Why Lesser has some hegemony on Savile row ? - Page 9

Originally Posted by Manton

Oh, that's right I do think Premier Cru is crap. I have one suit from it and I think it is bad cloth. What you call backpeddaling I call intellectual honesty, or at least the willingness to heed the proferred experience of others. I don't deny that they think it is good and I don't insist that they adopt my opinion. Such a response can be so rare on the forum that I can see how it confused you. I like pretty much all of the the other Harrison books, except Moonbeam, which I think is ugly but I don't have any reason to suspect the quality. I have suits from Harrison and am getting an overcoat from them. I don't really have anything to add to the Reeves debate except to say that I don't agree with him. He is certainly wrong that Lesser is low priced; I know for a fact that both wholesale and retail (though it is almost never sold retail) prices are high. Since he is wrong about that it makes me wonder how much he really knows about the subject.

Originally Posted by George

Well, regarding Reeves, even though he isn't a tailor in the sense that I think we would use the term he will certainly know how much it costs wholesale (which is what is relevant in this discussion) as he orders it for his tailoring establishment and he'll know how it performs as he works in the biz as it were.

Originally Posted by mafoofan

Keep in mind, he also sells the stuff he is praising: not dispositive evidence of bias, but yet another good reason not to award persuasive points to the fact alone that he is "in the business." However, that's not to single out Reeves. You should apply the same level of skepticism to anyone selling you stuff.

Originally Posted by taxgenius69

He sells Lesser too.

Originally Posted by mafoofan

Please see my above comment. Would you automatically believe a Mercedes dealer that BMWs are cheaper to make than Mercedes merely because he is in the car business? In actuality, a consumer with a healthy sense of skepticism would take him to task for such a statement.

Originally Posted by mafoofan

Of course, but as he points out himself, a tailor will often advertise whatever it is he needs to sell or would make more money on.

Originally Posted by George

I hope you aren't suggesting that Mr Reeves is steering his customers to certain merchants are you council?

Originally Posted by courty

I believe Mr. Reeves posted that Lesser was cheap cloth that could be had for 20 pounds a meter (or some such). When questioned on it he could not offer details.

If anybody knows where Lesser cloth can be had for anywhere near that cost I would like to know and would like to buy some. (I would also like to know if Lesser still have a range of 15 ounce striped cloths).

Originally Posted by courty

That must be what I was thinking about. I had two suits from it (15 or 14/15 ounce as I recall). There was a great mottled grey-green with off-white stripe that tempted me. I regret not getting it made up.

I will indeed ask the tailor to see what is left of the London Stripes. I would also like to see what Lesser has in its "special collection" or whatever they call their bunch of odds, ends, and old stock.