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post #1 of 19
4/27/10 at 3:13pm
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...more colors in their online shirt selection. Really guys, white and blue (and a few pinks)?
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post #2 of 19
4/27/10 at 3:25pm
brooks got to add some edge into their clothes. a little bit of 'either will love it or hate it' type of zing. they are so middling as in style. well, i guess they have black fleece. but still.
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post #3 of 19
4/27/10 at 3:28pm
BB has always been like that. That is their bread and butter. Known as a very traditional company, I wouldn't hold my breath on some drastic change to dress shirts. They tend to leave that to Kiton and RL
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post #4 of 19
4/27/10 at 3:28pm
trad, it stands for traditional I believe. next?
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post #5 of 19
4/27/10 at 3:30pm
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Originally Posted by WRAdvisor View Post
BB has always been like that. That is their bread and butter. Known as a very traditional company, I wouldn't hold my breath on some drastic change to dress shirts. They tend to leave that to Kiton and RL

yeah i guess you are right. brooks + bite = RL

however brooks is american. rl is more english looks
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post #6 of 19
4/27/10 at 3:39pm
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Of course they're traditional, but they have made some concessions to the times -- witness the Milano-cut line of suits, for example. I'm just saying I'd like that trend to extend to their dress shirts.
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post #7 of 19
4/27/10 at 3:41pm
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Originally Posted by jason.wu.05.09 View Post
Of course they're traditional, but they have made some concessions to the times -- witness the Milano-cut line of suits, for example. I'm just saying I'd like that trend to extend to their dress shirts.

You can get any color you want MTM.
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post #8 of 19
4/27/10 at 4:05pm
I think it's actually more of an inventory problem. To offer something online they need to make sure it's in stock at the warehouse and probably available for a while. They probably have a lot more options but just in store because they'd rather you go to a store where you can try it on, be upsold by the SA's, etc.
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post #9 of 19
4/27/10 at 4:26pm
if you include their luxury line, they have some less "boring" offerings as well.
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post #10 of 19
4/27/10 at 4:54pm
BB needs a lot more than fixing their shirt colors.

I do own purple and orange BB shirts, so cant knock them for that. Their suits though
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post #11 of 19
4/27/10 at 4:58pm
shoulder pleats on dress shirts instead of box pleats.
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post #12 of 19
4/27/10 at 4:59pm
..to make the extra slim cut in non-iron.
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post #13 of 19
4/27/10 at 5:01pm
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Originally Posted by thoogsby View Post
..to make the extra slim cut in non-iron.

Hear hear!

And I know they have more colors in store, but it kills me, I live in a college town without a Brooks Brothers (and no transportation!).
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post #14 of 19
4/27/10 at 5:03pm
+1 above. The extra slim fit is one of the best decisions BB has recently made. It's a great shirt!
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post #15 of 19
4/27/10 at 5:30pm
... to implement some QC on their Cordovan shoes or to have some stock on hand to replace your defective non-QC'd Cordovan shoes.
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