Thijs Bakker
- Expertise
- Hands-on ordering tests, fit checks, packaging and agent timing
- Editors
- Reviews Editor
- Career timeline
- 7 years covering this niche
How I test
Thijs places the order, logs each handoff in the agent timeline, photographs packaging and labels, measures each garment flat and runs fit checks across three body types on a fixed size ladder. He compares the delivered item with the listing photos before any score is set.
Thijs spent three years running quality checks for a Rotterdam footwear importer, measuring incoming pairs against spec sheets, before joining the desk in 2022. He orders every featured product, opens parcels on camera and keeps the size ladder. He writes the timing figures readers use to judge whether an old row is still worth pursuing.
- fit checks and size ladders
- packaging and label inspection
- agent order timelines
- QC photo review
- garment measurement
- Career timeline
- 2018 Quality checker for a Rotterdam footwear importer
- 2021 Moves into consumer product testing for online retail
- 2022 Joins Pandabuy Archive Sheets as reviews editor
- 2023 Builds the fixed three-body-type size ladder used in every review
- 2024 Standardises agent timing logs to half-day reporting
- Credentials
- Textile Quality Inspection Certificate · Hohenstein Academy 2018
- Apparel Measurement and Grading · Amsterdam Fashion Institute, Professional Courses 2020
- Consumer Product Testing · Delft University of Technology, Online Academy 2022
Published on this site
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Thijs Bakker
We ordered the $4.33 Dior black tee in size L, read the neck and care labels against the listing, measured it flat and ran fit checks across three body types — one unit, one… |
Hands-on score 4.0 / 5 Editor score 4.0 / 5 This information is being prepared. |
| Published Nov 08, 2026 | ||
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Thijs Bakker
We re-ordered archived Weidian row 7705015242 to see whether the link, the 63-option loopback grid and the $22.24 price still hold, then measured the white hoodie flat. |
Hands-on score 4.0 / 5 Editor score 4.0 / 5 This information is being prepared. |
| Published Nov 08, 2026 | ||
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Thijs Bakker
We traced an archived spreadsheet row back to SKU 7701999467, ordered a loose-fit crew at $20.90 and measured it flat. What survived the link check, and what the picker no longer… |
Hands-on score 4.2 / 5 Editor score 4.2 / 5 This information is being prepared. |
| Published Nov 07, 2026 | ||
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Thijs Bakker
We ordered the $29.40 Ami Paris check top, logged every agent handoff, measured it flat and ran the S–XL ladder on three body types. The loose cut is real; the shoulder line is… |
Hands-on score 4.0 / 5 Editor score 4.0 / 5 This information is being prepared. |
| Published Nov 07, 2026 | ||
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Thijs Bakker
We ordered the $9.87 Bape camo duffle at SKU 7705097774 and tested it in hand. The listing's single photo cannot prove which colourway you receive, and the archived $11.47 price no… |
Hands-on score 4.0 / 5 Editor score 4.0 / 5 This information is being prepared. |
| Published Nov 07, 2026 | ||
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Thijs Bakker
We ordered SKU 7704995532 at $47.01, logged every handoff, measured the S–XL ladder flat and ran three body types through it. The denim build holds; the option menu is where the… |
Hands-on score 4.0 / 5 Editor score 4.0 / 5 This information is being prepared. |
| Published Nov 07, 2026 | ||
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Thijs Bakker
We ordered SKU 7705117792 at $22.69, decoded its 100-code color ladder, and re-checked whether the spreadsheet row still resolves to a live listing. |
Hands-on score 4.0 / 5 Editor score 4.0 / 5 This information is being prepared. |
| Published Nov 07, 2026 | ||
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Thijs Bakker
We ordered the $45.97 2288 trucker, logged every agent handoff, measured it flat and compared it with the brand's own 62 cm back length and zip-front build. The row holds; the spec… |
Hands-on score 4.2 / 5 Editor score 4.2 / 5 This information is being prepared. |
| Published Nov 06, 2026 | ||
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Thijs Bakker
We re-ordered the archived Weidian item ID 7702011309 at $22.09 to see whether an old spreadsheet row still describes the item it points at. The link resolved, the print held up,… |
Hands-on score 4.4 / 5 Editor score 4.4 / 5 This information is being prepared. |
| Published Nov 06, 2026 | ||
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Thijs Bakker
We ordered the $3.43 Gucci squirrel tee and measured what landed. The Weidian itemID still opens, but only four spec fields still prove anything — here is the check we would repeat… |
Hands-on score 4.2 / 5 Editor score 4.2 / 5 This information is being prepared. |
| Published Nov 06, 2026 | ||
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Thijs Bakker
We ordered the $13.58 white Kenzo graphic tee and audited its 18 listing frames against the parcel. The print and neck label held up; the listing never shows the back. |
Hands-on score 4.3 / 5 Editor score 4.3 / 5 This information is being prepared. |
| Published Nov 06, 2026 | ||
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Thijs Bakker
We ordered the black GU Bear tee in M, XL, 5XL plus a second M and taped every panel. The listing's 0.0001 error-range line is a database artefact; the real spread between two… |
Hands-on score 4.1 / 5 Editor score 4.1 / 5 This information is being prepared. |
| Published Nov 06, 2026 | ||