When it comes time to build our clothing, factories are more inclined to work with the larger companies who offer far more lucrative contracts. To make working with a smaller company like Patagonia worth their while, factories impose minimums--thus ensuring that the costs of building our unique, labor-intensive products are covered. Because of our smaller financial punch, we often don't have the demand to meet the minimums required by the factory. This is especially true with less-popular larger and smaller sizes.We are a much, much smaller than Patagonia, but the points made apply to us as well. Our skiwear is very technical and labor-intensive. It takes about 500-700 minutes to build one of our ski jackets. Unfortunately, these ingredients sometimes culminate in not only fewer sizes on either end of the spectrum, but also some styles and color ways that were initially part of the collection not brought to market. This season some of our warm olive and nightshade styles were victims of this.
No need to fret however, there are plenty of other exciting designs and colors coming this fall. For example the ladies Formula Jacket- available in sizes 4-16:
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