figure softer than it already was. It is worth then noting that the waist is elasticated with a drawstring, and then asking what 34 centimetres means, which could be the band relaxed, the band stretched, or the band drawn in, and the page does not say which. It is worth then noting that this run has met elastic twice before, once as a waistband whose stated range did not match its chart, and once as a smocked panel measured as if it were flat cloth, so this is the third time an elasticated measurement has been given as a single number with no note on its state. It is worth then closing on what is not measured at all, because it is the plainest omission: the trouser is sold on its wide, fluid cut, and there is no leg opening, no thigh and no hip.
Optional upgrades include publishing the front and back rise and reconciling the waist measurement with the waist height so that regular and high cannot measure the same, giving the elasticated waistband both relaxed and stretched, grading the inseam and the total length across the size set rather than holding them at 83 and 107, publishing the leg opening, the thigh and the hip with the unit named, the cloth weight in grams per square metre, the micron for the wool, attributing the recycled share to a specific fibre and naming the standard, the pocket size and count, shrinkage figures, tumble dry, iron and bleach instructions, virgin wool and wool cotton twills, mid and high rises, flat and half elasticated waistbands, straight, tapered and barrel legs, 7/8, cropped and ankle lengths, patch and plain side seam pockets, size set, colour development, private label, hangtag and care labelling.
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