May 10, 2024
Spring is here! It is time to feel the sun on your face as you begin tending your gardens or tune up your gravel bike before Onion River’s Tour de Creemee. What you need is a pant that fits all your curves, is designed with pockets (lots of pockets), and is tough enough to last.
As a woman, this shouldn’t be an impossible find, but until recently, a pant like this didn’t exist. Lucky for us that 3 women, who clearly love a little mud, decided to create fabric magic. In 2018, these ingenious women made the perfect utility work pant.
The women of Onion River Outdoors couldn’t be happier to have found Dovetail work pants. These pants achieve the trifecta of work pant performance.
Fit
The fabric uses just the right amount of stretch and the button styles include a boxer brief type waistband to help them stay comfortably snug. Dovetail offers a diverse size range (000-24, inseams 28-36) to fit many body types. Speaking of waistbands, check out the Christa DIY Pant with its 3 inch drawstring waistband. Comfortable, flattering and easy around your middle.
Design
Dovetail pants have pockets (lots of pockets) to fit all your tools - whether you need easy access to a hammer and nails, some garden gloves, clippers and twine, or just want plenty of places to carry your phone, keys and chapstick around town, Dovetail has you covered. The Freshly overalls not only have all the pockets, they also have 2 tool loops, a D-ring clip, and you can even buy a version with a drop seat. The durability of the stretch canvas, the gusseted crotch (which makes them easy to move in), and this plethora of pockets makes these overalls one of our favorite work pants.
Toughness
Dovetail pants come in several fabric choices for the ultimate in durability and weight: canvas, denim, ultra-light micro ripstop fabric, and even tough Cordura.
Staff member, Colleen, spent most days of her summer working landscape in the ripstop Britt X pant. Critical areas of the pant (like the knees) are all reinforced. With the ability to insert knee pads, her actual knees, along with the knee area of the pants, held up to countless hours of work.
Bonus: The ripstop fabric is water repellent. Perfect for us muddy onion gals who don’t let a bit of rainy weather keep us from the outdoors.
Staff member, Fab, has the Britt X in canvas. She stacked 3 cords of wood, repaired a concrete retaining wall, and patched asphault wearing them! Her pants still look good, while others have worn holes in the thigh.
Did Dovetail Make the Perfect Work Pant?
Dovetail currently has 12 different pant styles to choose from (not including overalls, coveralls, and shortalls).
The odds are good that Dovetail has the perfect pant for you.
Best advice? Try on a few different styles and sizes. Like the TV show, “Say Yes to the Dress,”you will know it's the perfect work pant once you slip into them.
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