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Can anyone help me find a fitted navy jumpsuit/utility/flight suit?

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thefirstmrsdewinter · 09/04/2018 14:40

Looking for a reasonably fitted (ie fitted shoulder, tailored/military style, not very oversized) woven cotton or linen jumpsuit in denim or navy, ideally long-sleeved and full-length. A tall version would be great (I'm a little long in the body) but may not be necessary. Some stretch is fine but ideally the fabric should be a good weight (like twill or denim).

Mainly I want the fit to be right (which I can only really tell by trying on) so happy to compromise on colour etc if it looks like it's worth a try. Shorter sleeves might be ok if legs were full-length or vice versa. I do want to avoid polyester and very drapey, silky, fine or clingy fabrics.

The photo is an NLST one I tried on and it was very close to the right thing but cropped, a bit too big on top and the dropped waist wasn't ideal.

Some other near-misses:
This is fun but cropped/short-sleeved (and black): www.freddiesofpinewood.co.uk/ladies/ladies-jeans/chain-gang

I love this style (I might buy one to try) but I suspect it's made of lightweight fabric (and again black): www.peopletree.co.uk/women/tamsin-playsuit

This one looks amazing on if you're petite. On me it was too short in the body and in a larger size the legs were very flappy. www.freddiesofpinewood.co.uk/ladies/ladies-jeans/grease-monkey

My budget is up to around £200.

Can anyone help me find a fitted navy jumpsuit/utility/flight suit?
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trixymalixy · 09/04/2018 14:47

there's this, but it's black?

trixymalixy · 09/04/2018 14:50

What's NLST?

thefirstmrsdewinter · 09/04/2018 14:59

Thanks. That Me+Em one is polyester and 'relaxed shoulder fit' which I assume is a dropped shoulder (though it doesn't look like it?). If it was more fitted and not poly black might work.

I tried the Hush ones too (I think they're viscose) but again they're too baggy.

NLST is just the brand.

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OCSockOrphanage · 09/04/2018 16:18

here Bookmarked this site a few months ago, and it sounds a possibility.

thefirstmrsdewinter · 09/04/2018 23:50

@OCSockOrphanage cheers, that's great. That looks quite a good fitted style, waist in the right place etc. Definitely on the right track. I wish it wasn't Dickies workwear blue, it makes it more warehouse/garage than military.

The one I'm looking for clearly hasn't been made yet. Smile

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OCSockOrphanage · 10/04/2018 10:12

It's a one woman company AFAIK, so she might be open to a custom order. There is now a denim option, too, if that's of interest. A blogger I follow flagged it up.

GinUser · 10/04/2018 10:14

Pure Collection has one on its website.

thefirstmrsdewinter · 10/04/2018 11:58

@OCSockOrphanage oh wow, thanks for that, that's just the thing. The denim one is sort of hidden away on a different page so I didn't see it.

@GinUser do you mean this one? That's the holy grail (it looks right in all ways and I meant to put the link in my post as exactly what I was looking for) but any size that might fit me is sold out. They only have 10 and 20. I even did an eBay search in case one turns up there. So thank you but the search continues. I'm consoling myself thinking about how wrinkly a linen jumpsuit would get. Smile

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thefirstmrsdewinter · 11/04/2018 16:23

This arrived today and I love it: www.peopletree.co.uk/women/tamsin-playsuit It's a great fit as well as being really good quality.
It's cotton knit but good, thick, tight jersey.
Will go along to this to try on the Spry denim one too as that looks great too.

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