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post #181 of 191
12/20/12 at 12:54pm
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What do you mean by "boxers class"?
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Wow, some of you guys are ballers, idiots or both. I wear almost exclusively PRL Regent shirts which are made of excellent cloth, come in a range of fits and have the BEST collars in a RTW shirt and the best part is on average I spend about $35 on a shirt. Anyone spending more should have their heads examined. Shirts are disposable like boxer [shorts]. F hand tailoring and MOP buttons, they don't make you look better.
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post #182 of 191
12/20/12 at 3:37pm

^ Ah, thanks! How do you get PRL for $35 each? Retail is like $150, and I can't imagine sales being that drastic.

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post #183 of 191
12/20/12 at 4:58pm
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^ Ah, thanks! How do you get PRL for $35 each? Retail is like $150, and I can't imagine sales being that drastic.

Outlet stores or eBay.

I'd think that they're probably a bit more than that usually, so perhaps NORE is exaggerating a bit, but you can still pick them up very cheaply.
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post #184 of 191
12/20/12 at 6:54pm

Cool cool, thanks!

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post #185 of 191
12/20/12 at 7:40pm
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Outlet stores or eBay.
I'd think that they're probably a bit more than that usually, so perhaps NORE is exaggerating a bit, but you can still pick them up very cheaply.

Nope, there are tons of folks that do outlet shopping and post their wares on eBay. the beauty is that each person one-downs the next seller so you eventually get a shirt for what they paid. For instance I wore this shirt tonite and bought it new for $25:

It ranges in price right now from $32.49 shipped to $79.95 shipped.

The seller I bought mine from started the listing at $8 and I won at $25.
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post #186 of 191
12/20/12 at 8:34pm

The problems I find with polo shirts is that the fabric used is really hit or miss a lot of the shirts I have tried feel like cardboard.  Also some of the sleeves cuffs are not reinforced very well.  Overall I find them very hit or miss.  Also as you move to the 50-100 mark for shirts you can get a lot nicer pieces than polo.

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post #187 of 191
12/20/12 at 8:48pm
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I never bought or owned any G&G shoes and you would cry if you knew what I paid for my AS shoes.

 

My mistake on G&G.  And unless its significantly below Vass or Meermin LM type of prices, still not impressed.  Been to the trunk shows and AS isn't that impressive upon inspection or trial.

 

But hey, different strokes for different folks, some might be shoe man, some might have fabric fetish, and some might just love different shirts and shirt constructions!

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post #188 of 191
1/11/13 at 11:13am
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^ Ah, thanks! How do you get PRL for $35 each? Retail is like $150, and I can't imagine sales being that drastic.

I find regent PRL at marshalls and tj maxx all the time.
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post #189 of 191
1/11/13 at 11:38am
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I find regent PRL at marshalls and tj maxx all the time.

I believe they regularly get stuff straight from RL. Have seen RLBL and RLPL stuff all the time there.
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post #190 of 191
1/11/13 at 11:44am
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I believe they regularly get stuff straight from RL. Have seen RLBL and RLPL stuff all the time there.

We don't get that nice of stuff, do you go to the "designer" stores they have, or are they regular stores?
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post #191 of 191
5/18/13 at 5:59am
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Originally Posted by hrv123 View Post

I can echo pretty much everything you wrote here. I purchased two Borrelli shirts from elitebargainnyc on ebay and have had the exact same experience (lack of hand stitching, garbage buttons, very short shirt, etc.). I can't complain given that I paid only $75 per shirt discounted from $150. I actually had the same experience with a shrt bought from Ehaberdasher a while ago (except the length of that one was ok). Did I get duped or are there two Borrelli lines, one with all the stops and one that's actually a cheaper diffusion line?
Maybe they are seconds, imperfect, with buttons missing that were attached by someone else? I can sew a button on better than that!

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