Posts by mjphillips

This is great - The Warwick Rust:

Great thread guys; keep em coming. Does anyone here have an opinion or experience with J. Crew tweed? Tried this one on in the shop the other day and liked the fabric and the ludlow fit. Apparently the tweed is from the Abraham Moon...

Quote:Originally Posted by james_timothy  Pretty much the entire United States? No. Yet another projection of the local onto the global. Parochialism: for example, this just said the Hawaii isn't part of the United States, because...

Allow me to add to the chorus saying that if you requested someone do this where it is not culturally expected (i.e. pretty much the entire United States) it would be rude and is tantamount to telling your guest upon arrival: "Sir, you -...

Quote: Originally Posted by deveandepot1 Nop. Nothing good is on sale. The best deal might be the Phineas Cole trim fit polos. http://www.paulstuart.com/product_in...SUBPRODCATID=0 Go to the store if...

No way he should throw them away....stitch up the rip, put some conditioner on them, give em a good shine and wear them with jeans or slim khakis to places where people wouldn't normally wear $800 shoes....Buckhead dive bars, whole...

Blue thread. Otherwise they look like floating saucers on your jacket.

You alluded to the answer in your OP - Barker shoes are not sold in the US (to my knowledge) so over here they were essentially able to create a new "high-end" brand unmoored from the UK reputation of their mid-tier manufacturer.

Quote: Originally Posted by Reevolving Err, if sales tax even crosses your mind, you shouldn't be spending $5000 on a watch. What a load of bs, sales tax in NYC is 8%+. Why pay that if you don't have to?...

Really enjoyed the episode, so went back and watched the other episodes (which I hadn't seen before). Great stuff.