[pct-l] Favorite Piece of Apparel

[River Malcolm]

I love my ex officio long sleeved bugsaway (womens) shirt with sun protection.  I love the snaps instead of buttons -- so much easier to get on/off with chilled numb fingers. I would like it a little longer --I find I let my pants ride low below pack belt to avoid chafing at waistband and pockets-- and the shirt is a great non-chafing layer. But if it shrinks it gets too short and rides up, and I'm constantly tugging it down (so it comes between back and pack) in back.  

I also have a 4-oz eensy little black dress from Patagonia I use as a town dress while doing laundry that I love even though I feel ridiculous in it (66 yr old wearing sexy little dress!). 

River

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> On Jun 10, 2014, at 13:00, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
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> Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2014 23:57:34 -0700
> From: Hollywood <100marathonsorg at gmail.com>
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> Hi All,
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> A friend of mine works for Columbia Sportswear and I'm going to pay a visit to their offices to talk to the trail design team about apparel thru hikers like. Ill be sharing my opinions and those of people I've hiked with, but thought I'd extend the question here. 
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> So, what's your favorite piece of clothing and why? Do you wish you could tweak it or is it perfect? Could be anything from head to toe, all opinions welcome and much appreciated.
> 
> Cheers
> Hollywood
> 
> Note: I don't work for Columbia nor am I being compensated for talking to them, just thought it would be cool to have some thru hiker input in next year's stuff. :)