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[Triskeliongirl]

Well, my last package came today, and I am SO SPOILED BY my Ibex I just finished packing it up and sending it all back.

With that being said, its not awful or anything, I just didn't *LOVE* it. I ordered the sale merino wool t-necks, and I just didn't care for the quality or fit. I didn't like the way the sleeves and bottom are unfinished. I didn't like the way the bottom rolls up when tucked in. On me, the sleeves were a tad short, the overall length a tad long for tucking into normal waisted pants (size S). The machine stitching just didn't look as solid as on my ibex, and I worried how they'd hold up to washing (state dry clean only), and they looked sort of frumpy on me. I was also annoyed that one item shipped in the wrong color just rolled up in a plastic bag like it had just come back from a return. I also thought LLbean had better quality, but maybe that's the bean stuff I still have from a different time. On the plus side, I will say the wool was soft, and while lightweight as described not paper thin.

So, with all my posts what did I end up KEEPING (all Ibex, bought either at my local 50% off sale, uncle dan's or online ibex outlet):

2 full zip shaks, 1 thistle heather and 1 black
4 kates, 2 black and 2 green
1 mulberry ribbie
1 pair knee warmers
1 pair arm warmers

Everything I kept mixes and matches with stuff I have already to give a lot of different looks with a min. number of travel pices, and works well on or off the bike, and can be paired with casual or professional pieces.

I stuck to my promise to only buy ibex on sale, and the damage on return postage wasn't awful with the return mailers both sierra and llbean provide. Well worth it to me to try on all this stuff in the convenience of my own home!

So, now that I've had a chance to see a lot of stuff, I would rank Ibex > Icebreaker > Bean. At this point I think I have enough wool to last a good long time, but if and when I need wool again, its Ibex on sale all the way!

In terms of sizing I would say Ibex runs a tad smaller than Icebreaker and Bean. I would say Ibex's smalls are really 4-6 smalls while the others are more like 6-8 smalls.