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Before the lockdown and WFH, I'd say about half my work-casual wardrobe ended up being Uniqlo. Very good quality, good design, and as you say, there's nothing obnoxious about their branding.

If they had a similar free delivery option as Asos Premium, would probably use them for pretty much everything.

Though I don't fully understand their ridiculously long trousers.

Edit: as per responses, make use of their alterations service!

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> Though I don't fully understand their ridiculously long trousers

Too long can be fixed. Too short cannot.

I have a thin build and that translates to either baggy thighs or short leg lengths in many brands. Uniqlo long pants are great for me because they also offer alteration services[1] so I can always get a good fit.

[1] https://www.uniqlo.com/us/en/page/alteration-service.html

>Though I don't fully understand their ridiculously long trousers.

As others have pointed out, they hem them for free. This is a clever bit of optimization for them, for two reasons:

(1) Fewer SKUs to stock. Each type of pant only varies in waist, not length.

(2) The pants become non-returnable after alternation. This reduces the number of items that can be returned substantially, since very few people fit the dimension of the pants.

> Though I don't fully understand their ridiculously long trousers.

I don’t have any length issues with their pants due to my height but perhaps they are intended to be hemmed?

In store in the US they hem for free as long as its not clearance (then its 5 bucks)

I heard in Japan when you buy pants at retailers, they will hem it for you free of charge.

Uniqlo in the UK do too, probably why the legs are abnormally long! I have had a few pairs from them and all have had some alteration done in store.

They give free hemming here in Aus, maybe they do in the UK as well?

Yup, they do in the UK as well :-)

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